Christopher Willits is an artist- a musician, guitarist, producer, photogra… Read Full Bio ↴Christopher Willits is an artist- a musician, guitarist, producer, photographer, filmmaker, all-in-one.
Willits occupies a unique corner of the electronic-art-music universe—hovering above the intersection of electronic production’s nuts and bolts, new media art, and a wide-open creative mind. “i am a conduit of the process, a kind of gardener,” he says. “I simply imagine, intuit, respond and do the work laid before me.” Willits’ tireless responding and doing and working has produced 20 albums in 10 years—solo and in collaboration with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Matmos, Zach Hill, and Taylor Deupree—and an organic, multi-faceted sound that expands like the vines of an electro-acoustic kudzu plant. Christopher Willits is a teacher, a label owner (the experimental hub Overlap.org), a meditator, a tech geek, a visual/new media artist, and virtuosic musician in one. In other words, there’s no one out there quite like him.
Willits designs much of his own software, and his music is a holistic universe in which all elements are interconnected; he folds his guitar lines into bleary, unrecognizable shapes and polyrhythmic textures, adding strokes of percussion, horns, and his own voice until the whole glows with an earthly inner light. A full list of Christopher Willits’ releases and accomplishments would take up considerable column space, but a beginner’s guide to Willits includes 2002’s Folding, and the Tea (his watery 12k debut), 2006’s landmark Surf Boundaries (his first full-length record on Ghostly International), 2008’s Ocean Fire (Willits’ collaboration with renowned pianist / composer Ryuichi Sakamoto), and 2009’s Live on Earth Vols. 1 & 2 (a pair of self-released live albums dedicated to his fans and supporters).
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Willits has been instrumental in redefining the guitar in the digital age. Using custom-built software, Willits morphs melodic guitar loops and photo/video experiments into folded rhythms of harmony, memory, color and texture. Named “the center cell of a complex indie rock-avant-garde-electronic art Venn diagram in the Bay Area” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), and “The Picasso of Sound” (Tokafi Magazine), Willits defies genre distinctions while still defining a sound and style of his own. His guitar lines fold and weave into each other creating complex patterns of interlocking rhythm, melody, and texture.
Every project sees him evolving and expanding his creative vision. In addition to his solo work, Willits has created a vast range of music collaborations, sound installations, and film/video projects. His band project Flossin involves Zach Hill, Kid606, and Matmos, The North Valley Subconscious Orchestra is Willits and Brad Laner, formerly of Medicine. Other frequent collaborators include Scott Pagano, Taylor Deupree, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Willits' numerous releases and collaborative projects cover a broad spectrum of musical styles, and include one main commonality: Willits' love of pattern his unique approach to the guitar and sound + light.
Willits completed his Master's Degree in Electronic Music at Mills College where he studied with Pauline Oliveros and Fred Frith. At Mills he explored structure-generating processes in music; a focus not unfamiliar to former Mills affiliates John Cage and Steve Reich. Prior to Mills, Willits focused on painting, video art, sound art and music at the Kansas City Art Institute.
In addition to all of this, Willits is a director at Sound Arts in San Francisco and Founder / Director of the experimental media label Overlap.org .
Willits occupies a unique corner of the electronic-art-music universe—hovering above the intersection of electronic production’s nuts and bolts, new media art, and a wide-open creative mind. “i am a conduit of the process, a kind of gardener,” he says. “I simply imagine, intuit, respond and do the work laid before me.” Willits’ tireless responding and doing and working has produced 20 albums in 10 years—solo and in collaboration with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Matmos, Zach Hill, and Taylor Deupree—and an organic, multi-faceted sound that expands like the vines of an electro-acoustic kudzu plant. Christopher Willits is a teacher, a label owner (the experimental hub Overlap.org), a meditator, a tech geek, a visual/new media artist, and virtuosic musician in one. In other words, there’s no one out there quite like him.
Willits designs much of his own software, and his music is a holistic universe in which all elements are interconnected; he folds his guitar lines into bleary, unrecognizable shapes and polyrhythmic textures, adding strokes of percussion, horns, and his own voice until the whole glows with an earthly inner light. A full list of Christopher Willits’ releases and accomplishments would take up considerable column space, but a beginner’s guide to Willits includes 2002’s Folding, and the Tea (his watery 12k debut), 2006’s landmark Surf Boundaries (his first full-length record on Ghostly International), 2008’s Ocean Fire (Willits’ collaboration with renowned pianist / composer Ryuichi Sakamoto), and 2009’s Live on Earth Vols. 1 & 2 (a pair of self-released live albums dedicated to his fans and supporters).
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Willits has been instrumental in redefining the guitar in the digital age. Using custom-built software, Willits morphs melodic guitar loops and photo/video experiments into folded rhythms of harmony, memory, color and texture. Named “the center cell of a complex indie rock-avant-garde-electronic art Venn diagram in the Bay Area” (San Francisco Bay Guardian), and “The Picasso of Sound” (Tokafi Magazine), Willits defies genre distinctions while still defining a sound and style of his own. His guitar lines fold and weave into each other creating complex patterns of interlocking rhythm, melody, and texture.
Every project sees him evolving and expanding his creative vision. In addition to his solo work, Willits has created a vast range of music collaborations, sound installations, and film/video projects. His band project Flossin involves Zach Hill, Kid606, and Matmos, The North Valley Subconscious Orchestra is Willits and Brad Laner, formerly of Medicine. Other frequent collaborators include Scott Pagano, Taylor Deupree, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Willits' numerous releases and collaborative projects cover a broad spectrum of musical styles, and include one main commonality: Willits' love of pattern his unique approach to the guitar and sound + light.
Willits completed his Master's Degree in Electronic Music at Mills College where he studied with Pauline Oliveros and Fred Frith. At Mills he explored structure-generating processes in music; a focus not unfamiliar to former Mills affiliates John Cage and Steve Reich. Prior to Mills, Willits focused on painting, video art, sound art and music at the Kansas City Art Institute.
In addition to all of this, Willits is a director at Sound Arts in San Francisco and Founder / Director of the experimental media label Overlap.org .
Clear
Christopher Willits Lyrics
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36 Ever since the fall, I've abandoned all the shadows Replacin…
Ally & Joey Got the beat by Powers, and we just made a…
BACK LIFT Never lost my feeling I had when I use to be…
Battery Point Midnight hour Take this heart away Life of sin Live it every…
Berioska Kaze tte tori tte watashi yori jiyuu ka na Tsubasa ga…
Bold Put poison in your body that's the way I will not…
Boy Hits Car And my mind was confusion Like thoughts of clouds in the…
brake fault Counting words Forgetting deeds So sick to hear it You never…
Cire One thing should be coming across as abundantly clear: There…
Co-Ax It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old Fr…
COCO-ROBINSON For so long I couldn't see it Never could conceive that You…
Cranes I look around here as I start to undress It's all…
Curren$y & Statik Selektah Sup niggas? Man let's fuck around a little bit Let me get…
Cybertron One Two Three Four Clear (Clear) Clear (Clear) Clear all th…
Cybotron One Two Three Four Clear (Clear) Clear (Clear) Clear…
D-Boss D.M.H Gimme a sec to clear my mind I got the flow…
D-Project 今 耳をすまし感じている 鼓動を聞くように そのほほえみだけで あたたかくなる 僕の胸の中へ まるで星が降るように 秘め…
D. S. M. (Deep Sea Mud) Gimme a sec to clear my mind I got the flow…
D.T. 今 耳をすまし感じている 鼓動を聞くように そのほほえみだけで あたたかくなる 僕の胸の中へ まるで星が降るように 秘め…
Dames Can you catch a vibe You said to my face you…
Danny Michel Normally right now I'd be shaking But I'm not even scared …
Daoutlet (Ooh Hey wicked) If the ocean the only thing you got…
Dark Illumination I try to tell you that you stand on the…
Dehd My feelings are a tender thread I'm trying not to get…
dj mykael v I know it's crystal clear to you now (yeah) (Haha, you…
Dumbfoundead Hey, let's get one thing clear I want a new life,…
Eddi Reader I do believe this road's for going I'll be on it…
EZTV CLEAR When I try Just to get next to you Slow sunrise Light…
F-22 Raptor ATF My Vision is clear Real ass nigga right here All this bullsh…
Farewell Flight Open my eyes Make me alive I've searched so long…
Fictions It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old Fr…
Floorpunch Smoke another joint Drink another beer Let's get one thing…
Fly By Midnight Over She stays over every Thursday Told her it's my favorite…
Free Dominguez Clear. The water is clear. And I have no fear of all…
G.K. & EVO The world is a malnourished utopia A bath in bat blood…
Gian Camp Blue faces Baby all I know You fake, yea Imma let you go,…
God's Bow I'm in a place where time stands still And colours of…
H Icon Beat and this a banger DC!! I said I over did…
Halcyon Days missaligned reality Im digging for answers Im down on my kne…
Hannah Montana It's six a.m. and I'm wide awake 'Cause I can't stop…
Hate & Love นั่นใช่แฟนเธอหรือเปล่า เห็นว่าเธอและเขาควงกันอยู่ แต่เมื่อวา…
Hawser Ask for trust That′s what you're trying to tell But you got…
Hoods Up This is a, this is A commitment that I hold…
Hush Moss I can feel it A bad time, girl You were slowly, slowly…
Ill Niño Fuck this place up You know you're right, I'm just tired Co…
indie tribe I know it's crystal clear to you now (yeah) (Haha, you…
Initial D Sound Files Vol.2 Tarada nuh nuh Yeah Yeah Oh yeah Okay I'm real high it's not…
J. Dash Yeah oh yeah Roots are growing Taken hold of Love is flowing…
janosch moldau We made it clear We started laughing without tears We made …
Jason Webley I thought I heard someone say You had just blown back…
Jenna Bryson mazing how one person can hurt you so Even though the…
Jon. And then so clear to wonder To wake with open eyes As…
Jordi What was it that they said? That made you hang your…
Julien Sword Hey there, my friend You really need some help this time I'm…
Kardinal Offishall Feat. Akon Kardinal, clear, clear, clear, clear People on the left, cle…
Kardinal Offishial Ft. Akon Aiyyo Dready! What you do this for man? BOOM BOOM BOOM…
Kevin Max It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old Fr…
L.O.F.I I don't like her. She knows. I don't like him. He knows. I d…
Laakso things turn clear in the end afterwards weird things seem t…
Lemon Baby this is your day And the sun is coming up…
Matty Why do the winds keep blowin' Why does the rain keep…
Michael Sadler I spent each day and night in silent conversation Played by…
Mid August Could it be we've all lost touch, I don't know And…
Midnight-Z Over She stays over every Thursday Told her it's my favorite…
Miley Cyrus It's six a.m. and I'm wide awake 'Cause I can't stop…
Miley CyrusÐÇÂóÀò¡¤Ï£À It's 6 am and I'm wide awake Cuz I can't stop…
Minerve Years go by You fake the time Every chance you had Has yo…
miwa 感情的に愚痴吐いてしまうような 子供なんかじゃない 思ってても 寂しくなって tap tap 誰かに 頼りたくなる…
My First Tumbleweed Staring at the carpet, losing my mind If you take a…
NEEDTOBREATHE You are the moonlight in the sky that I'm pursuing You…
No Mana & Zashanell To infinity to the stars To the moon to Mars The Cadillac…
Novembers Doom Sitting in silence And the stillness is more painful than w…
Order of the Fallen Everything's clear The deceivers they fear Everyone knows Th…
P-MODEL Transfer Transfer もうすぐ光のトランスファー I'm here, nowhere 宇宙の彼方へ飛んで行…
P.O.F. Die for the cause (*whispering*) Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Yeaaaa…
Palomino Blond If you could only sleep this away It's coming clear I'll be…
Panteros666 Under the sun we got along But fire always comes around Now…
portable Shocker l'olu beat oh Ika producer carry me trabaye oh Orin …
Professional Murder Music You're shining right in front of me now You can't…
Pulp Non-Fiction There's a feeling that comes when you open your mouth and my…
Pusher Words fall out of my mouth They drift to the ground and…
Ramp I swallow hate from your betrayal and face deception flood …
Rema Namakula Ma baby boo You and I Amaanyi mpulira mangi eno N’essanyu l…
Robin L. Klein It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old Fr…
Rowlan Yeah Yo don't push me Don't ever push me I'm single choice a…
Salley 遠い昔 宇宙(そら)に浮かぶ この星はもっと 輝いていた 何も知らない 幼子の瞳 還らせるものは 美しいメロディ 風を忘…
Savi Kaboo Once she arrived Her beat surprised So purified She looked a…
Sean Fournier Somewhere her eyes are calling And I wont be there And now…
Sebastiano Serafini 確かにそこにあるよ 感じる君のヒカリ The water runs clear もう恐れないさ もう恐れないさ You …
SHAZNA Itsu no hi mo kuuhaku no yasashisa no naka ni…
Simi Liadi I don't need nobody but you But I need you to…
Sketchbook 「最後がいいから」って 聞いていた映画も 5時間越えの大作じゃ... どうにもこの飽き性な性格を もう抑えること出来ない…
small-child It should be clear by now that I'ma keep on…
Spirit Clear cut all over the place What you make it out…
Squares & Zeros I wish you were here I wish you were here So I…
Stewart Mac Clear Stewart Mac Guess I′ve got a lot to learn While I sit…
Stir Talk to me so slow that I can hear you 'Cause…
The American Mall On my way, though I don't know where I'm going On…
The Bold Put poison in your body that's the way I will not…
The Covers Duo Me pregunto, tal vez Si ¿las aves son más libres que…
The Fringes Redemption in the twilight Grace by the sunrise Catharsis fr…
The Nadas You're gonna miss the word Everyone left the world Take what…
The New Division I'll disappear I'll disappoint you every time When the morni…
The Ransom Fresher than a mothafuckin' cocaine pusher Got work under th…
The Resolvers People change… maybe I should too! Start today…tomorrow wont…
The Sketchbook 「最後がいいから」って聞いていた映画も 5時間越えの大作じゃ... どうにもこの飽き性な性格を もう抑えること出来ない…
Threshold As a child I recall I had once believed I would…
twenty one pilots I wish that I had two faces To prove which theory…
Twenty One Pilots I wish that I had two faces to prove which…
Twenty One Pilots - Regional At Best I wish that I had two faces To prove which theory…
Twiztid I don't fuck with people I Know that I can't trust Last…
Vaccine the masses do it media promotes it society teaches it fam…
Vitamin-D 今 耳をすまし感じている 鼓動を聞くように そのほほえみだけで あたたかくなる 僕の胸の中へ まるで星が降るように 秘め…
Vonda Shepard If I don't take you seriously If I can laugh…
Watashi Wa I rhyme of time when all we knew was love With…
Whirr It's hard to keep Still when you speak I will listen We are…
Whittaker When I can't see You shine your light, vision for me When…
Why Mud VIctor Nimekam na moto–oh Moto moto–oh (Dj Venji) Dance to …
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Goddamn, BJ made another one I come through the door, I…
Yung All my diamonds look crystal clear (crystal clear) I just wa…
坂本真綾 風って 鳥って 私より自由かな 翼がないなら走ってくわ 行きたいところまで できるよね going, going, go…
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GuppyPal
Had never heard of this guy until I saw him open for Tycho earlier this year. I really enjoyed the experience and look forward to seeing and hearing more from him.
Love/era
This is brilliant. My mental state is entirely shifted after experiencing that. Can't wait for the Vinyl
kipras14
Beautifully layered.
0The0Web0
very relaxing! nice work :-)
S.
:-)
ROTSECHSMAN
I found this song and its composer via Soma FM - Deep Space One. I'm very grateful for the possibility to listen to this relaxing and excellent piece of art.
indigopleasuredome
fabulous video to this tune, love them both
Shapeless
smoking weed will never be the same now that i found out about this guy
ONONYNOUS 0
The beginning sounds like when you escape the imperial sewers in TES IV: Oblivion!
Neolithic Man
This is like smoking weed without smoking it.