About Chris Schlarb

BIO

Chris Schlarb is an inveterate musician, composer, and record maker from Long Beach, California.

He has produced and mixed over 100 albums including multiple Billboard and iTunes chart-topping records. In addition to his own label, BIG EGO Records, his work has been released by Asthmatic Kitty, Joyful Noise, Astral Sprits, Trouble In Mind, Jealous Butcher, Harding Street Assembly Lab, Monte Bre, and olFactory record labels.

An accomplished composer, he has provided soundtracks for the NightSky, Dropsy, and Hypnospace Outlaw video games.

In mid-September 2019, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon’s “Almost Heaven” was reached #41 on the iTunes Pop Music charts. The song was produced and mixed by Chris at BIG EGO.

Chris produced the Best Selling Audible Original (#1 Kids, #2 Fiction), Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons by Ashli St. Armant.

His most recent Psychic Temple double album, Houses of the Holy debuted at #40 on the Billboard Rock Album charts. His previous record, Psychic Temple III was chosen by Aquarium Drunkard as one of the best albums of the decade.

Chris and his wife, Adriana, opened BIG EGO Studios in 2015. He is the father of at least four children and is currently writing a small book about recording.

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

Over the last decade Chris has collaborated with a who’s who of modern American rock, jazz, folk, pop, soul, punk, hip-hop and noise music including: 

• Sufjan Stevens

• Terry Reid

• The Dream Syndicate

• Marc Ribot (John Zorn, Robert Plant)

• Chicago Underground

• Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon

• Swamp Dogg

• James Gadson (Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers)

• Cherry Glazerr

• Glen Hansard

• Jim Keltner (John Lennon, Steely Dan)

• Nels Cline (Wilco, Charlie Haden)

• Mike Watt (Minutemen, Iggy & The Stooges)

• Ikey Owens (Jack White, Mars Volta)

• Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Bob Dylan)

• David Hood (Aretha Franklin, J.J. Cale)

• Paul Masvidal (Cynic, Death)

• Max Bennett (Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison)

• Mick Rossi (Philip Glass Ensemble, Paul Simon)

• Jeff Parker (Tortoise)

• Stephen Hodges (Tom Waits, Mavis Staples)

• Julianna Barwick

• Avi Buffalo

• Dave Easley (Brian Blade Fellowship)

• Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors)

• Chad VanGaalen

• Mike Baggetta (Jeff Coffin, Reverend Fred Lane)

• Danny Frankel (Lou Reed, k.d. lang, Fiona Apple)

• Serengeti (Sisyphus, Anticon)

• Elliot Bergman (Wild Belle, NOMO)

• Daedelus (Flying Lotus, Prefuse 73)

• Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground, Pharaoh Sanders)

• DM Stith

• Omid Walizadeh (Freestyle Fellowship, Beneath The Surface)

• Busdriver

• Nedelle Torrisi (Cryptacize, Sufjan Stevens)

• Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet

• HEALTH

• Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice

• Jeremy Trezona (Saint Motel)

• Josh Ottum

• Arlene Deradoorian (Deradoorian, Foster The People)

• Ty Segall

• Kris Tiner (Empty Cage Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith)

• Steuart Liebig (Julius Hemphill, Les McCann)

• Castanets

• Anthony Shadduck (Nels Cline, Vinny Golia)

• Sky Chefs

• Aaron Roche

• Philip Glenn (The Show Ponies)

• Cathlene Pineda (Charlie Haden, Dave Douglas)

• Sarah Negahdari (Happy Hollows, Silversun Pickups)

• John Clement Wood (Learning Music, Black Keys)

• Devin Hoff (Julia Holter, Sharon Van Etten)

• Danny T. Levin (Vampire Weekend, Gary Clark Jr.)

• David Moyer (U2, Tears For Fears)

• The Widow Babies

• Liz Janes (Black Heart Procession)

• Frank Maston (Jacco Gardner)

• Soul-Junk

• Walter Kitundu (2008 MacArthur Fellow)