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Chromatics
American electronic music band
Chromatics were an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2001. The band's final line-up consisted of Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, Nat Walker, and Johnny Jewel.
The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic". After numerous lineup changes, which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member, the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007, with their style streamlined into an Italo disco-influenced sound.
members: Devin Welch, Hannah Blilie, Lena Okazaki, Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, Nat Sahlstrom, Nat Walker, John Padgett
formed in: Portland
labels: Gold Standard Laboratories, Troubleman Unlimited
genres: synth-pop
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2002–2003: Early lineup
Adam Miller played in The Vogue, a group that garnered media attention around Seattle. The Vogue were barely out of high school and created art punk that drew comparisons to The Fall. This band featured Johnny Whitney of The Blood Brothers on vocals and Hannah Blilie who went on to play drums in The Gossip. After The Vogue's keyboardist departed, the remaining members formed Soiled Doves, and released one 7-inch and one album. Although Chromatics began as a solo project for Adam Miller, he quickly added most of The Soiled Doves' lineup. Adam Miller became the vocalist. Devin Welch played guitar. Michelle Nolan, a new addition, played bass guitar, and Blilie played drums. After releasing their debut album Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz in...
Chromatics was an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, that formed in 2001. The band consists of , , and .
Chromatics' early recordings were considered lo-fi, but their 2006 EP "In The City" introduced a more electronic sound. Chromatics released their music on , a record label owned and operated by Johnny Jewel.
In 2021, Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller and Nat Walker made the decision to disband.
Also known as: Chromatx, KRMTX, Krmtx, The Chromatics, krmtx
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Liner notes
Chromatics, the records, oldest first
Chrome Rats Vs Basement Rutz
2003 album
Plaster Hounds
2004 album
In the City
2006 ep
wanted
Nite
2006 ep
Shining Violence
2007 ep
Night Drive
2007 album
Running From the Sun
2012 ep
Kill for Love
2012 album
Drumless
2014 album
Cherry
2014 ep
Just Like You
2016 ep
Cherry
2017 album
Lady
2017 ep
Nite
2017 ep
Camera
2018 ep
Looking for Love
2018 ep
Blue Girl
2018 ep
The Sound of Silence
2019 ep
Closer to Grey
2019 album
Faded Now
2020 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.