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Formed in 2009 To The Chase are a 2 piece Indie / Soul band from Hackney, East London. The members of the band are Jim Rooney (Drums) and Aaron Kravitz (Guitar & Vocals). Live they are joined by a Bass player, Keyboard player and a Brass section.

From a basement in Hackney, songwriters Aaron Kravitz and Jim Rooney digested hour upon hour of electronic music and set themselves the challenge of piecing together timeless melodies, while honouring the high energy ethos of the drum and bass and dub-step genres. Much time was devoted to tinkering with antiquated EMU samplers with drum triggers, and old analogue synthesisers. Diverse musical tastes (ranging from Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Chuck Berry) and open minds ensured that early 2009 was the unwitting beginning of a project that would come be called To The Chase.

With full time jobs to hold down, every spare hour and resource was devoted to recording, analysing, and re-recording again their efforts to realise the collective vision. Kravitz and Rooney entered a period of intense creativity in which they developed a deeper understanding of the direction they were moving toward, ultimately feeling that the drum and bass form was too rigid a framework for them to fully explore their ideas within. Guitars became the new focus and they reduced their orchestrations down to vocals, a guitar, bass and drums. Experimenting with a variety of tempos now, they became unyielding in the styles of music they were willing to record, and the collective influences among the duo began to come to the forefront of the project. Indie, drum and bass, soul and dance music reared their heads and the band’s own style shone through.

As the project evolved and early recordings appeared, To The Chase picked up a mentor in the form of Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones' original manager, who encouraged the band to hole up at Chapel Studios and entrust mixing duties to Ewan Davies and Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Noisettes). Davies and Barnicott turned out to be inspired choices as To The Chase plot a packed release schedule for their Indie/ Soul crossover sound in 2011.

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