Christopher ∆ Willits

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - FEB 15, 2012

Christopher Willits - audiovisual surround sound performance

The Sight Below (Ghostly)

Dinner will be served by chef Travis Koster.
6-11:30pm @ Re-Bar--1114 Howell St. Seattle, WA.

RSVP on the Facebook Event page l presented by Live N Love Productions.

Willits events are always found here.

One more month to create a remix from all of the sounds from "Tiger Flower Circle Sun". I'm so excited to hear what you create.

We'll make a great free compilation of remixes, that you can be on. 
For the compilation we have confirmed remixes from my friends Robert Lippok, Adam Wiltze ( Stars of the Lid ), Midori Hirano , Simon Scott , Chris McNamara, Natasha Kmeto, Keiichi Sugimoto, Richard Chartier, Electricwest, Christina Vantzou, The Sight Below + more on the way. The compilation will be released by Overlap. + best remixes get prizes from the sponsors, all listed on the remix project link below.

All info to get involved is here 
- http://willits-sample-library-vol1.herokuapp.com


Big thanks to Ghostly International, SoundCloud, Creative Commons, Overlap.org, and Ableton for creating this project with me. Besides the compilation, my favorite remixes get some cool prizes from these sponsors.

Happy New Year everyone ! It was an amazing year ! Thank you.

I sent a recap of 2011 to my mailing list. Here's what a note looks like - 2011 Recap.
I gift sounds, videos, guest list spots, new ideas + #1 - we stay connected. Connect here.

I'm here with you- to create, to teach, to inspire, through sound and light.
 There is so much creativity, inspiration and love to open into. It goes on forever.

Hello 2012. Let's do this.

A new full-length album from Flossin, my very intense and hard to describe band project with friends, is out today, Christmas day. Yes, it's a very strange release date for non-xmas music, and we thought that it fit the sound well. It's released exclusively through my label Overlap. It is VERY different from my solo work. My love for free improvisation and that grounded calm that can be found within seeming chaos and unlimited potential, is what attracts me to this project. We have a lot of fun exploring some new sonic territories together. + This is the cover artwork for the album by my amazing friend and artist Nobuko Hori. Enjoy the sound, and find your calm in the chaos.

FLOSSIN - "White Anaconda & The Rainbow Boa
Download here.
All proceeds go directly back to all of us, the artists, to continue creating.

Flossin's latest offering "White Anaconda and the Rainbow Boa" is an unbridled creative explosion of electronic, rock, jazz, noise featuring Christopher Willits, Zach Hill, Matmos, Nate Boyce and Carson McWhirter. Recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, CA. during a two day session, this improvisational album reveals a limitless bombast of sound that might possibly vibrate your mind into a relaxed jelly state. There is so much going on sonically that it has the effect of an overwhelming yet calm wash. Snakes in this context represent spiral light energy, the vibrations that comprise all things. This sound vibrates you intensely.

Flossin is a noise, jazz, electronic, rock, free improv group from the San Francisco Bay Area. "White Anaconda & The Rainbow Boa" is Flossin's 3rd release, 2nd full-length album. Christopher Willits and Zach Hill (Hella) met in 2004 and quickly began creating with old friend Miguel Depedro aka Kid 606. Their first release, "Lead Singer" was released in 2004 on Ache Records and Licensed by Yacca in Japan. "Serpents", released in 2009 by Overlap, featured the Flossin core of Willits and Hill along with the current lineup of Matmos, Boyce, McWhiter. Flossin's mission is to push boundaries of electronics, jazz and rock in a band format, creating weird and unique mind-expanding improvisations while simply having fun doing so.

Flossin on Facebook

From a Wide Palette of Sound, Christopher Willits’ Remix Project, Sample by Sample

Sound and light artist, guitarist, Max patcher, and all-around sonically-fascinating guy Christopher Willits has opened up his “Tiger Flower Circle Sun” record on Ghostly to remixing. Halfway through the project, we talk to him about what’s going on – and what the results so far sound like. And we share, from earlier this fall, a composition in which you can recharge.

The two words "social network", have many mental images attached to them at this point. But, despite all of the distractions and noise out there, we can still connect really well when we use these tools intentionally, for creative and honest communication. This is what I aim to do.

I believe that sound and light and our imaginations, can transform who we are. I share this with you through music, video, photography, ideas, teachings, experimentation. I invite you into my creative process, and I want to encourage you to create what you love.

These are the five main ways to connect with me right now -

• Facebook Page - Frequent updates, music, photography and video shared, project news. It's easy to have group conversations. "Like" this page and my updates will appear in your fb feed. 

• Facebook Profile - Subscribe to my public updates for more personal ideas, notes, hello's, things that inspire me.

• Twitter - I use twitter from my phone, random thoughts, shouts to friends, instagram and phone camera images.

• Email List - This is my most personal, direct connection to everyone. I share detailed project updates, personal stories, occasional rough mixes, free mp3s, videos, photos, guest list spots, and other things. I think of this as my core audience and friends.

• Google + - Getting in the habit of using this more, and want to experiment with having "hangouts" to video chat about ideas, projects, the creative process. Feels like it will grow into a more interactive version of my facebook page. Will be fun to experiment.

And of course live performances, events, workshops I'm teaching are the best ways to conenct in person.

Connect any or all of these ways and let's communicate and create !

In Chicago, thank you for last night. Truly an honor to play at the Chicago Cultural Center and connect with all of you. Headed back to SF to complete many projects and ideas- new albums, videos, photos, workshops, tutorials, collaborations, collectives. It's all weaving together. It's time to create with more focus and devotion than ever.

Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope to see you on Monday night in Chicago. Very excited for this, and it's a great way to close out a wonderful year of shows.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER - NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Free audiovisual performance - 6:30PM

Location and event information here

Image by Chris Brodell