I Heart Lung is refined chaos. It is at once tribal drone, free jazz, whisper and rage, improvisation and predestination.
It is the gestalt of guitarist Schlarb and drummer Steck. Steck was an anonymous fan of Schlarb's many and varied projects as the mastermind behind Sounds Are Active, and coherced his way into
playing with him through Machiavellian machinations.
Inhale.
Exhale.
From the first moment of collaboration, there was an uncanny telepathy, creative pathos, intensity, serenity, chaos, and arbitrary exactness that could only be I Heart Lung.
They feed it back and beat it freely. An organized/open duet of choke-like intensity and sometimes raging quiet. Undaunted by their cancelled first gig, they recorded their first album in two hours in what is now an abandoned building. The sonic sorcery that followed is available for free.
Blood and Light This image is also a terrifying t-shirt! Have others threaten to buy it right off of your body!
Their first performance was a headlining affair (that LA Weekly pronounced as, "one of those legendary gigs you only hear about 10 years later") at which the Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean bespoke of drummer Steck as a “force of nature.”
Others agreed.
They went on a US tour with Castanets along with Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice and set the country ablaze in the summer of 2004.
A split 12” featuring two songs from the Castanets on one side and three tracks from I Heart Lung is disappearing fast. More free sound files, and purchasing info here:
Castanets/I Heart Lung Split 12" .
A fortuitious collaboration with Chicago based sound artist/label curator John Kannenberg followed, further enhanced by the low end sorcery of bassist Anthony Shadduck.
Enjoy a free sound file and view purchasing info here:
The Kannenberg Sessions .
Christmas '06 brought yet another free gift of jovial frivolity and unsettling Yuletide merriment. Anthony Shadduck returns!
I Heart Christmas .
The Historic, Epoch-Making Live Album. The Definitive Historical Record. Spanning three years of stellar performances, these are the very best selections (from the recordings that survived various technological apocolypses.) Beautifully produced, and sumptiously packaged. Noteworthy collaborations with Peter Chan, a saxophonic terrorist.
Between Them a Forest Grew, Trackless and Quiet
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This site is managed by Tom Steck, the artist and drummer. For Chris' attention,
he is known to frequent Chris Schlarb.com.
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The new song sounds great! I went to the free downloads and it said "Page Can't Be Found." I guess I am SOL, and will have to wait until "Interoceans" comes out in Sept.!
hey guys! we'll give you the set time sometime today, but we're thinking something along the lines of headlining-ish. we'll figure out something that's good for everyone and get back to you asap. much love!
The twin towers didn't fall because of religious fundamentalism by Islamic facists...it was the prophecy of the new I Heart Lung records coming out this year.
Take that New York. Goddamn, I hate this city so much.
you wont believe what i just got. you see all those stupid ass ads people keep passing along for a free cash card to Macy's? turns out that shit is for real lol. i just got mine through www.cashcardcredit.info ...i can't add links for some reason so just copy and paste.
anyway, i just bought a crap load of stuff, so go get yours. it only takes a second and plus its free, so why the hell not. here it is again, www.cashcardcredit.info
Chris, good meeting you at Sean's shoot...
