Chris Forsyth is known for hypnotic compositions and solo performances on 6- and 12-string guitars that assimilate minimalism and psychedelia with art rock, folk, and blues influences.  He has performed widely in Europe and the US, having toured with such like-minded artists as Träd Gräs och Stenar, Steve Gunn, Ignatz, and Es. He is a founding member (with Jaime Fennelly and Fritz Welch) of gothic junk folk expressionists Peeesseye, and a member of the elusive experimental group Phantom Limb & Bison.  Other notable collaborators have included guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama, trumpeter Nate Wooley, singer and songwriter Meg Baird, and choreographers Miguel Gutierrez and RoseAnne Spradlin.  He released his most recent solo LP, Dreams, in September 2009 on Evolving Ear and it quickly went out of print. Other recent releases include the Dirty Pool LP (Ultramarine) with Farfisa organist Shawn Edward Hansen, and a long list of Peeesseye projects, including the Peeesseye + Talibam! collab on CD (Invada) and 2XLP (Smeraldina-Rima), and their newest studio LP Pestilence & Joy, released in July on Evolving Ear. Forsyth's next solo LP, titled Paranoid Cat, features contributions from members of Peeesseye, Mountains, D. Charles Speer, and others. It will be out in fall 2010. He is the caretaker of Evolving Ear and lives in the City of Philadelpha, USA. Download hi res photos here and here. Photo credit: Maria Dumlao

"It's enough to signal Forsyth's arrival as an erudite and farsighted guitar stylist, mapping a path that's hip and scholarly in equal measure." - Daniel Spicer, The Wire Magazine

"A destructible charm teetering on violence and elegance" - Eric Weddle (Family Vineyard), Signal to Noise Magazine

"...a style as mesmerizing and transcendent as any of his forebears." - Bob Bannister, TimeOutNY

"Killer on every level." - Foxy Digitalis