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OFFICIAL BIO
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, waterfalls and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation. His sound continued to develop as he put his own twist on the approach, recording with a crop of jazz musicians including the indispensable likes of bassist Thundercat and strings master Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. This process began with the turbulent 2010 set Cosmogramma and peaked in terms of acclaim in 2014 with You're Dead!, which crashed the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and spawned the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me," a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Ellison devoted a few years to various forms of film work and the operation of his revered Brainfeeder label, and returned in 2019 with Flamagra, his second consecutive album to top Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart.

Chief Enablers are a five piece San Francisco Bay Area rock band with more than a decade of history playing under that name.  The band's interpersonal roots go back much farther than that, to gigs with 80s Modern Rock and Thrash Funk bands on the San Francisco scene.  With three singer songwriters in the group and a long timeline, the band has a very eclectic sound, which can wander from raunchy to funky to poppy or quirky and beyond.  Continually refining its sound, the group is getting bluesier, jazzier and jammier as it ages, while still showing it's roots.  The group has gigged throughout California, from Hollywood to Lake Tahoe to Gold Country and all around the SF Bay Area.  The band appeared in the 2011 indie film 'The Selling' and also appeared in a Canadian instant messaging company's soundtrack in 2007.  The band's novelty song 'Are You Online?' about the then-new Friendster social network was an internet-only hit back in 2003, reposted across the web.  The band was active on myspace before myspace added band profiles to their site and Chief Enablers still somehow manage to have more than 10,000 myspace friends.

Current lineup:
Kirk Kepley - Drums
Steve Hadler - Keyboards
Ted Leonard - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Terbo Ted - Vocals, Guitar
John Friend - Vocals, Bass

Previous member(s):
Chris Gemmel - Bass

on facebook:
www.facebook.com/chiefenablers

on myspace:
www.myspace.com/chiefenablers

on youtube:
www.youtube.com/chiefenablers

for booking please email terboted@gmail.com

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