Chester Endersby Gwazda

After graduating from Purchase College, State University of New York in 2007, Chester Gwazda decided to produce bands in exchange for food and lodging, which gave him a reputation as an underground producer.

His “tour” would include recording Future Islands first full lenght album Wave Like Home. He had already recorded some of the band’s first releases as part of his junior-year final project, and continued to work with them on many others recordings.

As a live performer, Gwazda plays synth and bass for the Dan Deacon Ensemble and Nuclear Power Pants. He met Dan Deacon at Purchase and not only toured with him, but co-produced the albums Bromst and America.

Selective when choosing the bands he works with, other production projects include Cloud Nothing, Outer Spaces, Other Colors, Air Waves and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat.
Gwazda is also a singer-songwriter with a solo project named Shroud.