Chris Corsano


Chris Corsano is an American improviser based in Chicago, Illinois.

Early life

Corsano picked up the drums after seeing his half-brother Tony playing. Corsano's first drum set had Animal from the Muppets on the bass, and he largely is self-taught, tapping along to a boom box. Capt. Beefheart, the Minutemen, and Mitch Mitchell served as early influences, depriving Corsano of a desire for pristine technique.
"As long as there are basements in Northern New Jersey, there will be cheap, used and fucked-up drum sets available to young upstarts who don't know any better, from men with thin mustaches and cut off jeans," Corsano says about his childhood.

Career

Corsano has performed with artists including Bjork, Evan Parker, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Dredd Foole, Bill Orcutt, Kim Gordon, Björk, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Jandek, Matt Valentine, Nels Cline, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Cold Bleak Heat, Michael Flower, C. Spencer Yeh, Mette Rasmussen, John Edwards, Sylvie Courvoisier, Okkyung Lee, and Nate Wooley.
Corsano has performed with saxophonist Paul Flaherty for more than twenty years and on more than twenty records in a style they call "The Hated Music." He has also recorded several albums each with Rangda, Chikamorachi, and Vampire Belt.
Corsano received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award in 2017.

Discography

Solo

YearArtistAlbumLabel
2006Chris CorsanoThe Young CricketerHot Cars Warp
2006Chris CorsanoBlood PressureHot Cars Warp
2009Chris CorsanoAnother Dull DawnUltra Eczema
2010Chris Corsano BandHigh and DryHot Cars Warp
2012Chris CorsanoCutHot Cars Warp
2018Levin/Haker Flaten/CorsanoSpinning JennyTrost
2018Corsano/Nace/BaczkowskiMystic BeingsOpen Mouth
2018Rasmussen/CorsanoA View Of The Moon Clean Feed
2018Corsano/OrcuttBrace Up!
2018Amado/McPhee/Kessler/
Corsano		A History of NothingTrost
2018Masmussen/Flaherty/
Corsano		Star-Spangled VoltageHot Cars Warp
2019Alcorn/Corsano/NaceLive At RotundaOpen Mouth
2019Coxhill/McPhee/Corsano/
Parker		Tree DancingOtoroku
2019Amado/CorsanoNo Place to FallMonofonous / Astral
2019Corsano/OrcuttThe Dwarfs of East AgouzaElectric Smog
2019Baczkowski/Lopez/CorsanoOld SmokeRelative Pitch
2019Adbelnour/CorsanoQuand Fond La Neige,
Ou Va Le Blanc?		Relative Pitch
2020Chris CorsanoQuaranTunes Series no. 003Feeding Tube
2020Chris CorsanoMezzalunaCatalytic
2020Genta/CorsanoThe Live In Lisbon8mm
2021Amado/McPhee/
Kessler/Corsano		Let The Free Be MenTrost Records
2021Corsano/Maranha/YoungsCorsano/Maranha/YoungsImproved Sequence
2022Corsano/Walker/YoungBelladonna GarnishHusky Pants
2023Stoffner/Butcher/CorsanoBraidsezz-thetics
2023Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry Iself-released
2023Amba/Corsano/OrcuttThe Flower SchoolPalilalia
2023Corsano/OrcuttPlay At DukePalilalia
2023Swell/McPhee/CorsanoSometimes The Air IsMahakala
2023Rasmussen/Flaherty/
Rowden/Corsano		Crying in SpaceRelative Pitch
2024Butcher/Stoffner/CorsanoThe Glass Changes ShapeRelative Pitch
2024Nabandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry IIIself-released
2024Corsano/CorsanoThe Key Drag City
2024Corsano/OrcuttLive at Big EarsPalilalia Records
2024Nalbandian/CorsanoA Spontaneous Breaking of Symmetry IIself-released
2024Williams/Gray/CorsanoElasticCorbett v. Dempsey
2024Sakata/O'Rourke/
Rasmussen/Corsano		Live at Superdeluxe Vol. 1Trost Records
2024Corsano/OrcuttMade Out of SoundPalilalia Records