Champ de Mars is the latest ‘band’ incarnation of the three people, or four, depending on the day. 

Champs’ first EP Back from the West was recorded at a basement studio in Alexandria, Virginia throughout 2015.  

Recording for the first full length disc Rancho Seco Victory began in earnest in the fall of 2017 and continued throughout the winter, with mixing and mastering stretching into June of 2018.  It is currently available for order, as well as on iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and Google play. It also received a slew of very positive music reviews. 

In 2023, { } released a new disc that reimagined staple songs from his first band The Said. Titled, “Best of 1993-1996” featured the single ‘Martyr’ and is available on Spotify. 

Recording for the latest album, Halloween Leaves began in February of that same year. For this disc, the band experimented with using hip-hop drum loops as beds which he recorded piano loops over. Real drums were recorded in Sicily by respected session player, Federico Gucciardo. They also hired a choir from Nigeria for three songs in the “Leaves” trilogy. Thematically the album primarily focuses on the story of a couple’s existence in different rooms of one house in suburbia during the pandemic. 

Champs are currently doing shows in DC area and starting to work on new material.