Chris Harris (musician)

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Chris Harris is a Canadian musician from Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] He is most noted for the 2020 album Philadelphia, [2] a collaboration with Joseph Shabason and Nicholas Krgovich which was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. [3]

He was active in Vancouver's music scene in the 2000s and 2010s as a keyboardist in the post-rock combo The Secret Three, [4] as a solo artist who released an EP in 2004 under the moniker Parks and Rec, [5] as a multi-instrumentalist with Krgovich's P:ano, [6] as a bass player in Destroyer, and as a singer and guitarist in the short-lived post-hardcore band Womankind. [7]

In 2021, Shabason, Krgovich and Harris again collaborated on the instrumental followup release Florence. [8] Harris contributed to the track "I'm Dancing" on Shabason and Krgovich's 2022 album At Scaramouche, but was not credited as a principal performer. [9]

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