Chris Joss

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

Chris Joss
(November 2004)
Background information
Also known asChris Josse,
OriginFrance
GenresFunk, Electronica
Acid Jazz, Lounge, Jazz Funk
Occupation(s)Musician, Producer, composer
InstrumentsBass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussions, Sitar, Flute
Years active1998–present
LabelsESL Music, Irma Records, Pulp Flavor
WebsiteOfficial website

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 1990`s, until it became too expensive.[3] In 1994 he played with a group called Monk and recorded and produced his first album.[2]

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 2013, Joss had released seven solo albums; five of them by ESL Music.[8]

Albums
  • The Man With A Suitcase (1999 Pulp Flavor)[9]
  • Dr Rhythm (2002 Irma)
  • You've Been Spiked (2004 ESL Music)[10][11]
  • Teraphonic Overdubs (2008 ESL Music)[12]
  • Sticks (2009 ESL Music)[13]
  • Monomaniacs volume 1 (2010 ESL Music)[14]
  • No Play No Work (2011 ESL Music)[15]
  • Bimbo Satellite (2014 Teraphonic Records)
  • Escape Unlikely (2016 Teraphonic Records)

Singles
  • Bombay By Bus 12 inch (1999 Pulp Flavor)
  • The Gnomes 12 inch (2002 Irma)
  • Discotheque Dancing 12 inch (2005 ESL Music)
  • A Part In That Show 12 inch (2006 ESL Music)
  • Brilliantine a gogo 12 inch (2006 Boutique Chic)
  • Superman 12 inch (2007 ESL Music)
  • I Want Freedom 12 inch (2008 ESL Music)
  • Toxic Smoke/Sequence of Spectators 7 inch (2012 ESL Music)

Remixes

Production

Other releases
  • Inside Deep Throat Original Soundtrack CD (2006 Koch Records)[18]
  • Stereoscope Jerk Explosion - La Panthere Pop (2008 Cosmic Groove) Sitar on 2 tracks
  • Atfunk - Rewire Walks (2008 Extremely House Music) keyboard on 3 tracks
  • Atfunk - Soundprism (2012 Plugtone records) keyboards on Restart and Tranquilito
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Resources
  1. David Jeffreys. "Chris Joss biography on allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. "Chris Joss". www.chrisjoss.net. n.d. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  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. Spencer, Kristopher (2008). Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre. McFarland. pp. 333–. ISBN 9780786452286. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  7. Giesbert Damaschke. iLife '09. Markt+Technik. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  8. "Chris Joss Discography on Allmusic.com". All Music. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  9. Kristopher Spencer. "Chris Joss reference". Film and Television Scores, 1950-1979: A Critical Survey by Genre. McFarland & Company, inc.
  10. "You've Been Spiked review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  11. "Spiked review". CMJ new music report.
  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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