Arto Lindsay


Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer.
He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naĂŻve... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey".

Music

Although Lindsay was born in the United States, he grew up in Brazil. In the late 1970s, he helped form the no wave band DNA with Ikue Mori and Robin Crutchfield, although Tim Wright of Pere Ubu soon replaced Crutchfield. In 1978, DNA was featured on the four-band sampler No New York In the early 1980s, Lindsay performed on early albums by The Lounge Lizards and The Golden Palominos.
After the Lounge Lizards, Lindsay and keyboardist Peter Scherer formed the Ambitious Lovers, influenced by pop, samba, and bossa nova. In an interview with Bomb magazine, Linsday said, "the whole idea was Al Green and samba. That against this; this against that; not a blend, a juxtaposition, loud/soft. There's no particular point in putting these things together. The point is what comes out in the end." The band's albums included Greed and Envy.

Producer

Lindsay began his experience as producer in 1981 working with Italian No wave band Hi-Fi Bros. He has produced recordings by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Vinicius Cantuária, Gal Costa, Carlinhos Brown, Marisa Monte, Adriana Calcanhotto, Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda and Lucas Santtana. He also co-produced the first album of Anarchist Republic of Bzzz.

Collaborations

In 2013, Lindsay sang on "I Guess We're Floating" by Stephon Alexander and Rioux. The song was released on the album Here Comes Now in August 2014 by Connect Records.

Exhibition

As leader

With Ambitious Lovers
With DNA
With The Golden Palominos
With The Lounge Lizards
With Vinicius Cantuaria
With Kip Hanrahan
With John Lurie
With Jun Miyake
With Ryuichi Sakamoto
With Caetano Veloso
With John Zorn
With others