Chris Schlarb is a producer, musician, and composer based in Long Beach, California. He is also the owner and founder of both BIG EGO, a commercial recording studio and record label, and the now defunct Sounds Are Active label which saw over 50 releases during its decade long run.
ALBUMS
Chris Schlarb, Jay Tholen
Dropsy Soundtrack
2024
Chris Schlarb, Alex Sadnik
Viva Durant And The Madness Of Madame Bouchard
2022, 22xFile, WAV, Album, Big Ego
Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor
Time No Changes
2021
Chris Schlarb
Untitled
2018, 7", S/Sided, Ltd, Cle, Joyful Noise Recordings
Chris Schlarb And Psychic Temple
Two Songs About Cults
2016, 7", Asthmatic Kitty Records, 
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, Alternative Rock
Chris Schlarb
Dropsy
2015, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Yel, Joyful Noise Recordings, Devolver Digital, Tender Shoot
Chris Schlarb
Making The Saint
2014
Chris Schlarb
Psychic Temple II
2013
Chris Schlarb
Psychic Temple
2011, LP, Album, Ltd, Sounds Are Active, Asthmatic Kitty Records,
Chris Schlarb
NightSky Soundtrack
2011
Chris Schlarb
Twilight And Ghost Stories
2007, CD, Album, Asthmatic Kitty Records, ,
, Field Recording/Avantgarde/Experimental/Neofolk
mssv
On And On
2025, LP, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
Psychic Temple
Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness
2024, LP, BIG EGO Records
Emergency Group
Mind Screen
2024, LP, BIG EGO Records
Psychic Temple
Doggie Treats
2024, Cass, Album, Ltd, BIG EGO Records
The Vinny Golia Quintet 2024*
Almasty
2024, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
David Lord
Forest Standards Vol. 4
2024, LP, Album, BIG EGO Records,
The Vinny Golia Quintet
Can You Outrun Them?
2024, LP, Album, Nine Winds Records, BIG EGO Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Alicia Walter
Right Noise
2023, LP, Album, BIG EGO Records
Alex Sadnik
Flight
2023, LP, Album, BIG EGO Records,
Josh Ottum
Edge Effects
2023, LP, Album, BIG EGO Records,
David Lord
Forest Standards Vol. 3
2023, LP, Album, BIG EGO Records, Astral Spirits,
mssv
Human Reaction
2023, LP, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
Dave Easley
Ballads
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records,
Maria Elena Silva
Dulce
2023
Psychic Temple, Lisa Bella Donna
A Universe Regards Itself
2023
Izzy & The Fins
Mirrorball
2022, 12", Album, BIG EGO Records,
JUNATIME
Remember The Magic
2022, LP, BIG EGO Records
Psychic Temple
Plays Planet Caravan
2022, LP, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Desert
2022, 7xFile, MP3, Album, 256, BIG EGO Records
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Desert / Canyon
2022, CD, Comp, BIG EGO Records
Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner, Mike Watt
Everywhen We Go
2022
Guma
A List Of Sightings
2022
Katie Jo*
I Don't Know Where Your Heart's Been
2021, File, AIFF, Single, Not On Label (Katie Jo Oberthaler Self-released)
Dave Easley
Byways of the Moon
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records, 
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, Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Jazz-Rock/Avant-garde Jazz
Katie Jo*
Pawn Shop Queen
2021
Maria Elena Silva
Eros
2021
Coma Culture
Camouflage
2021
David Tranchina Large-ish Ensemble*
The Ogre
2020, LP, BIG EGO Records
Velodrone
Velodrone
2020, LP, Album, Not On Label
David Lord
Forest Standards Vol. 2
2020, LP, Album, Num, BIG EGO Records
Klyfta
Cosmic Pilgrimage: The Klyfta Tapes (1972-1975)
2020, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
Katie Jo*
Alvera
2020, File, AIFF, Single, Not On Label (Katie Jo Oberthaler Self-released)
Katie Jo*
Looking
2020, File, AIFF, Single, Not On Label (Katie Jo Oberthaler Self-released)
Chicago Underground Quartet
Good Days
2020
mssv
Main Steam Stop Valve
2020
Alyssandra Nighswonger
Nighswonger Sings Nilsson
2020
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Namesake
2020
Psychic Temple
Houses Of The Holy
2020
Guma
Guma
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt
Wall Of Flowers
2019, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, BIG EGO Records
mssv
Live Flowers
2019, CDr, Album, Ltd, Striped Light
Eamon Fogarty
Blue Values
2019, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Jangle Pop/Indie Rock
Dana T*
Harsh Forever
2018, LP, Album, Telsrow Records
Psychic Temple Feat. Cherry Glazerr
Houses Of The Holy Vol. I
2018, 5xFile, FLAC, Joyful Noise Recordings
David Lord
Forest Standards Vol. 1
2018, LP, Album, Num, BIG EGO Records
Anthony Shadduck
Quartet & Double Quartet
2018, LP, Album, Num, BIG EGO Records, ,
, Modal/Free Jazz
Swamp Dogg / Psychic Temple
Road Song / The Baby Is Mine
2018, 7", Ltd, Cle, Joyful Noise Recordings, ,
, Alternative Rock
Vincent Randazzo
Real Plan
2018, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Philip Glenn
Outsider
2018
Leeann Skoda
Call Me Back Home
2018
Various
Like A Drunk In A Midnight Choir... (Record Store Day Celebrates The Music Of Leonard Cohen)
2017, LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Bro, Record Store Day
Honeybrandy
Deaf Sharp
2017, LP, Album, Harding Street Assembly Lab, ,
, Free Improvisation/Ambient
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
2017, CD, EP, Harding Street Assembly Lab
Alisha Westerman
Ego Trip
2017, LP, Big Ego
Psychic Temple
IV
2017
Night Auditor
Drugz
2016
Psychic Temple
III
2016
Psychic Temple
Psychic Temple Plays Music For Airports
2016, Vinyl Clear with Blue Splatter, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet
2
2015, LP, Album, Ltd, Trouble In Mind, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Psychedelic
DEaf
Pocketknives & Friendship Bracelets
2011, Cass, Hypersweet Records
Rare Grooves
Cause For Concern/No Garden 7"
2010, 7", Papermade Records, Sounds Are Active
The Widow Babies
Jetpacks
2009, 12", S/Sided, Cle, oLFactory
I Heart Lung, DWMTG
Ecstatic Jazz Duos
2009, 12", EP, Thor's Rubber Hammer Productions
The Anthony Shadduck Quartet
Debut
2007, CD, Album, Sounds Are Active
Ellul
Ellul
2007, CD, Dig, Sounds Are Active
I Heart Lung
Between Them A Forest Grew, Trackless and Quiet
2007, CDr, Album, Sounds Are Active
Create (!)
A Prospect Of Freedom
2006, CD, Album, Sounds Are Active, ,
, Free Improvisation
Liz Janes & Create (!)
Liz Janes & Create(!)
2005, CD, MiniAlbum, Asthmatic Kitty Records
Belltower
Sweet Fruit
2005, CD, EP, Asthmatic Kitty Records
Xn*
Ideas Without Numbers
2004, CD, Comp, Sounds Are Active
Acid Reign
Ready Yet?
2003, CD, Album, Nomadic Sound System
Chris Schlarb Quintet
Comma
2003, CD, EP, Sounds Are Active
Chris Schlarb Quintet / Nathaniel Frank And The Wisconsin Magic
Comma / Nathaniel Black And The Wisconsin Magic
2003, CD, Comp, Sounds Are Active
mssv
Meets Nels Cline
2022, 7", Striped Light
Scot Ray Quartet
Scot Ray Quartet
2020, CD, Album, Long Song Records, 
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, Contemporary Jazz
mssv
Media Kittens / When The Hoarding Has Ended
2020, 7", Single, Improved Sequence Records, 
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, Art Rock/Avantgarde/Math Rock
Eamon Fogarty
Since I Was Born / Road To Nowhere (Aquarium Drunkard Lagniappe Session)
2020, 2xFile, MP3, Single, 320, Aquarium Drunkard
Darryl Tewes, Danny Frankel, Scot Ray
The Ecliptionists
2019, 11xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Scot Ray Self-released), ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Eamon Fogarty
Progressive Bedroom
2017
Whitman
White Sunrise
2008
Chris Schlarb Quintet
Comma
2003, CD, Album, Not On Label
I Heart Lung
Interoceans
2008
APPEARANCES +
Steve Wynn
Make It Right
2024
Anna Butterss
Mighty Vertebrate
2024
Jeremiah Cymerman / Charlie Looker
A Horizon Made Of Canvas
2021
Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon
Namesake
2020
Various
In The Garage: Live Music From WTF W/ Marc Maron
2019, LP, RSD, Bro, Newbury Comics,
Susan Alcorn, Phillip Greenlief
Prism Mirror Lens
2019
Escalante* / Mottel*
Chop Party
2018, 7", Ltd, Sploosh Records, Mottel Media
Afternoon Freak
The Blind Strut
2018
Various
Art Of Gold (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best Music)
2017, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), 
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, Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Pub Rock/Punk/Psychedelic Rock
Tribesmen
Oceans Ocean
2016, 7", EP, Not On Label (Tribesmen Self-released)
Night Auditor
Romance
2016
Whitman
Against The Dust
2014, Box, Album, Ltd + 3xCass, Folktale,
Wide Streets
A Past Hatred Of The Future
2014, 13xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label (Wide Streets Self-Released)
Whitman
Restoring Darkness
2014
Chiddy Bang
Breakfast
2012, CD,
Brother Mitya And Friends
The Terror
2011, ,
, Folk
Deneir
Nowhen EP
2010
Stationary Odyssey
Sons Of Boy
2009, CD, Album, Joyful Noise Recordings
Busdriver
Jhelli Beam
2009, ,
, Abstract/Synth-pop/Free Improvisation/Conscious
Bizzart
Bloodshot Mama
2006, CD, Album, Sounds Are Active, ,
, Conscious
I Heart Lung
I Heart Christmas
2006, File, MP3, EP, Sounds Are Active
Various
Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation
2006, CD, Comp, Asthmatic Kitty Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acoustic
I Heart Lung
Blood & Light
2005, File, MP3, Sounds Are Active
Soul Junk*
1937
2005, CD, Sounds Are Active, ,
, Abstract/IDM/Experimental
Castanets / I Heart Lung
Castanets / I Heart Lung
2005, 12", EP, Ltd, Gre, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Sounds Are Active, ,
, Alternative Rock/Experimental
Castanets
First Light's Freeze
2005, ,
, Folk Rock/Downtempo/Indie Rock
Xn. / Deneir
Flowers (Eating) Words
2004, 10xFile, MP3, 320, Sounds Are Active
Omid
Monolith
2003
The Mystics
Remnants Of A Lost Culture
2001, CD, Album, Bv Records, Mean Street
Various
2018 Joyful Noise VIP 7" Singles Series
2018, Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + 4x7", Single, Ltd, Cle + 4x7, Joyful Noise Recordings, ,
, Pop Rock/Free Improvisation/Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Psychedelic/Rhythm & Blues/Alternative Rock
Various
Asthmatic Kitty Records Sampler 2015
2015, CD, Comp, Promo, Asthmatic Kitty Records
Various
Asthmatic Kitty Digital Sampler Spring 2014
2014, 11xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Asthmatic Kitty Records
Various
Flannelgraph Records Winter Sampler
2014
Various
Asthmatic Kitty Digital Sampler Winter 2013/14
2013, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Asthmatic Kitty Records
Various
Achoo! An Asthmatic Kitty Sampler Vol. 2
2008, CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Sounds Are Active / Asthmatic Kitty 2004 Sampler
2004, CD, Sounds Are Active, Asthmatic Kitty Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Leftfield/Indie Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Chiddy Bang
Breakfast
2012, 
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, Pop Rap
