Origin Nottingham, England Labels Kitchenware Years active 2004–present | Instruments Guitar, synthesizer Role Musician Genres Indie rock Name Chris Urbanowicz | |
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Birth name Christopher Dominic Urbanowicz Born 22 June 1981 (age 43)
Aslockton, Nottinghamshire ( 1981-06-22 ) Albums An End Has a Start, In This Light and on This E, You Are Fading I, The Back Room, Snowfield (demo) | ||
Music group Editors (2003 – 2012) Education Staffordshire University | ||
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Christopher Dominic "Chris" Urbanowicz (born 22 June 1981) is a British producer and musician, best known as the former lead guitarist and synth player of the indie rock band Editors.
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He is influenced by such bands as The Walkmen, The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Kraftwerk and Elbow.
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History
Urbanowicz was born in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire. He studied music technology at Staffordshire University for three years with the other members of Editors. He then worked in a shoe shop with Editors drummer Ed Lay in Birmingham for two years before the band signed to Kitchenware Records.
Urbanowicz features prominently in an amateur music video, produced as coursework during his studies at Staffordshire University.
He provided additional production on Airship's debut record Stuck In This Ocean, which was released on 5 September 2011.
On 16 April 2012, Editors announced on their Facebook page that "In a decision entirely based upon future musical direction, and with huge sadness, Editors and Chris Urbanowicz have parted ways."
In September 2013, Alex Winston released her single "101 Vultures", which was produced by Urbanowicz.
In October 2013, Urbanowicz under the name Druids remixed Overexposed for Matt & Kim on their Lightening Remixes album.
In March 2014, Urbanowicz produced the self-titled debut EP for PIAS band The Spectors as well as their debut album "Light Stays Close".
Personal life
Urbanowicz lives in New York City. He has synesthesia.
His grandparents were Polish, but both mother and father were born in England.
He supports Nottingham Forest Football Club.
His left arm is tattooed with a sleeve design of coloured roses, a swallow, a modified version of the c1981-1982 Andy Warhol piece "Gun" featuring three coloured revolvers, a modified version of the Eelus art piece "Alice" with a raven and a traditional gypsy piece.
It was announced on the Editors website that Chris does not have any social media pages such as Twitter or Facebook. This information has since proved outdated since Chris can be reached on Twitter and Instagram.