Oliver Chapoy is a musician/multi-instrumentalist/producer from Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, mostly known for his performance in the group Shai Hulud

Shai Hulud (band)

Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....

. However he has been in other acts renowned for affecting the Florida hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

, and metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 scene tremendously. Oliver has also engineered records at Salad Days Studio for producer Brian McTernan

Brian McTernan

Brian McTernan is a record producer who has worked with bands from all over the world. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio. Brian was voted to be one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by the Maryland Daily Record...

, including records for Circa Survive

Circa Survive

Circa Survive is an American alternative rock band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburb of Doylestown, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist Anthony Green, former singer of Saosin and members of the now-defunct This Day Forward....

, Punchline

Punchline (band)

Punchline is an American rock band from Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, that formed in 1998. The band released released their sixth full-length album Delightfully Pleased on August 10, 2010 on their own label, Modern Short Stories, and TDR Records....

 and Bane

Bane (band)

Bane, a hardcore punk band, began as a side project between Aaron Dalbec and Damon Bellardo. Aaron approached Matt Firestone to sing and they played under the moniker of Gateway for a few shows, before Firestone departed ways to focus on other projects...

.

Oliver is a co-writer for Experimental Pop group Warm Ghost

Warm Ghost

Warm Ghost is an American alternative music group based on the multi-instrumentalist Paul Duncan who specializes in eclectic sounds from a variety of music genres and who has a background is sound design. Duncan teamed with Oliver Chapoy and records music under the moniker Warm Ghost in 2011...

 and the instrumental band Saxon Shore

The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore

-Song notes:*"Marked with the Knowledge" was featured in Sony HD television commercials starting late April 2008. Watch the commercial on YouTube.*Their song "This Shameless Moment" was used at the end of episode 3 of Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr. 24/7 program on HBO...

 and has remixed artists such as Caroline

Caroline Lufkin

Caroline Lufkin is an Okinawan-American musician and younger sister of Japanese pop artist Olivia Lufkin. Caroline's music has found a home at Temporary Residence Ltd...

 (on record label Temporary Residence Limited

Temporary Residence Limited

Temporary Residence Limited is a Brooklyn, New York-based record label. TRL was started in Baltimore, Maryland in late 1995. The label's first release was The Concord Anthology Process/Nero split 7", released April 1, 1996. After moving the operation to Portland, Oregon, owner/operator Jeremy...

) and Faunts

Faunts

-History:Faunts was formed in the fall of 2000 by two brothers Steve and Tim Batke. Faunts are released on Friendly Fire Recordings. In 2005, their debut album High Expectations/Low Results was well-received. In 2006, a 40-minute EP entitled M4 was released that grew out of music crafted to...

 under the moniker Brightest Feathers, with band mate Matt Doty.

In August 2009, Oliver was one of 200 guitarists chosen to perform in the American premiere of Rhys Chatham's A Crimson Grail. Two-hundred electric guitarists performed the piece at the Damrosch Park Bandshell in New York City and was commissioned by the Lincoln Center.

Bands

• Shai Hulud
  Shai Hulud (band)
  Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
  
   (1995–1998)
• The Rocking Horse Winner
  The Rocking Horse Winner (band)
  For the story, see The Rocking-Horse Winner.The Rocking Horse Winner was an indie band from Florida. They were made up from members of As Friends Rust, and Jolie Lindholm, who has been featured on most of the Dashboard Confessional albums.-Overview:...
  
   (1999–2000)
• Poulain (2002–2004)
• Saxon Shore
  Saxon Shore (band)
  Saxon Shore is an American post-rock band consisting of members from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York. The group has thus far released five albums: one packaged as an EP and four as full-lengths...
  
   (2004–Present)
• Aarktica Live Only (2006–Present)
• Helado Negro Live Band (2009–Present)
• Warm Ghost (2010-Present)

External links

• Official website of Warm Ghost
• Official website of Saxon Shore
• Saxon Shore on PureVolume
  PureVolume
  PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...