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

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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 Bjork,

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(on the studio recording and world tour for '' Volta''),

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, Jim O'Rourke,

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, Matt Valentine,

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, Cold Bleak Heat, Michael Flower,

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, Mette Rasmussen, John Edwards,

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, and Nate Wooley. Corsano has performed with saxophonist

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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

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and

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), Chikamorachi (duo with Darin Gray), and Vampire Belt (duo with

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). Corsano received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award in 2017.

Discography

Solo

References

External links

Chris Corsano website
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