CHRIS CORSANO
Bio:
Chris Corsano has gained a well-earned reputation as one
of the hardest-working
drummers around. Equally at home with intense kinetic explosions of
energy and concentrated near-silence, he effortlessly flows from one
idea to the next, always sympatico with his fellow musicians. He has
recorded and gigged with, among others, Paul Flaherty, Thurston Moore,
Jessica Rylan, Jim O'Rourke, Matt Heyner, Michael Flower,
Nels
Cline,
Jandek, Greg Kelly, Daniel Carter, Six Organs of Admittance, Evan
Parker, Sunburned Hand Of Man, Okkyung Lee, Wally Shoup, MV&EE,
Keiji Haino,
Dredd
Foole, Vampire Belt, Joe McPhee, Björk, Carlos Giffoni, Akira
Sakata,
Christina Carter and Heather Leigh Murray.
After moving from western Massachusetts, USA to Manchester,
England in 2005 and then Edinburgh, Scotland a year later, Corsano
focused on developing an expanded solo
percussion music of his own, incorporating sax reeds, violin strings
and bows, pot lids, adhesive tape and other household devices into his
drumkit. In February 2006, he released his first solo recording, The Young Cricketer, and toured the
UK opening for the mighty acoustic guitarist Jack Rose. In 2007 and '08 he's been drumming on Björk's Volta world tour as well as continuing his own projects.
Links:
www.myspace.com/chriscorsano
- mp3s from The Young Cricketer and tour dates available here.
www.yod.com/hatedmusic.html
- Flaherty-Corsano Duo website with mp3s, videos, press, discographies,
tour dates, etc.
Photos: Click here for thumbnails of 300
dpi photos
Press
Quotes:
"Corsano, despite being arguably
the most riotosly energetic and
creative drummer in contemporary free jazz, does far more than merely
bash his kit into submission. Playing loud does not mean abandoning
subtlety, and Corsano's sudden shifts of texture and dynamics are a
wonder to behold." - Dan Warburton, The Wire (April 2006)
"At one point...Corsano
even duos with himself, hurling spittle through a piece of horn while
simultaneously pounding out a blurry beat. But that's just the tip of
this massive iceberg, which drips with so many ideas and so much
head-grabbing sound I almost wonder if Chris should retire now - this
would easily qualify as the life-highlight of most sound-generating
mortals." - Marc Masters' review of The Young Cricketer, Noiseweek (April 2006)
"Corsano is one of the best drummers
of his generation" - Byron
Coley, Arthur Magazine (Sept. 2002)
"Anyone who has ever seen him live
already knows it, but this solo
session [The Young Cricketer]
slams the notion home; Chris Corsano is seriously one of the
most exciting drummers on the planet." - Adam Richards,
indieworkshop.com (Feb. 2006)
"...deadly drum
explosions...swatting
his kit as if it were covered
in giant ants, with every component used to full effect - a tighly
orchestrated beating of skins and rims resounding over the ensuing flow
of inventive exploration" - Edwin Pouncey - The Wire
"Lately, it's become nearly impossible
to escape tales of Corsano's
multi-limbed approach to his kit, his willingness to explore the sonic
possibilities hidden in every surface of his chosen instrument" - Chad
Oliveiri, Rochester's City Paper (May 5, 2004).
"drummer Chris Corsano, a young free
player who already looks like
becoming the most significant and syntactically advanced percussionist
to come out of the free rock/jazz nexus. His playing is so exuberant
and explosively alive that it transcends any kind of responsive
playing, inhabiting instead a sublime zone where pure energy
spontaneously gives birth to form." - David Keenan, Scottish Sunday
Herald (May 18, 2003)
"Corsano updates the
multi-directional freedom of Rashied Ali and deftly shudders about the
drums with jaw-dropping skillfulness, coaxing a staggering array of
rhythms and sounds from his traps. Laced through it all is an
undeniable display of raw emotion laid out like a sacrificial lamb,
offered to the gods to save us all" - Chris Scofield, Fake Jazz
Reviews of The Young Cricketer:
Volcanic
Tongue
Indie
Workshop
Noiseweek
Mimaroglu
Music Sales
Outer
Space Gamelan