Chris Joss

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Chris Joss
Chris Joss Nov2004.jpg
(November 2004)
Background information
Also known asChris Josse,
Origin France
Genres Funk, electronica, acid jazz, lounge, jazz funk
Occupation(s) Musician, Producer, composer
Instrument(s)Bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussions, Sitar, flute
Years active1998–present
Labels ESL Music, Irma Records, Pulp Flavor
Website Official website

Chris Joss is a French multi-instrumentalist and record producer. [1]

Contents

Early life and education

Chris Joss was born in France. According to his website "his parents enrolled him in electronic organ lessons aged 12 which taught him the basics of music", although he always wanted to play drums. When he was 14, he received an acoustic guitar and learnt playing autodidactically. In 1981, he founded his own band at high school. In 1984, after dropping out of school, "he began investing in recording and electronic equipment". [2]

Career

In 1987, Joss released his first record with his 3 member band on EMI. In 1991, he released his third record on CBS with 7 member band. [2] He moved to London, where he lived throughout the 1990s, until it became too expensive. [3] In 1994 he played with a group called Monk and recorded and produced his first album. [2] In 1995 and 1996, Chris embarked on recording his inaugural LP, Music From 'The Man With a Suitcase', conceptualized as the soundtrack for an imaginary 1960s TV series. In 1998, the title track found its way onto a compilation in the UK. Chris returned to France and secured a deal with Cristal Publishing in La Rochelle, which facilitated an agreement with the French indie label Pulp Flavor. [3]

Personal life

Joss has been suffering from misophonia since his childhood. He developed tinnitus and hyperacusis, and no longer performs live. [2]

Work

His music ranges from funk to electronica, and tracks excerpted from his releases are featured in movie trailers such as Accepted (2006), Argo (2012), Hotel for Dogs (2009), Inside Deep Throat (2005), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and Role Models (2008), [3] and the television shows Six Feet Under [4] and Better Call Saul . [5]

His 1999 album The Man with a Suitcase was part of a trend in the late 1990s of "imaginary soundtracks", compositions created to accompany films that did not actually exist. [6] In the soundtrack, he attempted to pay homage to works of the 1960s and 1970s such as The Avengers and Mission Impossible , with a mixture of jazz, pop, rock, and funk. [6] His 2008 track "I want Freedom", taken from his fourth album, is part of Apple Inc.'s iPhoto 10 and iPhoto 11 software. [7]

As of 2021, Joss had released twelve solo albums plus a remix album; five of them by ESL Music [8] and six on his own Teraphonic Records.

Albums

Singles

Remixes

Production

Other releases

Resources

  1. David Jeffreys. "Chris Joss biography on allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chris Joss". www.chrisjoss.net. n.d. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chris Joss Interview". Gforce software. 2013.
  4. ""You've been spiked" in episode 51". HBO.
  5. "Tune Down in episode 7 of season 1 (Bingo)". WSJ.
  6. 1 2 Spencer, Kristopher (2008). Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre. McFarland. pp. 333–. ISBN   9780786452286.
  7. Giesbert Damaschke (2009). iLife '09. Markt+Technik. ISBN   9783827244802.
  8. "Chris Joss Discography on Allmusic.com". All Music. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  9. Kristopher Spencer (10 January 2014). Chris Joss reference. McFarland & Company, inc. ISBN   9780786452286.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. "You've Been Spiked review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  11. "Spiked review". CMJ new music report. 15 November 2004.
  12. "Teraphonic Overdubs review". Allmusic.com.
  13. "Sticks review". Vueweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03.
  14. "Monomaniacs Vol1 review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  15. "No Play No Work". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  16. "Soundtrack details". Soundtrack Collector.
  17. "Joe Bataan review". Quickcrit.
  18. "Inside Deep Throat soundtrack Overview". All Music Guide.

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