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Birth Name:

Chris Jeely

Born:

Jan 1, 1996

Genres:

Electronic & Dance Music, Drum 'n' Bass Music, Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music, Progressive Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

Accelera Deck was the ambient pop project of Birmingham, AL-based singer/guitarist/programmer Chris Jeely, who previously fronted the little-known shoegazer act the Ashley Tremolo; that band dissolved in 1995 after a fire at their rehearsal space destroyed all of their equipment, allowing Jeely the opportunity to explore his increasing interest in electronica. Accelera Deck made its debut in 1998 with a cover of "I Believe It" recorded for the A Tribute to Spacemen 3 compilation, soon followed by an EP, Kiss Burn, and a few months later by the full-length Narcotic Beats. After the single "The nearness of you makes me feel so real" appeared on Blackbean Placenta Tape Club in 1998, Jeely and friend Aaron Tweedy revived their independent label Pitchcadet to capitalize on the boom in CD-R technology, a move which heralded a steady flow of Accelera Deck releases including the 1999 full-lengths Conviction Crack and Echo Economy (the latter issued on another CD-R label, Toast Jam Recordings); another new LP, Addict, followed on BBPTC in early 2000. Jeely also recorded as Exhaleradeck, the first in a promised series of variations in name and sound.

- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide