Chris Corner

Quality 0.50 · 1 view · Updated 2 months ago

title: "Chris Corner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1974-births", "place-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "living-people", "people-educated-at-mill-hill-school", "alumni-of-goldsmiths,-university-of-london", "british-indie-rock-musicians", "british-trip-hop-musicians", "english-electronic-musicians", "english-male-singer-songwriters", "english-singer-songwriters", "english-record-producers", "musicians-from-middlesbrough", "21st-century-english-singers", "21st-century-british-male-singers", "autistic-musicians", "english-autistic-people", "english-expatriates-in-germany", "english-expatriate-musicians-in-the-united-states", "singers-with-disabilities"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Corner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

FieldValue
nameChris Corner
imageChris Corner at IAMX Autograph Session in Munich 2009 cropped.jpg
captionCorner in October 2009
birth_nameChristopher Anthony Corner
aliasIAMX
birth_date
birth_placeMiddlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
instrumentVocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, harpsichord, mandolin, theremin, vibraphone
genre{{flatlist
occupationSinger-songwriter, producer, remixer
current_member_of
website
::

| name = Chris Corner | image = Chris Corner at IAMX Autograph Session in Munich 2009 cropped.jpg | caption = Corner in October 2009 | image_size = | birth_name = Christopher Anthony Corner | alias = IAMX | birth_date = | birth_place = Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England | instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, harpsichord, mandolin, theremin, vibraphone | genre = {{flatlist|

Christopher Anthony Corner (born 23 January 1974) is an English record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, singer and video artist. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps alongside Liam Howe, and is now active with his solo project IAMX.

To date, Chris Corner has released fifteen studio albums, four with Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X (1996), Splinter (1999), Bloodsport (2002) and Squaring the Circle (2021) and eleven as IAMX – Kiss and Swallow (2004), The Alternative (2006), Kingdom of Welcome Addiction (2009), Volatile Times (2011), The Unified Field, (2013) Metanoia (2015), Everything Is Burning (2016), Alive in New Light (2018), Fault Lines¹ (2023), and Fault Lines² (2024) and an acoustic rework album – Echo Echo (2020), as well as two experimental albums – Unfall (2017) and Machinate (2021) and two live albums – Live in Warsaw (2008) and Mile Deep Hollow Tour (2022). All albums under the IAMX moniker have been released independently and were written and produced solely by Corner with the exception of the fifth studio album The Unified Field, which was co-produced by Jim Abbiss, the experimental album Unfall which also features co-production and co-writing by Abbiss, and the acoustic album Echo Echo, which was co-produced by David Bottrill. Two more studio albums have been announced for release in the spring and fall of 2023.

Corner also composed and produced the soundtrack for the film Les Chevaliers du Ciel (2005), which included features from Sue Denim of Robots in Disguise and the band Placebo.

He has also directed, filmed, and edited music videos both for his own projects, IAMX and Sneaker Pimps, and for other musicians such as Gary Numan.

UNFALL Productions

UNFALL (formerly creating under the name Orphic) was founded in 2021 by Chris Corner and Janine Gezang to be a service for fiercely independent musicians.

UNFALL is a record label, music video production company, and music photography service. ::data[format=table title="UNFALL Productions Music Videos"]

YearMusic VideoArtistDirector
2009"My Secret Friend" Ft. Imogen HeapIAMXChris Corner
"I Am Terrified" (Alec Empire Remix)IAMXChris Corner
2010"Face To Face"James CookChris Corner
2011"Ghosts Of Utopia"IAMXChris Corner
"Dance With Me"IAMXChris Corner
"End of Summer" Ft. IAMXJames CookChris Corner
2013"Quiet The Mind"IAMXChris Corner / Danny Drysdale
"Come Home"IAMXChris Corner / Janine Gezang
"Runaway"Noblesse ObligeChris Corner
"Lost Inspiration"Dorian GrayChris Corner
2014"Play Me"EleriChris Corner
2015"Happiness"IAMXChris Corner
2016"North Star"IAMXChris Corner
"The Void"IAMXChris Corner
2017"My Name Is Ruin"Gary NumanChris Corner
2018"Mile Deep Hollow"IAMXChris Corner
"Stardust"IAMXChris Corner
2020"Surrender"IAMXChris Corner
2021"Intruder"Gary NumanChris Corner
"Saint And Liars"Gary NumanChris Corner
"Fighter"Sneaker PimpsChris Corner
"Alibis"Sneaker PimpsChris Corner
2022"Art Bleeds Money"IAMXChris Corner
2023"The X ID"IAMXChris Corner
::

Personal life

Born and raised in Middlesbrough, Corner moved to London in the mid-90s to pursue his education at Goldsmiths, University of London then at Queen Mary University of London before changing his focus to creating music full time. After Sneaker Pimps went on hiatus, he moved from London to Berlin in 2006, where he set up an IAMX studio for music and visual work until 2014.

However, after battling chronic insomnia and depression, IAMX left Berlin and moved to California, later stating: "I needed a big change of scenery. I had a few friends in Los Angeles and it seemed like the most relevant place for me, so I got on a boat and sailed over to the States." He now lives in a remote location in Southern California.

Corner is autistic.

References

References

  1. Reges, Margaret. "IAMX – Music Biography, Credits and Discography".
  2. "IAMX".
  3. "IAMX – Two New Albums in 2023".
  4. "UNFALL Releases (Videos by Chris Corner) – YouTube".
  5. (21 July 2021). "Sneaker Pimps – Fighter (Official Music Video)".
  6. (27 July 2017). "Gary Numan – My Name Is Ruin (Official Video)".
  7. "Artists {{!}} UNFALL".
  8. (February 2023). "IAMX ft. Imogen Heap – My Secret Friend (Official Music Video) HD".
  9. (4 March 2010). "IAMX – I Am Terrified (Alec Empire Remix) (Official Music Video)".
  10. (24 November 2010). "JAMES COOK 'Face To Face' (OFFICIAL VIDEO)".
  11. (16 April 2011). "IAMX – Ghosts Of Utopia (Official Music Video Re-edit)".
  12. (8 May 2011). "IAMX – Dance With Me (One-Shot Visual)".
  13. (30 October 2011). "JAMES COOK (feat. IAMX) 'End Of Summer' (OFFICIAL VIDEO)".
  14. (24 December 2012). "IAMX – Quiet The Mind (Official Music Video)".
  15. (25 October 2013). "IAMX – Come Home (Official Music Video)".
  16. (22 March 2013). "Noblesse Oblige – Runaway (Official Video)".
  17. (20 September 2013). "Dorian Gray – Lost Inspiration – Dir. Chris Corner (IAMX)".
  18. (18 March 2014). "Eleri – "Play Me" (Official Video Directed by IAMX [Chris Corner])".
  19. (6 July 2015). "IAMX – Happiness (Official Music Video)".
  20. (19 February 2016). "IAMX – North Star (Official Music Video)".
  21. (12 October 2016). "IAMX – The Void (Official Music Video)".
  22. (27 July 2017). "Gary Numan – My Name Is Ruin (Official Video)".
  23. (14 December 2018). "IAMX – Mile Deep Hollow (Official Music Video)".
  24. (11 August 2022). "IAMX – Stardust (Official Music Video)".
  25. (6 March 2020). "IAMX – Surrender (Acoustic) (Official Music Video)".
  26. (11 January 2021). "Gary Numan – Intruder (Official Video)".
  27. (8 April 2021). "Gary Numan – Saints and Liars (Official Video)".
  28. (21 July 2021). "Sneaker Pimps – Fighter (Official Music Video)".
  29. (22 September 2021). "Sneaker Pimps – Alibis (Official Music Video)".
  30. (31 March 2022). "IAMX – Art Bleeds Money (Official Music Video)".
  31. "I⃞ A⃞ M⃞ X⃞ on Instagram: "I got on a boat and I'm sailing to America.X"".
  32. IAMX. (2014-04-30). "Insomnia Schizophonica".
  33. (2015-10-15). "Ex-Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner talks about his trip-hop past, IAMX present".
  34. "@IAMX".
  35. (23 September 2021). "The ghost of trip hop is back to haunt your turntable".

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

1974-birthsplace-of-birth-missing-(living-people)living-peoplepeople-educated-at-mill-hill-schoolalumni-of-goldsmiths,-university-of-londonbritish-indie-rock-musiciansbritish-trip-hop-musiciansenglish-electronic-musiciansenglish-male-singer-songwritersenglish-singer-songwritersenglish-record-producersmusicians-from-middlesbrough21st-century-english-singers21st-century-british-male-singersautistic-musiciansenglish-autistic-peopleenglish-expatriates-in-germanyenglish-expatriate-musicians-in-the-united-statessingers-with-disabilities