Chris first came to the world's attention in the mid-80s as the guitarist for New Wave band Tokyo Vogue, which was very popular in the Bay Area. After that band broke up, he landed a touring slot as a bassist for seminal English band The Mission U.K. in 1987. Returning to San Francisco, he played and toured with a number of SF rock bands, getting out to Canada, Japan, Guam, and Ireland over the next few years. Around 1992 his interests became more focused on ambient and experimental music that offered more opportunity to explore the tonal possibilities of the electric guitar. He performed for a few years with ambient act Temporary Temple and later with the accomplished solo artist Stephen Kent. He began to get asked to produce other bands while finishing a Humanities degree at San Francisco State. He left San Francisco for Austin in 2001 for graduate school, but seemed to keep returning to Colorado to perform, both solo and with bands. In 2003, he released his first solo album Through the Airlock. This album continues to receive significant airplay and led to more production work. He earned an MA in American Studies at UT Austin in 2005 and went to the high country of Colorado to produce the stunning album It's My Mother's Fault for vocalist Lissa Hanner. Chris lived happily in a small mountain town for a few years, but moved in the summer of 2008 to Madison, Wisconsin, to finish a doctorate degree. 2009 saw the release of Stratagem, a collaboration between Chris and Romanian percussionist Catalin Pintea, which has received a great deal of national airplay in the short time it has been out. Chris is currently immersed in advanced studies of sound environments and acoustic ecology at the Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin, and maintains an extremely busy recording schedule. He produces segments for Wisconsin Public Radio, podcasts for UW’s iTunes U, and still finds time for an occasional concert performance.