Name: Ian Chesser
Hometown: Davidson, NC
Class year: 2014
Major: Sociology
Relationship status: Single
On-campus activities: WKCR, WBAR
Off-campus activities: DJing [bars/clubs], working on music, helping run the Panda Eyes fashion line
Greatest fear: Dull people
Top travel destination: London
Best Halloween costume idea: Entropy
Celebrity crush: Tilda Swinton
Three things you couldn’t live without: My record collection, my [roommate’s] Juno 106, time away from NYC every few months
Pet peeve: Interacting with people
Favorite genre of music and why: Early [40s-80s] electronic music, because many artists in this era embraced the concept of ‘sound-in-itself’ [as opposed to relying on the melodic/timbral cliches of the past]
What you hope to have accomplished by the age of 30: I’d like to have been in a successful band, then retire to run a record label & work on experimental music projects & collaborations.
Quote you live by: “you’re a f*cking artist, just deal with it” -my bandmate, Alyssa giving a peptalk
Largest role model in your life: Delia Derbyshire
Favorite neighborhood in the city for going out: Bushwick