Third Man Records Blue Stage Session

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Two songs from the reformed Chandra band performed live at Third Man Records' Cass Corridor stage in Detroit on February 1st, 2019.

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	1.	Day Without Success 05:09		buy track
	2.	Explosions 03:28		buy track

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As the daughter of famed conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim, Chandra was a child star like no other. By age nine, she was staying up late at her parents’ art-world parties, collaborating in her father’s projects, and performing her own plays at downtown hotspots such as The Kitchen and Franklin Furnace.

This set the stage for Chandra’s course-altering collaboration with members of New York no wave outfit The Dance, who were looking to form yet another project and found their muse/fuse in 10-year-old Chandra. Her Transportation EP was originally released in 1980 by The Dance’s own label, ON/ GoGo. Balancing on razor-wire guitars, liquid bass lines, and dub-style melodica, the Chandra band unveiled their first four songs: “Opposite”, “Concentration”, “Subways”, and “Kate.”

At age 12, the post-punk pre-teen took the stage with her band for the first time at New York’s legendary Mudd Club. A whirlwind of press coverage ensued from glossy magazines like Vogue and Paris Match to the influential underground zine Non LP B Side and a Soho News cover story.

A second EP was recorded and later shelved as Chandra walked away from the band at age 14 to focus on her education. The EP would not see the light of day for decades, as it became a cult favourite among fans. Chandra’s Transportation EP saw a deluxe reissue in 2018 that included the unreleased second EP, as well as two demos from the same era, on Toronto's Telephone Explosion Records.

Chandra, now based in Maine, has reactivated the band with the help of a who’s who line-up of Toronto’s independent music scene featuring members of Tough Age, Teenanger, New Chance, Bile Sister, and Blonde Elvis. They have earned acclaim for their electrifying live performances at international festivals such as Barcelona's Primavera Sound, LA's Part Time Punks, and Calgary's Sled Island.

Third Man Records invited Chandra and her band to its Detroit Cass Corridor stage last winter. On February 1, 2019, magic was made and luckily for you it was captured direct. The songs presented to you on this Blue Stage Sessions 7”, "Day Without Success" and "Explosions", are based on the demos and rehearsal tapes of Chandra Oppenheim, Eugenie Diserio and Steven Alexander, recorded from 1981-1983. They have never been performed live until their new arrangements by the re-formed Chandra Band.

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released October 4, 2019

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CHANDRA New York, New York

Born in the NYC underground art scene of the early 1980s, Chandra Oppenheim was a child star like no other. Beginning at age 10, she released her Transportation EPs while backed up by an adult band featuring members of famed mutant disco groups The Dance and Model Citizens. Propelled by infectiously off-kilter grooves, Chandra’s songs explore the singular fascinations of a post-punk pre-teen. ... more

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