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The Depreciation Guild is a shoegaze / chiptune band (from Brooklyn, NY, USA), consisting of Kurt Feldman (guitar, vocals, programming), Christoph Hochheim (guitar, vocals) & Anton Hochheim (drums). Backed solely by a Nintendo Entertainment System, the band blankets their sound with the crushing blows of its 8-bit 2a03 sound chip. Drawing inspiration from classic dream pop bands such as Pale Saints, and Cocteau Twins, as well as 80's synthpop masters such as Bill Nelson, Gangway, Scritti Politti and YMO, The Depreciation Guild have artfully cultivated a unique sound that strikes a balance between progressive and retro-chic. The band's first EP, Nautilus, released by 8 Bit Peoples in January of 2006, is a blissed-out, swirling, guitar-heavy epic that was received with international acclaim. In December 2007, their first full-length, In Her Gentle Jaws was released, which takes the band's songwriting and arranging to breathtaking new places. From the sonic attack of Sky Ghosts to the lullaby calm of Heavy Eyes The Depreciation Guild have created a piece of music designed to be heard as a whole - an album filled with highs and lows, saturated in color, and drifting into dream. Originally released as a free download, In Her Gentle Jaws is currently available through Kanine Records In Her Gentle Jaws was self-produced in New York. It was mixed in Chicago by Joshua Eustis, one-half of renowned experimental electronic group Telefon Tel Aviv. Eustis's resume includes work with artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Bebel Gilberto, Apparat, Robin Guthrie, and The Album Leaf. The record was mastered back home in Brooklyn by Bill Racine. Racine assisted producer Dave Fridmann on modern classics from The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, and has more recently produced albums for Rogue Wave and Mark Gardner of Ride. Kurt and Christoph also play in The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Christoph and Anton in Tropic of Nelson. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.