Chaos Is Me
Encyclopedia
Chaos Is Me is the debut studio album by American screamo
band Orchid
. It was released in 1999 through Ebullition Records
. Chaos Is Me heralded the change of the guard for extreme music, and brought both Amherst, Massachusetts
and Hampshire College
to the forefront of the scene's attention.
Production
Screamo
Screamo, though used loosely to generally describe music that features screamed vocals, is actually a musical subgenre of hardcore punk which predominantly evolved from emo, among other genres, in the early 1990s...
band Orchid
Orchid (band)
Orchid was a screamo band from Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the "screamo" sound, Orchid combined this with a post-modern aesthetic, releasing several extended play and splits as well as three LPs...
. It was released in 1999 through Ebullition Records
Ebullition Records
Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro based out of Goleta, California. It published HeartattaCk, a zine focusing on independent punk and hardcore from around the world, informed by an anti-consumerist and D.I.Y. ideology....
. Chaos Is Me heralded the change of the guard for extreme music, and brought both Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...
and Hampshire College
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
to the forefront of the scene's attention.
Track listing
- "Le Desordre C'est Moi" – 2:05
- "Aesthetic Dialectic" – 1:42
- "In G and E" – 0:57
- "New Jersey vs. Valhalla" – 2:12
- "Weekend at the Fire Academy" – 0:56
- "Framecode" – 1:35
- "The Action Index" – 1:52
- "Death of a Modernist" – 0:53
- "Boy with No Arms" – 1:52
- "Invasion U.S.A." – 1:00
- "Epilogue of a Car Crash" – 3:54
Personnel
Orchid- Jayson Greene – vocals, lyrics
- Will Killingsworth – guitar
- Brad Wallace – bass
- Jeff Salane – drums
Production
- Produced by Kurt BallouKurt BallouKurt Ballou is the guitarist from Massachusetts-based band Converge. Aside from his role in Converge, he is a prolific producer, engineering and producing out of his own Godcity studio.- GodCity studio :...
at God City Studios in spring 1999