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PRISM index
What if you could buy an entire art installation for $22 and keep it on your bookshelf? Well you can, it’s called PRISM index. A few years ago, I was asked to contribute four interviews with Twilight & Ghost Stories collaborators Mick Rossi, Bhob Rainey, Parker Paul and Ray Raposa. These interviews, discussing struggle, inspiration, and the creative process are collected and printed only in the pages of PRISM index. I am honored to have my words sit alongside sounds, images, and poetry by James Jackson Toth, Diane Cluck, Bill Plympton, and Michael Hurley. PRISM index is a hand-bound, silkscreened, mixed-media art compilation, available in a limited edition of 500. It also includes an 88 minute DVD and a 72 minute CD.
Watch the video and then buy something real.
IN TRANSIT presents: 16mm
On May 19th, 2008, I Heart Lung went into Matt Wignall‘s Tackyland Studio in Long Beach and recorded music to accompany a series of colorful short films by Canadian visual artist Jonathan Dueck. Jonathan has designed album covers for Soul-Junk, Rafter Roberts, Liz Janes and many others, he is also responsible for bringing West African artist Hermas Zopoula to the attention of the Asthmatic Kitty record label. For the past few years Dueck has quietly scratched, painted and stamped over repurposed 16mm film. Eventually he wound up with 20 short films each running 1 to 2 minutes in length. He then asked four different artists to compose soundtracks: Chad VanGaalen, Son Lux, Deneir and I Heart Lung.
After four years of work, Jonathan Dueck’s 16mm project is ready. Well, almost… All he needs now is to raise enough money to package the booklet, DVD and CD together and he’s doing it through Kickstarter.com. You can help make it all possible for only a $10 pledge. Just so you know, pledging now will not remove any funds from your account, if Jonathan does not reach his goal of $2,600 in the next 60 days, you don’t pay anything. I cannot recommend your support for this project highly enough. Check out Jonathan’s video and Kickstarter page here.
The Limpets (Documentary Score)
The Limpets, is a documentary short by Justin Dial and Nate Smith about controversial visual artist and teacher Melanie Weaver. The subject matter in Limpets crosses from whimsical to deeply reflective and I enjoyed writing music that shared those qualities. The four-minute film contains six pieces of original music.
Composed, Recorded and Produced by
Chris Schlarb
Performed by
Chris Schlarb- electric guitar, marimba, melodica, drum programming, percussion
Unboxing Nels Cline and G.E. Stinson
As many of you may know, I run the Sounds Are Active record label in what doctors and psychologists call my “spare time.” Today, I am very proud to hold in my hands, the label’s 50th release: Nels Cline + G.E. Stinson’s Elevating Device. Nels and G.E. are long time friends who have both accomplished a many great musical thing over the years. With Elevating Device, they finally sit down together with their guitars and conjure up the sounds they’ve always wanted to. It’s an honor for me to have them on the label.
BeeDocs 101 (Tutorial Score)
Written and recorded in August 2009, “Theme For Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin No. 2″ was recently used in a tutorial video for Seattle, Washington based software company BeeDocs Software. BeeDocs owner Adam Behringer sent me a rough cut video of a Timeline 3D tutorial he was working on and said he was looking for light musical accompaniment. I proposed a simple piece that could function as both foreground and background music.
Theme For Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin No. 2
Written, Recorded and Produced by
Chris Schlarb
Performed by
Chris Schlarb- 6-string acoustic guitar, mandolin