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Deftones side project Team Sleep gets ready to saw a few logs of its own<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A graphic from Team Sleep\u2019s upcoming Maverick release, which got bumped from July to \u201csometime after next year\u2019s Deftones album.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

M<\/strong>ost side projects are abysmal, lacking scope<\/strong>. Perhaps they\u2019re done for ego, or money. That isn\u2019t the case with Sacramento\u2019s Team Sleep, which features extremely gifted Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno and the drumwork of Hella\u2019s Zach Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a successful West Coast tour, Team Sleep\u2019s self-titled debut will be released by Maverick, Deftones\u2019 longtime label, next year. Although the band\u2019s members have busy schedules\u2014Hill is also working with Primus\u2019 Les Claypool; Moreno is busy writing songs for the next Deftones opus; DJ Crook and guitarist Todd Wilkinson are working on a yet-to-be-named project\u2014Team Sleep managed to find time to write and record its CD, some of which was mixed by Terry Date, the noted record producer who\u2019s worked hard-rock alchemy with Deftones, Soundgarden, White Zombie, Pantera and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTerry is very subtle,\u201d Wilkinson says, \u201cand he really doesn\u2019t get involved too much in song structure\u2014mostly just sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilkinson, a guitar player from Sacramento, played his first proper live shows on the band\u2019s last tour. He\u2019s one of Moreno\u2019s best friends, dating back to their high-school years. \u201cI started playing when I lived with Chino about 10 years ago,\u201d Wilkinson recalls. \u201cHe showed me how to play a few simple songs\u2014mostly Smashing Pumpkins. From there, I experimented on my own. Using a four-track [home recorder] has influenced the way I play a lot; instead of learning how to play well, I learned how to layer parts. I\u2019m influenced mostly by moods, not any guitar stuff specifically.\u201d Wilkinson cites Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill, the Cure and Elliott Smith as influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first shows of Team Sleep, which may tour later this summer, featured as support act a reunited Phallucy\u2014a band that included Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham. Like any good tour, the shows had high and low points. \u201cKnowing that certain people<\/em> would be at the L.A. show made me nervous,\u201d Wilkinson says. \u201cIt bugs the shit out of me, because I really shouldn\u2019t care what they<\/em> think, but I let it get to me still. Also, I had a lot of family there. I\u2019m sorry for being so vague with the \u2018certain people\u2019 and \u2018they,\u2019 but I think you can imagine to whom I am referring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not really. The usual crowd of L.A. music-biz hangout artists? Madonna?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best show was, for a number of reasons, San Diego,\u201d Wilkinson continues. \u201cIt was the night after L.A., about midway through the tour. We woke up in San Diego and parked at the beach on a warm day. Everyone felt as though the pressure had been relieved, and we had fun all day. The club was a little corny, but it was a fun show. Because we were relaxed and confident, we got loose. I think that made us perform better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe worst was Santa Cruz,\u201d he adds. \u201cSonny [Mayugba, guitarist for Phallucy and Daycare and editor for snow\/skate magazine Heckler] kept trying to get me to play a solo during the last song. I did, and it sucked. It was getting close to Christmas and we were burned out. It was still fun, though\u2014we just lacked the energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilkinson says that all of Team Sleep members now live in Sacramento, now that DJ Crook moved here from Los Angeles. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to get us all in one room at the same time,\u201d he says, adding that occasional collaborations still occur. \u201cI\u2019m trading tapes with Dan [Elkin] from Pocket for Corduroy,\u201d he says. \u201cMe and Crook are working on other stuff that may or may not become Team Sleep. I\u2019m lucky because I have many friends who are both cool people and not involved with other bands but, however, good musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band\u2019s chosen moniker is said to describe the band\u2019s ethos and soundscapes. It evokes a bond between the members, based on Wilkinson\u2019s humble beginnings as a high-school pal of Moreno\u2019s. \u201cThe vibe of the music is somewhat sleepy,\u201d Wilkinson says. \u201cAnd I suppose that we are a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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