Team Sleep
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Background information | |
Origin | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2000–2006, 2014–2015 (on hiatus) |
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Past members | Rob Crow Zach Hill Dan Elkan Sonny Mayugba Joel Tidwell Mary Timony |
Team Sleep is an American
Team Sleep's music touches on a variety of genres, including dream pop, trip hop, indie rock, post-rock, shoegaze, ambient music, psychedelic music, lo-fi music, and electronica.[1][2][3][4]
History
Early years
Team Sleep started when Moreno and his friend Todd Wilkinson bought a cassette tape Portastudio-type four-track recorder in 1994. They continued this collaboration through the first two Deftones albums, though on a rather casual basis. Wilkinson said, "We were never going to make a record, or start a band ... I was just sitting at home, playing guitar, and I started recording some stuff. It was never about trying to play shows, record in a studio, or anything of that sort. It was just bumming around. I had never been in a band, and I never wanted to be—we were just good friends."[5]
DJ Crook, a long-time friend and roommate of Deftones turntablist/keyboardist
Team Sleep performed a number of live shows on the
Debut album
A full album's worth of material was finished in 2002–03, but not officially released. The instrumental song "The Passportal" was included on The Matrix Reloaded: The Album, the April 2003 soundtrack album for the film The Matrix Reloaded.[7]
Singers
Team Sleep's record was originally scheduled for release in November 2004, but
Team Sleep was finally released on May 10, 2005, to mostly positive reviews. "The best part about it is having completion of something you've been working on, and having it done right," Moreno said in a statement. "It's fun, working with different people, everybody works differently. When I have time off from music, I want to make other music. That's what I do, that's what's fun, that's what makes me happy."[8]
Notably absent from the completed debut album were "Mercedes", "Apollonia", "Iceache", "Death by Plane", "Solid Gold", "Acoustic One" and "Kool-Aid Party". The demo of "Cambodia" was revamped and appeared on the album in the form of "Ever (Foreign Flag)", while "Natalie Portman" was revised into "Live from the Stage".
Following Team Sleep's first release, the band toured and began posting various demos on their
Return
In October 2014, a new Team Sleep lineup recorded a live album in front of an audience at Applehead Recording studio in
As of 2023, Team Sleep is inactive.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [12] |
AUS [13] |
FRA
[14] |
UK [15] | ||
Team Sleep |
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52 | 69 | 160 | 91 |
Live albums
Title | Album details |
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Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 4 |
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References
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Team Sleep". Allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ "Team Sleep". PunkNews. March 2, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ Greer, Nick. "Team Sleep".
- ^ "Team Sleep". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ^ "Team Sleep / Teamsleep :: www.team-sleep.com".
- ^ Ramirez, Carlos (June 22, 2009). "21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century - Deftones - White Pony". MetalSucks. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ^ Rulinho, Nino (April 29, 2003). "Discography". Team-Sleep.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Xzibit, Ja Rule, Michael Jackson, Jamie Lynn Spears & More". MTV.
- ^ "Q&A: Gil Sharone on How Chino Moreno's Team Sleep Finally Came Back". Fuse.
- ^ "DEFTONES Singer CHINO MORENO Returns With New TEAM SLEEP Album 'Woodstock Sessions'". June 9, 2015.
- ^ "Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 4 review". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Team Sleep / Team Sleep". billboard.elpee.jp. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
- ^ "Team Sleep - Team Sleep" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ "Team Sleep | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
External links
- Team Sleep discography at Discogs
- Team Sleep on Myspace
- Q&A With Chino Moreno of Team Sleep and Deftones Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Westword November 2007