Chris Schlarb is a musician, composer, and producer based in Long Beach, California. His first solo album, Twilight and Ghost Stories, was the result of recordings sourced from musicians across the US as well as his own home recordings of instruments, rainfall, and traffic. National Public Radio named his Interoceans album, a collaboration as I Heart Lung, as in their Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2008. In 2009, Chris collaborated with game designer Nifflas on the video game NightSky. Chris composed original music for NightSky which was nominated for the Independent Games Festival?s Seumas McNally Grand Prize. BoingBoing described the soundtrack to as ?What Game Music Can Be?. Schlarb has collaborated with Mike Watt, Sufjan Stevens, Nels Cline, Paul Masvidal of Cynic, Mick Rossi, Dave Longstreth, Julianna Barwick, Dave Easley, Ikey Owens, Daedelus, Chad Taylor, Serengeti, Omid Walizadeh, Busdriver, Awol One, Diane Cluck, Steuart Liebig, Walter Kitundu, Soul-Junk, Chad Van Gaalen, Liz Janes, and DM Stith. Schlarb co-founded the free improvisation ensemble Create in 1998 and the record label Sounds Are Active in 1999.