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About Me

Classically trained composer Christopher Ferris is Interkosmos, mobile beats production featuring live keyboard improvisation. Seattle-based musician and producer Christopher Ferris is a sophisticated composer and an accomplished performer remarkable especially for extraordinary improvisation. His compositions reflect a deep classical training whether when improvised in live solo piano performance or deep in his electronic music sets. Part space funk, Kraftwerk revival, and part nightclub jazz set; soulful performances make the rich world of Interkosmos.INTERKOSMOS albums now available on CDbaby.com: Proximity (2006) London Mix (2006) Invasion Warning (2005) See also: solo piano albums on CDbaby.com: A Chime in the Woods (2005) A Chime in the Woods (2004) Bonjour Tristesse (1997)

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Member Since: 16/02/2006
Band Website: www.audiowelding.com
Band Members: Christopher Ferris (solo)
Influences: Tangerine Dream - Kraftwerk - Propellerheads - Debussy - Jean Michel Jarre - Claude Bolling - Scott Joplin - Chick Corea - Miles Davis - Switchblade Symphony - Pat Metheny - Chopin - Philip Glass - Vaughn Williams - Crystal Method - Laurie Anderson - David Byrne - MC Escher - Italo Calvino - Jorge Luis Borges - HP Lovecraft - Stanislaw Lem - Goscinny & Uderzo - Orbital - William Gibson - Tchaikovsky - Ravel
Sounds Like: Tangerine Dream - Propellerheads - Jean Michel Jarre - Hybrid - Paul Oakenfold - Chick Corea - Miles Davis - Kraftwerk - Switchblade Symphony - Philip Glass - Crystal Method - Laurie Anderson - David Byrne
Record Label: Feste Productions

My Blog

122008 : Holly and Ivy - orchestral trip hop (yes)

It's finished at last. I am in pursuit of a new blend of classical and modern beats. Features vibraphone, clarinet, piano, a big fat fretless bass, some violins plucking pizzicato, a big marcato show ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:00 GMT

090408 : That isnt the way I understood it...

OK! Back to the stuff from the heart, I think. This came out of reacting to trying to write to recipe, writing for a video game request isn't the same as just plain letting it rip. So with a big nod t...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:02:00 GMT

082108 : in the dark

I have until the 26th to finish up to three tracks that are supposed to be dark and pulsing video game tracks with a techno foundation. I'm experimenting with this kind of "compose to assignment" thin...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:57:00 GMT

080808 : Video game tracks

I'm finishing up a project (95% finished?) to compose music (three tracks) for video games for license, and the request suggests they be uptempo, 130bpm, solid techno beats with "light/lilting/playful...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:43:00 GMT

080508 : The Rationale/Endearment

The Rationale is the opening track to my first real release as Interkosmos (Invasion Warning, 2005). I say real release because I first recorded as Interkosmos in high school a long time ago, only sta...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:11:00 GMT

081907 : Born Again

Prog House, 121 BPM. Where have I been, nearly forgot I was a musician? Resetting the clock to a house sensibility, happy birthday to Karl Kamakahi, thanks for all the inspiration and goodness...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:43:00 GMT

032607 : Funkenhaus

Huge thanks to AJ Spider Sorbello for getting me pointed out in the right direction with these beats, upon which I have riffed and arranged. I'm hoping that he'll be adding some more of his beat savvy...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:20:00 GMT

030707 : Peter Gunn Theme

Yes it's been a while since I've written a new post. Super active though, just writing more and more music; turns out my compilation of 2006 recordings came to over 140 minutes. This new track I'm sta...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:45:00 GMT

112406 : Jasmine Garden

Oh yeah. I'm going to enjoy performing this live.The central sample here is from the Milanese Metro, linea due. I stayed with my friend (yo, grazie, Revelli!) just off the above-ground station at Cres...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:01:00 GMT

111506 : Frisson

150BPM 05:41Frisson, from the French: a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrillYeah, nice word. Often used in ballet to describe an unusual intensity in a dancer's perfor...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:05:00 GMT