Chris Corsano is an American improviser based in Chicago, Illinois.
Early life Corsano picked up the drums after seeing his half-brother Tony playing. Corsano's first drum set had Animal from the Muppets on the bass, and he largely is self-taught, tapping along to a boom box. Capt. Beefheart, the Minutemen, and Mitch Mitchell served as early influences, depriving Corsano of a desire for pristine technique.
"As long as there are basements in Northern New Jersey, there will be cheap, used and fucked-up drum sets available to young upstarts who don't know any better, from men with thin mustaches and cut off jeans," Corsano says about his childhood.
Career
Corsano has performed with artists including Björk (on the studio recording and world tour for Volta), Evan Parker, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Dredd Foole, Bill Orcutt, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Jandek, Matt Valentine, Nels Cline, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Cold Bleak Heat, Michael Flower, C. Spencer Yeh, Mette Rasmussen, John Edwards, Sylvie Courvoisier, Okkyung Lee, and Nate Wooley.
Corsano has performed with saxophonist Paul Flaherty for more than twenty years and on more than twenty records in a style they call "The Hated Music." He has also recorded several albums each with Rangda (trio with Sir Richard Bishop and Ben Chasny), Chikamorachi (duo with Darin Gray), and Vampire Belt (duo with Bill Nace).
Corsano received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award in 2017.
Discography
Solo
Year Artist Album Label2006Chris CorsanoThe Young CricketerHot Cars Warp2006Chris CorsanoBlood PressureHot Cars Warp2009Chris CorsanoAnother Dull DawnUltra Eczema2010Chris Corsano BandHigh and DryHot Cars Warp2012Chris CorsanoCutHot Cars Warp2018Levin/Haker Flaten/CorsanoSpinning JennyTrost2018Corsano/Nace/BaczkowskiMystic BeingsOpen Mouth2018Rasmussen/CorsanoA View Of The Moon (From The Sun)Clean Feed2018Corsano/OrcuttBrace Up!2018Amado/McPhee/Kessler/ CorsanoA History of NothingTrost2018Masmussen/Flaherty/ CorsanoStar-Spangled VoltageHot Cars Warp2019Alcorn/Corsano/NaceLive At RotundaOpen Mouth2019Coxhill/McPhee/Corsano/ ParkerTree DancingOtoroku2019Amado/CorsanoNo Place to FallMonofonous / Astral2019Corsano/OrcuttThe Dwarfs of East AgouzaElectric Smog2019Baczkowski/Lopez/CorsanoOld SmokeRelative Pitch2019Adbelnour/CorsanoQuand Fond La Neige, Ou Va Le Blanc?Relative Pitch2020Chris CorsanoQuaranTunes Series no. 003Feeding Tube2020Chris CorsanoMezzalunaCatalytic2020Genta/CorsanoThe Live In Lisbon8mm2021Amado/McPhee/ Kessler/CorsanoLet The Free Be MenTrost Records2021Corsano/Maranha/YoungsCorsano/Maranha/YoungsImproved Sequence2022Corsano/Walker/YoungBelladonna GarnishHusky Pants2023Stoffner/Butcher/CorsanoBraidsezz-thetics2023Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry Iself-released2023Amba/Corsano/OrcuttThe Flower SchoolPalilalia 2023Corsano/OrcuttPlay At DukePalilalia 2023Swell/McPhee/CorsanoSometimes The Air IsMahakala 2023Rasmussen/Flaherty/ Rowden/CorsanoCrying in SpaceRelative Pitch2024Butcher/Stoffner/CorsanoThe Glass Changes ShapeRelative Pitch 2024Nabandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry IIIself-released2024Corsano/CorsanoThe Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away])Drag City2024Corsano/OrcuttLive at Big EarsPalilalia Records2024Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry IIself-released2024Williams/Gray/CorsanoElasticCorbett v. Dempsey2024Sakata/O'Rourke/ Rasmussen/CorsanoLive at Superdeluxe Vol. 1Trost Records2024Corsano/OrcuttMade Out of SoundPalilalia Records
References
External links
Chris Corsano website