- Chad VanGaalen【 75 songs in total 】
- Chad VanGaalen (born 1977) is a Canadian musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta.
Career
Infiniheart
Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released Infiniheart (2004) on Canadian independent label Flemish Eye. Infiniheart, a collection of songs selected from recordings made in his bedroom/makeshift studio, was picked up in 2005 by indie label Sub Pop. In late 2005, the album was re-released with a bonus six-song EP entitled Green Beans.
Skelliconnection
On 22 August 2006, VanGaalen's second album, Skelliconnection, was released in the U.S. on Sub Pop and in Canada on Flemish Eye. The album is composed of new songs as well as tracks previously released on his earlier independent recordings and features exclusive artwork and videos made by VanGaalen.
ChartAttack reported on 17 January 2007 that Skelliconnection was #31 and had been on the chart for 19 weeks.
Skelliconnection was named to shortlist on 10 July 2007 for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. The winner was announced at a gala ceremony on 24 September 2007, with the prize going to the band Patrick Watson.
Soft Airplane
VanGaalen's third studio album, Soft Airplane, was released 9 September 2008. Soft Airplane marked a significant change for Vangaalen's songwriting as, unlike previous Vangaalen releases (where songs were collected from a vast catalogue of previous home recordings), Soft Airplane was written within the two year time span since Skelliconnection.
Soft Airplane garnered many favourable reviews internationally. It was both nominated for a Canadian Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year and shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. Furthermore, the album maintained a #2 placement in Exclaim!'s Top Albums of 2008 and, upon release, spent 22 weeks on !earshot's Top 50.
Vangaalen toured Soft Airplane extensively; performing live dates throughout North America, Europe, and the UK throughout 2008 and 2009. Vangaalen opted to tour with Flemish Eye label mates Women for many of his performances allowing him to utilize certain bandmembers as his backing band.
In September 2009, to celebrate the success of Soft Airplane, Vangaalen released an accessory EP for free download.
VanGaalen's song 'Rabid Bits of Time', off of Soft Airplane, was featured in the trailer for the 2011 indie film Norman.
Black Mold
On 11 August 2009, VanGaalen released a full-length album Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz under the alias Black Mold. The album features the organic instrumental and electronica-oriented sound merely hinted at on his other releases. Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz was released with a download code to 100 plus minutes of glitchy odds and ends, unfinished ideas, analogue improvisation, and experimental manipulation.
Live shows
VanGaalen is sometimes assisted live by bass player Mathew Flegel of the indie rock band Women and drummer Eric Hamelin from No More Shapes. Also, occasionally by Monty Munro.
Other activities
In 2008 VanGaalen recorded the debut album of Women as well as their second album.
VanGaalen is also an illustrator and animator, and has made his own album artwork and animated music videos to accompany several of his songs, including 'Clinically Dead', 'Flower Gardens', 'Red Hot Drops', and 'Molten Light', as well as the Love as Laughter song 'Dirty Lives' and Timber Timbre's song 'Beat the Drum Slowly'. He won the Prism Prize in 2015 for 'Beat the Drum Slowly', alongside a second nomination for the video for his own single 'Monster'.
He has also designed album covers for other artists, including Shout Out Out Out Out's Not Saying/Just Saying.
In 2015, VanGaalen collaborated with Seth Smith of the indie rock band Dog Day on the album Seed of Dorzon.
Chad VanGaalen’s Light Information, his sixth record on Sub Pop, was released on September 8, 2017.
Discography
Albums
2004: Infiniheart
2006: Skelliconnection
2008: Soft Airplane
2011: Diaper Island
2012: Green Corridor Series #02
2014: Shrink Dust
2017: Light Information
EPs
2005: Green Beans
2006: Skelliconnection
2009: Soft Airplane
2011: Your Tan Looks Supernatural
Black Mold
2009: Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz
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100 Pound Eyelids
2005
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After the Afterlife
2005
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All Will Combine
2014
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Bare Feet On Wet Griptape
2008
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Blonde Hash(Provided)
2011
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Blood Machine
2005
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Bones Of Man
2008
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Broken Bell
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Build a Home Like a Bee
2005
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Burn 2 Ash
2006
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Burning Photographs(Provided)
2011
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Can You Believe It!?(Provided)
2011
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Candle(Provided)
2014
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Chronograph #1
2005
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City Of Electric Light
2008
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Clinically Dead
2005
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Cosmic Destroyer
2014
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Cries Of The Dead
2008
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Cut Off My Hands
2014
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Dandrufff(Provided)
2006
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Dead Ends
2006
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Do Not Fear
2011
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Echo Train
2005
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Evil
2014
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Flower Gardens
2006
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Freedom For A Policeman
2011
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Frozen Energon(Provided)
2008
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Frozen Paradise
2014
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Graveyard
2006
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Gubbbish
2006
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Hangman's Son
2014
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Heavy Stones
2011
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I Miss You Like I Miss You
2005
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I Want You Back(Provided)
2014
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Inside The Molecules(Provided)
2008
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It Must Be Alright(Provided)
2014
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J.C.'s Head On the Cross(Provided)
2005
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Kill Me In My Sleep
2005
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Leaning on Bells
2014
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Lila
2014
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Liquid + Light
2005
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Mini T.V.'s
2006
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Molten Light
2008
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Monster
2014
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No Panic / No Heat
2011
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Old Heads
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Old Man + The Sea
2008
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Peace On The Rise
2011
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Phantom Anthills
2008
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Poisonous Heads
2008
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Rabid Bits Of Time
2008
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Red Blood
2005
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Red Hot Drops
2006
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Replace Me
2011
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Rolling Thunder
2006
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Sara
2011
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See-Thru-Skin
2006
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Shave My Pussy
2011
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She Calls for Me(Provided)
2014
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Sing Me 2 Sleep
2006
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Somewhere I Know There Is Nothing
2005
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Sunshine Snare Hits
2005
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Systemic Heart(Provided)
2006
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The Warp Zone / Hidden Bridge
2005
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TMNT Mask
2008
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Traffic
2005
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67
Viking Rainbow(Provided)
2006
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68
Wandering Spirits
2011
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Weighed Sin
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Weighted Sin
2014
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Weird Love
2014
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Where Are You?
2014
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Willow Tree
2008
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Wind Driving Dogs
2006
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Wing Finger
2006