Debut release on Thrill Jockey from Helen Money aka cellist Alison Chesley.

‘Become Zero’ features Jason Roeder of Sleep and Neurosis and Rachel Grimes of Rachel’s.

Much of ‘Become Zero’ was recorded at collaborator and co-producer Will Thomas’ Los Angeles studio. Additional recording was done at Grimes’ studio outside of Louisville, Kentucky and at East/West Studios in Hollywood.

While Chesley had previously exclusively recorded analogue to tape with Steve Albini she went in a new direction for her Thrill Jockey debut. “I wanted to explore the freedom provided by digital recording,” Alison explains. “There is simply more flexibility with regards to multi-tracking… such as interfacing with electronic sounds, supplementing tracks with MIDI sounds, and ease of movement between the analog and digital domain. ‘Become Zero’’s songs called for a much wider palate of sounds.”

LP version pressed on virgin vinyl with free download coupon.

Helen Money will be touring extensively throughout 2016 and 2017 as main support to Russian Circles

In the past Helen Money has toured with an incredible array of musicians, including Shellac, Neurosis, Sleep, Russian Circles, Magma, Agalloch, Earth and Nina Nastasia. Both Portishead and Shellac selected her for their respective All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals.

Helen Money toured with Bob Mould in 2015, including a performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Her history of collaborations with Chicago improvisers is extensive.

“Alison Chesley [aka Helen Money] brings her classical training on cello into realms occupied by heavy metal extremists and guitar deities. Nobody rocks a cello like Alison Chesley” – Chicago Tribune

“[Helen Money’s] raw, minimalist stylings make her the lo-fi Xasthur to Apocalyptica’s Dimmu Borgir bombast” – Decibel Magazine

“Chesley’s music gets all manner of labels: experimental, rock, doom-metal, classical. Her songs have elements of each style, united only by Chesley’s minimalist compositional skills and a portentous sense of gloom” – Boston Globe

“Money’s intricately-layered constructions provide a strong platform from which to exhibit her extensive toolbox of unorthodox instrumental techniques” – Echos And Dust