Chris Corner
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{{BLP primary sources|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chris Corner
| image = Chris Corner at IAMX Autograph Session in Munich 2009 cropped.jpg
| caption = Corner in October 2009
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| birth_name = Christopher Anthony Corner
| alias = IAMX
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, harpsichord, mandolin, theremin, vibraphone
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, producer, remixer
| current_member_of = {{hlist|Sneaker Pimps|IAMX}}
| website = {{URL|iamxmusic.com}}
}}
Christopher Anthony Corner (born 23 January 1974) is an English record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer and video artist. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps alongside Liam Howe, and is now active with his solo project IAMX.{{cite web|last=Reges |first=Margaret |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/iamx-mn0000776443 |title=IAMX – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2013-06-19}}
To date, Chris Corner has released fifteen studio albums, four with Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X (1996), Splinter (1999), Bloodsport (2002) and Squaring the Circle (2021) and eleven as IAMX – Kiss and Swallow (2004), The Alternative (2006), Kingdom of Welcome Addiction (2009), Volatile Times (2011), The Unified Field, (2013) Metanoia (2015), Everything Is Burning (2016), Alive in New Light (2018), Fault Lines¹ (2023), and Fault Lines² (2024) and an acoustic rework album – Echo Echo (2020), as well as two experimental albums – Unfall (2017) and Machinate (2021) and two live albums – Live in Warsaw (2008) and Mile Deep Hollow Tour (2022). All albums under the IAMX moniker have been released independently and were written and produced solely by Corner with the exception of the fifth studio album The Unified Field, which was co-produced by Jim Abbiss, the experimental album Unfall which also features co-production and co-writing by Abbiss, and the acoustic album Echo Echo, which was co-produced by David Bottrill.{{Cite web |title=IAMX |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/192242-IAMX |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Discogs |language=en}} Two more studio albums have been announced for release in the spring and fall of 2023.{{Citation |title=IAMX – Two New Albums in 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBYuvtrxyS8 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-25}}
Corner also composed and produced the soundtrack for the film Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2005), which included features from Sue Denim of Robots in Disguise and the band Placebo.
He has also directed, filmed, and edited music videos both for his own projects, IAMX{{Cite web |title=UNFALL Releases (Videos by Chris Corner) – YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL03243495AB6B57A6 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.youtube.com}} and Sneaker Pimps,{{Citation |title=Sneaker Pimps – Fighter (Official Music Video) | date=21 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI6sKcRrrMA |language=en |access-date=2023-02-26}} and for other musicians such as Gary Numan.{{Citation |title=Gary Numan – My Name Is Ruin (Official Video) | date=27 July 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHomCiPFknY |language=en |access-date=2023-02-26}}
UNFALL Productions
UNFALL (formerly creating under the name Orphic) was founded in 2021 by Chris Corner and Janine Gezang to be a service for fiercely independent musicians.
UNFALL is a record label, music video production company, and music photography service.{{Cite web |title=Artists {{!}} UNFALL |url=https://unfallproductions.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=unfallproductions.bandcamp.com}}
| class="wikitable"
|+UNFALL Productions Music Videos !Year !Music Video !Artist !Director |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|"My Secret Friend" Ft. Imogen Heap |IAMX |
| "I Am Terrified" (Alec Empire Remix)
|IAMX |
| 2010
|"Face To Face" |James Cook |
| rowspan="3" |2011
|"Ghosts Of Utopia" |IAMX |
| "Dance With Me"
|IAMX |
| "End of Summer" Ft. IAMX
|James Cook |
| rowspan="4" |2013
|"Quiet The Mind" |IAMX |Chris Corner / Danny Drysdale{{Citation |title=IAMX – Quiet The Mind (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJi8fsqSoyo |language=en |access-date=2023-03-02}} |
| "Come Home"
|IAMX |Chris Corner / Janine Gezang{{Citation |title=IAMX – Come Home (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsk0SU7M3I |language=en |access-date=2023-03-02}} |
| "Runaway"
|Noblesse Oblige |
| "Lost Inspiration"
|Dorian Gray |
| 2014
|"Play Me" |Eleri |
| 2015
|"Happiness" |IAMX |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|"North Star" |IAMX |
| "The Void"
|IAMX |
| 2017
|"My Name Is Ruin" |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|"Mile Deep Hollow" |IAMX |
| "Stardust"
|IAMX |
| 2020
|"Surrender" |IAMX |
| rowspan="4" |2021
|"Intruder" |Gary Numan |
| "Saint And Liars"
|Gary Numan |
| "Fighter" |
| "Alibis"
|Sneaker Pimps |
| 2022
|"Art Bleeds Money" |IAMX |
| 2023
|"The X ID" |IAMX |Chris Corner |
Personal life
Born and raised in Middlesbrough, Corner moved to London in the mid-90s to pursue his education at Goldsmiths, University of London{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=100 Notable Alumni of the Goldsmiths, University of London |url=https://edurank.org/uni/goldsmiths-university-of-london/alumni/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=EduRank.org – Discover university rankings by location |language=en}} then at Queen Mary University of London before changing his focus to creating music full time. After Sneaker Pimps went on hiatus, he moved from London to Berlin in 2006, where he set up an IAMX studio for music and visual work until 2014.{{Cite web |title=I⃞ A⃞ M⃞ X⃞ on Instagram: "I got on a boat and I'm sailing to America.X" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/jHWrs6Q0FQ/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Instagram |language=en}}
However, after battling chronic insomnia and depression,{{Cite web |last=IAMX |date=2014-04-30 |title=Insomnia Schizophonica |url=https://iamxmusic.com/insomnia-schizophonica/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=IAMX |language=en-US}} IAMX left Berlin and moved to California, later stating: "I needed a big change of scenery. I had a few friends in Los Angeles and it seemed like the most relevant place for me, so I got on a boat and sailed over to the States."{{Cite web |date=2015-10-15 |title=Ex-Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner talks about his trip-hop past, IAMX present |url=https://www.twincities.com/2015/10/15/ex-sneaker-pimp-chris-corner-talks-about-his-trip-hop-past-iamx-present-2/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}} He now lives in a remote location in Southern California.{{Cite web |title=@IAMX |url=https://twitter.com/IAMX/status/1351967929991106561?s=20 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Corner is autistic.{{cite web |last1=Woods |first1=Cat |title=The ghost of trip hop is back to haunt your turntable |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/the-ghost-of-trip-hop-is-back-to-haunt-your-turntable-20210923-p58u4v.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=24 March 2023 |date=23 September 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://iamxmusic.com/ Official IAMX Website]
- [https://iamx.bandcamp.com/ Official IAMX Bandcamp]
- [http://iamxmusic.com/category/blog/ IAMX Blog]
- [https://shop.iamxmusic.com IAMX Webstore]
- [https://www.sneakerpimpslegacy.com/ Sneaker Pimps Legacy]
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