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Formed in 2004, I Heart Lung are an exploratory free-form jazz duo comprised of guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:3kZAEwPEGGOaHMYRbNK7m1">Chris Schlarb</a> (Create [!], Xn) and drummer Tom Steck. As I Heart Lung toured the States with <a href="spotify:artist:4W8mN8yzyYoeZW39XjAYpD">Castanets</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:64ssUqrBf3p4UCFwxJfYpv">Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice</a>, their debut album -- the heavily improvised Blood & Light -- was recorded in only three hours on a whim after one of their performances was canceled. They toured for a year before releasing their follow-up, I Heart Christmas, a five-song EP of free-form improvisations based loosely on Christmas carols -- also recorded quickly in one session. In 2007, <a href="spotify:artist:3kZAEwPEGGOaHMYRbNK7m1">Schlarb</a> and Steck added Create (!) saxophonist Peter Chan for their live shows, which were recorded and released as Between Them a Forest Grew, Trackless and Quiet. That year, <a href="spotify:artist:3kZAEwPEGGOaHMYRbNK7m1">Schlarb</a> released his first solo album using his actual name, Twilight & Ghost Stories, a sprawling disc that included over 50 collaborating musicians. In 2008, after signing to Asthmatic Kitty Records, I Heart Lung released Interoceans, which was followed by a remix album titled Interoceans Remixed. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi
