Charlie Looker
Introduction '''Charles A. Looker''' (born May 23, 1980) is an American composer, improviser, vocalist, and guitarist known for his work in experimental metal, contemporary classical, avant-jazz, and Renaissance and Medieval musical forms.
Education and career Looker is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he studied with Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier.Alongside his work as a solo artist, Looker also leads an Early/Renaissance-music inspired project, Seaven Teares; performs improvised "death-jazz" with Period, whose rotating cast includes Darius Jones, Chuck Bettis, and Mike Pride; played in Sculptress, a duo with Chuck Stern; and leads the industrial-metal duo Psalm Zero, formerly alongside Castevet's Andrew Hock. He is the songwriter, guitarist, and lead vocalist for avant-rock band Extra Life and a former member and co-founder of avant-garde band Zs. He worked with Dirty Projectors and appears on their record ''Rise Above''. Other collaborators include M Lamar,Mariel Roberts, Ty Braxton, Mary Halvorson, Mick Barr, Tim Berne, Nat Baldwin, Earle Brown, Sam Mickens, Kelly Moran, Dax Riggs, Lingua Ignota, Matthew Welch, Stu Watson, William Parker, and Glenn Branca.He founded Last Things Records, a label that has released recordings by Extra Life, Larkin Grimm, The Parenthetical Girls,  Psalm Zero, and Sculptress.In 2011, Looker was named one of NPR Music's "Top 100 Composers Under 40".
Discography ===As leader=== Year  Artist  Title  Label2002Lavender''Get Your Eye''Newsonic2006Extra Life''Three-Song EP''FuckingA2008Extra Life''A Split'' (EP)Shatter Your Leaves2008Extra Life''Secular Works''Planaria / I & Ear / LOAF2010Extra Life''Made Flesh''LOAF / Africantape2011Extra Life''Ripped Heart'' (EP)Last Things2012Extra Life''Dream Seeds''Northern Spy2013Seaven Teares''Power Ballads''Northern Spy2014Psalm Zero''The Drain''Profound Lore2016Psalm Zero''Stranger to Violence''Profound Lore2018Charlie Looker''Simple Answers''Last Things2020Psalm Zero''Sparta''Last Things2020Charlie Looker''Pleasures Of A Normal Man''Last Things2020Seaven Teares''Older Than Love''2022Extra Life''Secular Works, Vol. 2''Last Things=== As co-leader=== Year  Artist  Title  Label2000Daniel Carter / Charlie Looker / Greg Stare''Light''Aristocracy Communication2003Zs''Zs''Troubleman Unlimited2005Zs''Buck''Folding Cassettes2005Zs''Karate Bump'' (EP)Planaria2006PERIOD''PERIOD''FuckingA2006Seductive Sprigs''Seductive Sprigs''FuckingA2007Zs''Arms''Planaria2008Zs''The Hard'' (EP)Three One G2011Sculptress''Cuckold''Last Things2012Zs''The Complete Sextet Works 2002-2007''Northern Spy2014PERIOD''PERIOD 2''Public Eyesore2021Jeremiah Cymerman / Charlie Looker''A Horizon Made of Canvas''Astral Spirits===As sideperson=== Year  Artist  Title  Label2002Alvin Lucier''Vespers and Other Early Works''New World Records2002Matthew Welch''Ceol Nua''Leo Records2005Mike Pride''Scrambler''Not Two Records2006Earle Brown''Folio and Four Systems''Tzadik2007Dirty Projectors''Rise Above''Dead Oceans2016Tredici Bacci''Amore Per Tutti''NNA2017M Lamar''Surveillance Punishment and the Black Psyche''Negrogothic2021Xiu Xiu''OH NO''Polyvinyl2023Xiu Xiu''Ignore Grief''Polyvinyl
References
External links *  Charlie Looker Bandcamp*  AllMusic.com credits