Chanel Beads

Chanel Beads is the project of Shane Lavers, based in New York. The music is built from layered samples, treated vocals and violin, with songs that tend to blur at the edges rather than resolve into conventional verses and choruses. Collaborators including Zachary Paul and Maya McGrory have been central to the recorded and live work. The results sit between pop songwriting and something closer to collage, and the project found an audience among listeners drawn to that ambiguity.