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Chris Corner | |
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 Corner in October 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Anthony Corner |
| Also known as | IAMX |
| Born | 23 January 1974 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer, remixer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, harpsichord, mandolin, theremin, vibraphone |
| Member of | |
| Website | iamxmusic |
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.[1]
To date, Chris Corner has released thirteen 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.[2] Two more studio albums have been announced for release in the spring and fall of 2023.[3]
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[4] and Sneaker Pimps,[5] and for other musicians such as Gary Numan.[6]
- ^ Reges, Margaret. "IAMX – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "IAMX". Discogs. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ IAMX – Two New Albums in 2023, retrieved 25 February 2023
- ^ "UNFALL Releases (Videos by Chris Corner) – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Sneaker Pimps – Fighter (Official Music Video), 21 July 2021, retrieved 26 February 2023
- ^ Gary Numan – My Name Is Ruin (Official Video), 27 July 2017, retrieved 26 February 2023