Chris Zabriskie (born March 10, 1982, in
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
Europea ...
) is an American composer and musician.
Biography
Chris Zabriskie got his musical start in noise-rock duo
Struggleburger, but went solo unexpectedly at a show in 2001 when the other members of the band did not show up. Between 2006 and 2009, Zabriskie released three vocal albums under the name lo-fi is sci-fi.
In 2009, he turned his attention towards instrumental music, first releasing ''The Dark Glow of the Mountains''. The album's stark electronic minimalism was a departure from his previous work. Two more instrumental albums, ''I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor'' and ''Preludes'' followed in the same year. He continues to release new ambient music on a regular basis.
Zabriskie self-releases his albums on his website and is also a vocal supporter of BitTorrent and file sharing. In the past, he has admitted to leaking his own records to various torrent sites in advance of their release dates. As of March 2009, Zabriskie offers free downloads of all of his music. In 2011, Zabriskie joined
WMFU's Free Music Archive
The Free Music Archive or FMA is an online repository of royalty-free music. Established in 2009 by the East Orange, New Jersey community radio station WFMU and in cooperation with fellow stations KBOO and KEXP, it aims to provide music under C ...
and changed the
Creative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has releas ...
license on his music to be much more permissive and open.
Zabriskie is also a filmmaker, with producing and editing work including music videos for
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice (born May 22, 1967 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer. He is the owner and founder of Tiny Telephone, an analog recording studio with locations in San Francisco M ...
as well as various short films and many of his own music videos. In 2020, Zabriskie designed and performed video visuals for the
Cupcakes
A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations such as frui ...
20th anniversary reunion performance at
Metro Chicago
Metro (formerly the Stages Music Hall and Cabaret Metro) is a concert hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that plays host to a variety of local, regional and national emerging bands and musicians. The Metro was first opened in 1982. The ...
.
Discography
*''The Dark Glow of the Mountains'' (2009)
*''I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor'' (2009)
*''Preludes'' (2009)
*''Vendaface'' (2010)
*''Stunt Island'' (2011)
*''Divider'' (2011)
*''Undercover Vampire Policeman'' (2012)
*''Reappear'' (2012)
*''Cylinders'' (2014)
*''Direct to Video'' (2015)
*''Thoughtless'' (2015)
*''Music from Neptune Flux'' (2016)
*''It’s a Wonderful Jaws'' (2018)
*''I Made This While You Were Asleep'' (2020)
*''Abandon Babylon'' (2021)
*''Soft Rock Champion'' (2022)
*''Angie's Sunday Service'' (2022)
*''Short Songs 010923 - 030923'' (2023)
''Released under the name lo-fi is sci-fi:''
*''The Black Hole'' (2006)
*''We Were Wrong'' (2007)
*''O Great Queen Electric, What Do You Have Waiting for Me?'' (2008)
*''This Silent Bloody Night'' (2008)
References
External links
Official website*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabriskie, Chris
1982 births
Living people
American ambient musicians