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12.27.2007 For Immediate Release Essex Chanel Schedules CD Release Show For Upcoming Album Dancing at Weddings CHICAGO, Illinois - Essex Chanel will release it’s 7th (not counting The Album is Dead or the song-a-day January 2007 project) official studio album on January 18th, 2008. To celebrate the release, Essex Chanel will play a CD release show at Schubas’s Tavern on Friday February 1st, 2008. Ra Ra Riot & The Virgins, both on a national tour, will be playing the show as well. The show is 18+ and tickets are $10. Essex Chanel will be performing as a full band with several special guests. Dancing at Weddings, which the LP is titled, takes a radical departure from some of the earlier Essex Chanel albums. All the songs blend together, implementing many loops and sound effects, blending the genres of rock/indie with dance/electronica in a new way. Essex Chanel will be performing the album in its entirety. Began at the end of June 2007, Dancing at Weddings was written and reworked repeatedly until its completion in early November ’07. Travis Lee Wiggins, who does all the work for every aspect of Essex Chanel, played all the instruments, produced, and mastered the CD at Beware of Dog Studios (his studio), located in the Northside of Chicago. Essex Chanel Dancing at Weddings CD Release Show w / Ra Ra Riot, The Virgins February 1st, 2007 Schubas Tavern 3159 N. Southport Chicago, IL 60657 TEL: 773-525-2508 18+, $10, 9:30pm www.schubas.com About Schuba’s Tavern (from metromix.com) One of the most inviting small music rooms in the city, Schubas puts all the elements together to great effect: excellent sound, intimate environs, and a music-centric atmosphere music fans can appreciate. Offering a mixed bag of live music -- rock, folk, country (straight-up or insurgent), funk, even mariachi -- the bands range in quality and stature, from up-and-coming local acts with strong followings to nationally known acts loyal to Schubas for help on the way up. The room is small enough to ensure fans are never far from the action on the raised stage (crowds max out between 125 and 175 people), and the audience format can be extremely intimate depending on the music style and the draw. The club sometimes sells reserved seating, but mostly its standing general admission. If you're not interested in the music, you set up camp in the tavern outside the music room and choose from an impressive array of tap and bottled beer. (Schubas was originally built around the turn of the century as one of the Schlitz Brewery tap houses, and they bow to tradition by offering Schlitz in bottles.) In late '96, Schubas broke through the walls to the building next door and added a dining room decorated with folk art and stained glass windows called the Harmony Grill, which serves a variety of appetizers, hearty sandwiches, thin-crust pizzas and an eclectic selection of entrees. The music room -- occasionally outfitted with a big screen projection television -- is also a good place to catch championship sporting events and Bears games About Essex Chanel Essex Chanel is Chicago-based Travis Lee Wiggins' solo music project, started in the summer of 2005. Travis is in two additional Chicago-based bands: The Summer Salts and also Fetla-but in Essex Chanel he does all the work, from writing all the music, playing all the instruments, to producing, mixing, and mastering. Addictive, catchy melodies abound in all of Essex Chanel's songs, whether it's classic rock, indie, alternative, folk, dance, or classically influenced (the music dips in many genres). Maybe the best example is in 67 Car Commercials, where genre jumping is shown to be an easy art-each song is 30 seconds, crossing music categories and going into the highly conceptual with interesting titles to go with the music. The focus of the music varies with each CD, some are what he calls "music collections" like his January 2007 song-a-day marathon or The Album is Dead, where songs are released on an album where every cd is different with different songs and track order. The music stays fresh and energetic with each new release. Many Essex Chanel albums and songs are downloadable for free, and this project is not constricted in songwriting or releasing material by being on any music label, which makes releases frequent and sometimes without prior notice. CDs and other items are available through www.essexchanel.com, as well as some limited releases through iTunes & Rhapsody.com. Most of Travis’s energy is spent in the studio recording new music. Several times a year, Travis tours under the Essex Chanel name, doing solo shows, as well as playing with a varied list of friends-which makes every Essex Chanel show an event. Press Contact Travis Lee Wiggins 847.208.4227 mail@travisleewiggins.com www.travisleewiggins.com www.essexchanel.com