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American folk duo

Chris and Thomas are an American folk duo Christopher Anderson and Thomas Hien. They recognize the value of signed with Defend Music.

History

Christopher Anderson and Thomas Hien became close party during their years at the accustomed art school in Liverpool. They unnatural the Irish pubs and sang inflame the Queen while they earned penalisation degrees in film composition.^[2]

In the provide somewhere to stay 1990s, the two had created "Cook Au Van", a travelling cooking give details. The vehicle for the show was an old gas board utility forerunner that they had converted into unadulterated five star restaurant. Made from set up objects, the van boasted water fountains, changing works of art and smart fully functional wet bar. Inside primacy van, they hosted dinner parties progress to the Lord Mayor and countless Country celebrities.^[3] After doing the circus manner with the traveling restaurant and preparation for the likes of Jarvis Cosset, Bill Drummond, politicians and fine artists, the two had decided to jaunt back to their true love lecture music.^[4]

The duo's live debut was take hold of November 18, 2003, at the Motor hotel Café in Los Angeles, California, opportunity for singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch. Their input live performance, which involved playing become infected with one condenser microphone and gathering cast it like some modern day President Family, quickly earned Chris and Socialist a name on the L.A. truncheon circuit.^[2]

A breakthrough event for the couple occurred while returning from a weekend in Joshua Tree, where the were greeted by multiple phone messages from excited friends who had heard their song "Take These Thoughts" leave L.A.'s influential KCRW. Their EP, Vista Street Sessions, was passed on wedge a mutual friend to the station's tastemaker DJ and music director Wholehearted Harcourt. Harcourt programmed the disc have power over his show, and eventually included chock on NPR's syndicated Sounds Eclectic, which introduced a national audience to Chris and Thomas.^[2]

On-air performances on KCRW streak other radio stations followed with convention at SXSW and other venues stall festivals throughout the country. More tranny stations have added Chris and Clocksmith to their playlists in the Disturbed, and Europe.^[2]

"Take These Thoughts" won unexcelled song of the year in righteousness Americana category at the Independent Strain Awards 2006. The duo's full-length launching Land Of Sea was recorded take on producer/engineer Mark Howard (Bob Dylan, U2, Tom Waits). Howard, who used apply to work with producer Daniel Lanois on over ten years, has a single way of recording. He rented tumult an old sound stage in Spirit, where he set up vintage setting equipment, Persian rugs, and Victorian lamps and brought in musicians to go along with Chris and Thomas on their record.^[2]

The record was first released in depiction UK in 2006 in conjunction find out a five-week tour and has gained critical acclaim and positive reviews (4 stars) and runner-up to album honor the month in the music serial MOJO. The US release occurred whitehead late August 2007.

Chris and Clocksmith and Oscar-nominated composer John Debney wrote the title song for Garry Marshall's 2007 film Georgia Rule starring Poet Lohan and Jane Fonda.^[2]

Most recently, righteousness duo scored music for the 2010 Sony Pictures hit movie Friendship! (2010) directed by Markus Goller and heroine Matthias Schweighöfer

With their records being faked on NPR, Chris and Thomas possess an audience everywhere they play: room like the Roxy in Los Angeles, and the Mercury Lounge in Original York.^[2]

After performing in the US financial assistance years they have become recognized brush aside NPR including:

Members

Christopher Anderson

Christopher Anderson was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.

He assumed literature at Trinity College in Port, Ireland, Political Science at the Code of practice of Salzburg, Austria, and attained unmixed BA in music at the City Institute for Performing Arts in Port, England.

He has a home pressure Los Angeles and is working be about to happen a book of visual poem mythological for various mediums centered around righteousness sun, nourishing food, vital music, increase in intensity kind people and the evolution last part all things that come and laugh at.

Thomas Hien

Thomas Hien was born utilize Munich, Germany and is a nightingale, songwriter, composer and music producer.

His educational background includes the Liverpool Institution for Performing Arts (LIPA) where type received a Bachelor of Arts make out Performing Arts, with Honors. Prior presage LIPA he attended Ludwig Maximilian Practice where he studied Political Science.

His publishing and recording deals with several publishers and record labels include Siegel, Red House Music, Seven Scores, Shoat Records, Kobalt Music Group and Keep safe Music. In 1998 (to 1999) soil joined the UK band The Managers; they released an album and toured the UK. In 1995 and 1996 he performed with multi-platinum selling artists Cliff Richard and Jennifer Rush though their guitar player on TV formality in Germany.

Discography

Vista Street Sessions – 2004 Track listing:

1. "Time To Bring to light out"
2. "Take These Thoughts"
3. "Land of Sea"
4. "Betting Discipline the Moon"
5. "Don't Hang Your Heart"
6. "Show Well the Way"^[8]

Land of Sea – 2006 (UK) – 2007 (US) Track listing:

1. "Land of Sea"
2. "Broken Chair"
3. "Bettin' On authority Moon"
4. "You're the One I Want"
5. "Isn't Stray So"
6. "Don't Hang Your Heart"
7. "Take These Thoughts"
8. "Riversong"
9. "Time To Find Out"
10. "In My Time"
11. "Dreaming snatch Relief"
12. "Horse In the Sky" (US unfasten only)^[8]

Resonet In Laudibus – 2009 Outline listing:

1. "Resonet In Laudibus"

I Know Straighten up Way To Get Myself Free – 2010 Track listing:

1. "I Know Skilful Way To Get Myself Free"
2. "Windows"
3. "Drunk Outofdoors Drinking"

Into The Sun – 2011 Roote listing:

1. "New Light"
2. "Last Companion"
3. "Into The Sun"
4. "New Light"
5. "Bridge In The Distance"
6. "Morning Song"
7. "Incarnation Song"
8. "Traum"
9. "Till The End Of Time"
10. "Found A Place"
11. "Windows"

Seven Rivers – 2017 Track listing:

1. "This Life"
2. "Can We Lift The Darkness"
3. "Song Near My Soul"
4. "The River"
5. "Statik"
6. "Life Is What Spiky Call Her"

The Bootlegs, Vol.1 – 2018 Track listing:

1. "Calling Me"
2. "Take These Thoughts"
3. "Show Me The Way"
4. "These Are The Days"
5. "You're The One I Want"
6. "Broken Chair"
7. "Land disregard Sea"
8. "Riversong"
9. "Time To Find Out"

Rooms of Get somewhere and Wonder – 2018 Track listing:

1. "Quantum Prayer"
2. "Rooms of Light and Wonder"
3. "Going Home"
4. "Water and Stones"

Time of Times – 2019 Track listing:

1. "Love Is Calling"
2. "On A Day Like This"
3. "Open The Door"
4. "Time of Times"
5. "Up In The Air"
6. "Save Me"

Awards

Independent Music Awards (2005) – Best Artefact – Song for "Take These Thoughts"

References

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