Charlie Looker
Charlie Looker is a New York City based musician, who has many releases under different names.[1][2] He has had positive coverage in local media,[3] as well as web media.[4] He is a graduate of Wesleyan University (2003), and was named one of NPR's "Top 100 Composers Under 40" in 2011.
Looker was a member of experimental band Zs, and has worked with Dirty Projectors. He was the guitarist and lead vocalist for his band Extra Life, a hybrid of math rock and Renaissance music, until November 2013. He now plays with his Early/Renaissance-music inspired project Seaven Teares, performs improvisational jazz with Period, and is one half of industrial-metal duo Psalm Zero with Castevet's Andrew Hock. Their debut record, The Drain, was released by Profound Lore on March 4, 2014 and has already received positive feedback from Pitchfork, NPR's "All Songs Considered," and other music publications. The band performed to high acclaim at 2014's SXSW festival and has toured both the United States and Europe.
Looker has collaborated with Ty Braxton, M. Lamar, and many other musicians. His label, Last Things records, has put out releases by Extra Life, Larkin Grimm, and others.
References
- ↑ http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2010/03/23/Arts/made-Flesh.Manifests.Accessible.Math.Rock-3892887.shtml
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Extra-Life/e/B001LH2JS2/ref=ntt_mus_gen_pel
- ↑ http://gothamist.com/2008/10/22/charlie_looker_extra_life.php
- ↑ http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56527&FID=47