Years active 1998-present Associated acts I Heart Lung | Name Chris Schlarb Role Composer | |
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Origin Long Beach, California, United States Albums Psychic Temple, Psychic Temple II, Dropsy, NightSky Soundtrack, Making The Saint, Twilight & Ghost Stories Genres Jazz, Experimental music, Rock music Record labels Asthmatic Kitty, Sounds Are Active Similar Brian Wilson, Capitol Steps, Frank Zappa, Castanets, Paul Masvidal | ||
Chris Schlarb - Seventh House
Chris Schlarb is a musician, composer, and producer based in Long Beach, California.
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His first solo album, Twilight and Ghost Stories, was the result of recordings sourced from musicians across the US as well as his own home recordings of instruments, rainfall, and traffic. National Public Radio named his Interoceans album, a collaboration as I Heart Lung, as in their Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2008. In 2009, Chris collaborated with game designer Nifflas on the video game NightSky. Chris composed original music for NightSky which was nominated for the Independent Games Festival’s Seumas McNally Grand Prize. BoingBoing described the soundtrack to as “What Game Music Can Be”.
Schlarb has collaborated with Mike Watt (of The Minutemen), Sufjan Stevens, Nels Cline (of Wilco), Paul Masvidal of Cynic, Mick Rossi (of The Philip Glass Ensemble), Dave Longstreth (of The Dirty Projectors), Julianna Barwick, Dave Easley (of The Brian Blade Fellowship), Ikey Owens (of The Mars Volta), Daedelus, Chad Taylor, Serengeti, Omid Walizadeh, Busdriver, Awol One, Diane Cluck, Steuart Liebig, Walter Kitundu, Soul-Junk, Chad Van Gaalen, Liz Janes, and DM Stith. Schlarb co-founded the free improvisation ensemble Create (!) in 1998 and the record label Sounds Are Active in 1999. The label released over 50 albums and films including the 2006 rockumentary 40 Bands 80 Minutes!