About IAMX
IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner founded in 2002 in London, England after the hiatus of his former band Sneaker Pimps. It is an independent music project with a secondary focus on the experimentation of visual art.
IAMX spans across multiple genres, including electronic rock, dance music, burlesque-influenced dark cabaret, and emotional ballads.
IAMX has released eight studio albums, two remix albums, two experimental albums, two live albums, and one acoustic rework album. Most were released independently, being written and produced solely by Corner, with the exceptions of the fifth studio album The Unified Field and the experimental album Unfall, which were co-produced by Jim Abbiss, and the acoustic album Echo Echo, which was co-produced by David Bottrill. Two more studio albums have been announced for release in the Northern Hemisphere Spring and Autumn of 2023.
From 2006 to 2014, IAMX was based in Berlin, Germany where Corner said he found "the spirit to care less about the music industry and take an independent route." He attributes a large influence on IAMX's lyrics and sound to Berlin. Inspiring subjects such as death, love, addiction, narcotic intoxication, and decadence, as well as critiques of religion, modern society, politics, alienation, and the exploration of sexual identity and gender expression. With the topic of gender identity further emphasized by Corner's androgynous image both on and off stage.
During this time IAMX developed a reputation for highly energetic and theatrical live performances with unusual stage outfits and body painting becoming core elements of their shows. Their stage designs consisting of art and props made by Corner and his live band members used alongside projections at their live shows.
The official IAMX music videos also started to be directed, filmed, and edited by Corner. With him later saying, "I adore video. There’s so much scope that music and visual together can achieve. I’ve always painted with sound and had strong images in my head when I made music, so moving into video was natural." Both their projections used and their music videos have contained controversial and often explicit content or is hidden as Easter eggs for fans to discover and in order to bypass censorship from various social media platforms.
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