Chris Corner

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Chris Corner
Chris Corner at IAMX Autograph Session in Munich 2009 cropped.jpg
Corner in October 2009
Background information
Birth nameChristopher Anthony Corner
Also known as IAMX
Born (1974-01-23) 23 January 1974 (age 50)
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.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. [1]

Contents

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]

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. [7]

UNFALL Productions Music Videos
YearMusic VideoArtistDirector
2009"My Secret Friend" Ft. Imogen Heap IAMXChris Corner [8]
"I Am Terrified" (Alec Empire Remix)IAMXChris Corner [9]
2010"Face To Face"James CookChris Corner [10]
2011"Ghosts Of Utopia"IAMXChris Corner [11]
"Dance With Me"IAMXChris Corner [12]
"End of Summer" Ft. IAMXJames CookChris Corner [13]
2013"Quiet The Mind"IAMXChris Corner / Danny Drysdale [14]
"Come Home"IAMXChris Corner / Janine Gezang [15]
"Runaway"Noblesse ObligeChris Corner [16]
"Lost Inspiration"Dorian GrayChris Corner [17]
2014"Play Me"EleriChris Corner [18]
2015"Happiness"IAMXChris Corner [19]
2016"North Star"IAMXChris Corner [20]
"The Void"IAMXChris Corner [21]
2017"My Name Is Ruin" Gary Numan Chris Corner [22]
2018"Mile Deep Hollow"IAMXChris Corner [23]
"Stardust"IAMXChris Corner [24]
2020"Surrender"IAMXChris Corner [25]
2021"Intruder"Gary NumanChris Corner [26]
"Saint And Liars"Gary NumanChris Corner [27]
"Fighter" Sneaker Pimps Chris Corner [28]
"Alibis"Sneaker PimpsChris Corner [29]
2022"Art Bleeds Money"IAMXChris Corner [30]
2023"The X ID"IAMXChris 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 [31] then at Queen Mary University 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. [32]

However, after battling chronic insomnia and depression, [33] 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." [34] He now lives in a remote location in Southern California. [35]

Corner is autistic. [36]

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  10. ↑ JAMES COOK 'Face To Face' (OFFICIAL VIDEO), 24 November 2010, retrieved 2 March 2023
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  14. ↑ IAMX – Quiet The Mind (Official Music Video) , retrieved 2 March 2023
  15. ↑ IAMX – Come Home (Official Music Video) , retrieved 2 March 2023
  16. ↑ Noblesse Oblige – Runaway (Official Video), 22 March 2013, retrieved 2 March 2023
  17. ↑ Dorian Gray – Lost Inspiration – Dir. Chris Corner (IAMX), 20 September 2013, retrieved 2 March 2023
  18. ↑ Eleri – "Play Me" (Official Video Directed by IAMX [Chris Corner]), 18 March 2014, retrieved 2 March 2023
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