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RRR FM with Shivantha
30/06/2007



Elwood Lounge - 06/09/2007



Manchester Lane
with Tom Iansek & Matt Walters
25/07/2007

26/07/2010

Hi,

I'm now back in France, it is pretty sad to leave Australia after 4 great years over there, and it is also sad to leave my friend the Lavatones (www.myspace.com/thelavatones), but c'est la vie!

At least, this is a good occasion to go back on some of my French projects, such as Vertigo Observer (http://www.myspace.com/vertigoobserver)

Fortunately just before leaving Melbourne & Australia, I had the chance to work in April one last time with the great Cameron McKenzie (Mark Seymour, The Drones, Belle Roscoe, etc etc).

During my stay in Australia between 2006 & 2010, I first worked with Cameron on the "Maybe One Day" CD self produced in 2008 (see http://www.timchesley.com/page-musique-english.html) and then back on other material in 2009.

Just before leaving Australia in May, I wanted to work with Cameron McKenzie one last time, because I wanted him to remix with his "savoir-faire" the songs I had recorded in Paris in 2006 just before coming to Australia (the ones on the 12 track CD simply entitled "Tim Chesley")

As a result, some songs were only remixed but some other songs were started again from scratch, resulting in a totally different version than the one recorded in 2006, such as "Sans Histoires" for eg.

I will be happy to upload the rest of my works with Cam on this website in a close future.

Other news, my friend Nick Ross and his teammates have created an original concept and website (http://www.mudboard.com/), and here I will let Nick directly introduce the idea behind MUDBOARD: "There’s a real creative buzz starting on Mudboard at the moment: Music, photography, graphic art, poetry, short stories, lyrics, short films, and animation...just some of the wonderful creativity that has been uploaded so far. People have responded by saying things like “I’m very interested in being a part of this amazing website” and “I admire your great work for improving creativity and originality”.
Go and have a look - maybe you could help promote originality and creativity to the world, and inspire it, by uploading some of your creations to Mudboard, and then spreading the word around to friends, associates, creators, watchers, readers, and those famous people that apparently are only 6 degrees away. It’s quick and
easy to do.
Nick ROSS, July 2010"

Cheers.
 
Tim

15/03/2010

Hi everyone,
 
as we say in French, "toutes bonnes choses ont une fin",
 
and with Ai my beautiful spouse it is now almost certain that we will be leaving Australia in May to go back to live in France normally.
 
As there is no question I am going to leave this country without saying farewell to my beautiful friends here, I thought the best way to say goodbye would be one last farewell gig.
 
Please join me on Tuesday the 13th of April from 7pm onwards at the Niche Cafe, 73 Smith Street in Fitzroy, tel 9416 3439
 
It will be an exciting night where I should play a little set (my first solo gig in more than one year) from 7.30pm onwards.
 
Then around 9pm I will be joined on stage by The Lava Tones, the band I formed recently with Mark Fitzo (GB) on the guitar, vocals & incredible songwriting and Dave "The Professor" Lindsay (AU) on Sax.
 
There should be other surprises during that night: especially some of the latest musical works from Tim Chesley & The Lava Tones should be available on some CDs available that night
 
Truly an event not to miss
 
So, to sum up:
 
"Tim Chesley & The Lava Tones - farewell gig
Tuesday April 13th from 7pm onwards at the Niche Cafe, 73 Smith Street, Fitzroy, tel 9416 3439
Tim Chesley on stage from 7.30pm
The Lava Tones on stage from 9pm"
 
See you there guys, and please don't hesitate to get back to me to let me know if you're thinking of attending or not.

 
Cheers,
Tim de la Chapelle (stage name: Tim Chesley)

11/01/2010

Hi guys,

Some people will say it's a stupid idea, but f#$% it I don't care, I have decided to put on my website www.timchesley.com all of my songs available for listen AND download.
 
This especially concerns my last two self produced albums, "Tim Chesley" (2006) and "Dreaming is the Way" (2008).
 
Before for these 2 albums only a handful of songs were available, now all of them, so please don't hesitate to visit my website (http://www.timchesley.com/page-musique-english.html) to download these tracks or the whole album, and then spread the music…

 
Cheers, Tim

2/09/2009

Hi,

Since a few months I've been part of an exciting new musical project that has been taking form, and now has a name: THE LAVA TONES!

The Lava Tones are comprised of guitarist vocalist songwriter Fitzo (from London), Dave Lindsay "The Teacher" (from Melbourne) on the saxophone/harmonica and I (from Paris/USA...) play the bass + sometimes xylophone/melodica + anything I could put into my hands...
It's a project of 3 friends, who like to get together in order to have a good time around a few good beers and glasses of wine, and yeah why not, play some music together...
The result, largely crafted around Fitzo's great skills at songwriting, is a curious & magical blend of pop, jazz, alt country, bossanova, you name it...
Band bookers, looking for a curious entertaining eccentric easy listening band???: please don't hesitate to book us for any gigs around Melbourne, or include us in a line-up
Bookings from November onwards.

Please check out our MySpace page (www.myspace.com/thelavatones) for more information and to have a listen to our songs.

EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!!
The Lava Tones first major gig at the Gertrudes Brown Couch (30 Gertrudes Street, Fitzroy) on Wednesday 11th of November!
The Lava Tones (Mark Fitzpatrick, David Lindsay, Tim Chesley) will be revealing their beautifully crafted songs and their unique blending sound.
An event not to miss.
Support act: Emily Brown from 8pm; The Lava Tones from 9pm, $5 doorcharge

Lava Tim

10/06/2009

Hi guys,

I have been very busy these last weeks, and unfortunately I haven't got a lot of time for the music, which is simply very painful to me...
However, I was lucky enough to book one recording day with Cameron McKenzie who produced my "Dreaming is the Way" EP in 2008.
Cam is a great muso, guitar player, engineer & producer, actually on tour in Canada with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors)
That day Graham Thwaites came to play some drums on a revisited & adventurous version of "Maybe one Day", the highlight already of the 2008 session with Cam.
The other track we worked on is "Dusk", an instrumental piano based song, inspired by a recent trip to Marysville in Victoria.
Marysville is one of the towns totally wiped out by the bush fires which ocurred in Victoria lately, especially during "black saturday" last February.
We recently visited Marysville after the bush fires, arriving at dusk in this desolated little town lost in the middle of the forest, and it was such a sad & unreal vision that I decided to express my feelings in this instrumental track called "Dusk".

I hope you enjoy the songs, they can be found, played & downloaded on the MUSIC page of the website.

Cheers !
 
Tim

28/04/2009

HELLO HELLO,

The start of this year has been a little bit painful for me, I broke my leg at indoor soccer, and had to walk with crutches during two months.

And I've put aside any idea of gigs or anything.

But meanwhile I've been listening to some old stuff, some old recordings, and I thought I'd put on the website a new track "Mesdemoiselles", which is actually a new old song, since it was recorded back in 2004 in Taverny (Paris, France) where I worked with Alain Parmentier on a few songs, such as "Alcool" too.

I hope you enjoy it, it has an interesting violin part played by a tzigane player if I recall, and great lyrics by my French Cousin Cyrille Latour (and my other cousin Matthieu Latour was playing the drums).

It's an old song back out there, but it's always nice to have something new to put on the website
The songs can be found under the MUSIC page of the website under the unreleased tracks in 2003-2004.

Hope you enjoy, catch you soon.

Cheers !
 
Tim

26/02/09

Hi folks,

Today is history: I have been working since 2004 on a relaxed side-project called VERTIGO OBSERVER with my friend and great musicien Noxize, aka Flesh is the Fever, from Paris.

He is more a techno, drum & bass oriented, I am more a pop/prog rock freak, but we have learned to work together and enjoyed confronting our different musical universes.

The result is VERTIGO OBSERVER, which is a colourful patchwork of these influences, melodic, beat & hypnotic catchy experimentations which we hope you will appreciate.

The reason why it took us 4 years to write 4 songs (that's what I call productive...) is partly due to the distance, Noxize being in Paris while I am here in Melbourne, Australia.

That's why I consider these 4 tracks real little gems considering these difficult conditions.
So please enjoy at www.myspace.com/vertigoobserver.

Cheers !
 
Tim

17/09/08

Hi everyone,

I’m happy to announce that I have a new EP ("Dreaming is the Way") with songs exclusively written & recorded in Melbourne (my first "australian made EP").
I’ll be playing in October § November a few gigs where it will be possible to get this CD.

I hope to see you there, we’ll drink some beers after the gig and celebrate together the arrival of summer.

Cheers !
 
Tim

EDINBURGH CASTLE (opening for Charlie Officer & The Readies)
11 Oct 2008, 09:00 PM - 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
"The night comes to life with an eclectic set of acoustic tunes by solo artist Tim Chesley. Indie-groovester trio Charlie Officer will then take you on a journey of thought provoking lyrics delivered through a melting pot of African, Roots and Indie beats. Electro-Cabaret–Pop band The Readies will bring the night home with their intimate lush tones. This is your chance to catch some of Melbourne’s finest exponents of this genre of music under the one roof. Admission is free. Doors open at 9 pm."

IMBIBE (supporting Rachael Byrnes)
16 Oct 2008, 08:00 PM - 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Cost:free / Description: I will have the honour to open for Rachael, and I will be playing a 1/2h set, hope to see you there guys, Cheers!

WESLEY ANNE (with Rachael Byrnes) NEW EP LAUNCH
02 Nov 2008, 08:45 PM - 250 High street, Northcote, Victoria, Victoria
Cost:$5 / Description: Hi guys, nothing fantastic but yes I’m proud to announce that on that night I will be launching a new 5 track EP with exclusively some "aussie" songs (I mean songs exclusively composed in Australia) The deal is one free CD for every entry at this gig: hope to see you there my friends!!!

DON’T TELL TOM (friday night residency in November) with SHIVANTHA
07 Nov 2008, 09:00 PM - 420 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Cost:free / Description:to go there: tram 19 stop 22

GERTRUDES BROWN COUCH (with Shivantha & Fitzo)
13 Nov 2008, 09:00 PM - 30-32 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Cost:no cover / Description: An eclectic night with international performers / from 9 to 9.30pm: Shivantha (Sri Lanka) / from 9.45 to 10.15pm: Fitzo (England) / from 10.30 to 11pm: Tim Chesley (France)

DON’T TELL TOM (friday night residency in November) with BIG SCARY
21 Nov 2008, 09:00 PM - 420 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Cost:free / to go there: tram 19 stop 22

DON’T TELL TOM (friday night residency in November) with CHARLIE OFFICER
28 Nov 2008, 09:00 PM - 420 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Cost:free / to go there: tram 19 stop 22

ELWOOD LOUNGE (with FITZO)
11 Dec 2008, 08:00 PM - 49/51 Glenhuntly Road, Elwood, Vic - cost: free
Hi, a night of experimentation with my friend Fitzo from London: expect anything, expect the weird, expect the insane, expect magic for your ears (if you think this sounds pompous, well... come on that night and you will see...)

15/07/08

Hi,

The recording session on June 14, 15 with Cameron McKenzie was a very good experience. It was great to work with such a pro.
I still have to work on the design & the cover of the CD, but meanwhile please find here one of these new songs KTN2
You can also find one of these new songs on my MySpace page (www.myspace.com/timchesley): “Maybe One Day”

Cheers,
 
Tim

29/05/08

Hi everyone,

It has been a long time I haven’t given any news.

I haven’t been giving any gigs lately, for the good reason that I have decided to concentrate my musical endeavors in recording (in June) a short Demo CD 5 tracks which I hope will reflect the sound I have in concert, which is basically the acoustic guitar + some effects and my voice. I will be helped here (in Melbourne) in this task by Cameron McKenzie who is a great musician & a great sound engineer with a great sound (Horsehead, Mark Seymour – Hunters & Collectors, The Androids, Belle Roscoe).

Another news is that I’m now a member of BMI, which is a US based P.R.O. (Performance Rights Organization)

And finally, I was doing some archiving lately and found what I believe are some interesting first takes of 2 songs which can be found on my 12 track CD self-recorded CD “Tim Chesley” (2006).

Please find below a link to listen to these songs (“Croire au Bonheur – 2003”, mixed by Alain Parmentier + “Newport – 2003” recently mixed by Thibaud Guichardan), I would be interested in getting your comments if any!

Croire au Bonheur - 2003
Newport - 2003

Cheers,
 
Tim

12/03/08

THE DRUNKEN POET (a famous Irish Pub in Melbourne)
65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, VIC 3033 (Melway Ref: 2B 11A)
Thursday the 17th of April, from 8 to 10 PM, free entry.
 
Tim

12/01/08

Hi everyone,

First of all, Happy New Year 2008!!!! (never too late…)
I hope you had some nice end of the year celebrations, and I'm happy to inform you that I have few gigs coming to give a fresh start to this brand new year.

MI CORAZON (a brand new “tequila bar”)
462 Lygon Street, East Brunswick
Saturday the 18th of January, from 5 to 7 PM, free entry.
Come enjoy a few tequilas in a brand new "tequila bar" + some nice drunken acoustic songs if you offer me some shots on the way, YES!!!
www.micorazon.com.au

303 (with Sundown and/or Last Stand, The Imagists, Bury the Sound)
303 High Street, Northcote
Friday the 1rst of February, 8PM, $5
A night of festivity and foolery serving a board range of assorted delicacies. From ambient to explosive, the audience will be inundated with a collection of sounds to make your ears softly ring.


LE CHIC FROG Festival
week end of the 1rst & 2nd of March at "Le Chic Frog Festival" in Moonambel, north of Ballarat
Details of this first of its genre French Culture Festival in Victoria can be found at www.lechicfrogfestival.com

Hope to see you there or for a few beers to celebrate this New Year!!!
 
Tim

08/10/07

THE RETREAT HOTEL
280 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Tuesday the 16th of October, 8PM
 Acoustic Night, with Emilie Gassin & Shivantha

GERTRUDES BROWN COUCH
30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Thursday the 25th of October, 8PM
"Solo Sounds" Acoustic Night, with:
> Tom Iansek
> Tim Chesley
> Shivantha
doorcharge $5

THE RETREAT HOTEL
280 Sydney Road, Brusnwick
Tuesday the 30th of October, 8PM
Acoustic Night, with Tom Iansek & Shivantha

THE EMPRESS HOTEL
714 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy
Sunday the 4th of November, 4PM
Arvo Show, with Tom Iansek
doorcharge $5
 
THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL
140 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Saturday the 15th of December, 6PM - 8PM

Tim

14/08/07

Hi guys,

hope you're all doing fine.

Just to tell you that I have more gigs coming pretty soon, you'll find the details below.

For those of you who showed up at the Wesley Anne gig, I would like to say again thank you, of course you don't have to come at all my gigs mates but I just felt like letting you of my upcoming gigs just in case !

So here are the details:

1) Friday the 24th of August
LENTIL AS ANYTHING
Abbotsford Convent near Collingwood
From 7 to 9 PM
Free ("Make Poverty History" night)

2) Thursday the 30th of August
THE AFTERDARK BAR (with Emilie Gassin + guest)
565 High Street, Northcote
8PM
Will play solo on this 'acoustic night'

3) Thursday the 6th of September
ELWOOD LOUNGE (with my great friend from Sri Lanka, Shivantha)
49-51 Glen Huntly Rd, Elwood
8:30PM
Free

Catch you soon.
 
Tim

03/07/07

Hi everyone,
 
Only to tell you that I'm gonna play a few gigs in Melbourne...
Please don't hesitate to show up if you feel like it and if you live not far away !
 
Here are the details:
 
1) 25 Jul 2007, 08:00 PM - Manchester Lane (supporting Tom Iansek & Matt Walters)   
Manchester Lane, Melbourne CBD
Cost:$8 at the door
 
2) 12 Aug 2007, 08:00 PM - Wesley Anne
250 High Street, Northcote
 
3) 06 Sep 2007, 08:00 PM - Elwood Lounge (avec mon ami Shivantha du Sri Lanka) 
49-51 Glenhuntly Road
Elwood, Victoria
 
Cheers
 
Tim