Chris Swanson

Chris Swanson is the co-founder of Secretly Group, which includes independent record labels Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, The Numero Group and Secretly Canadian, as well as music publisher Secretly Publishing[1]. These labels are home to such acts as Bon Iver, The War On Drugs, Mitski, Moses Sumney, ANOHNI, Phoebe Bridgers, William Eggleston, Angel Olsen, Whitney, The Tallest Man on Earth, comedian Tig Notaro, Khruangbin, Dinosaur Jr., Phosphorescent, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Jens Lekman, and Sharon Van Etten[2].

In 2011, Swanson co-founded the artist management company Fort William Artist Management, with Ami Spishock, Ben Swanson and Darius Van Arman. Some of Fort William's clients include The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Grouplove, Kevin Morby, Beirut, and producers Richard Swift, John Congleton, Joe Chiccarelli and Joey Waronker, among others[3].

Swanson is also involved in the world of cinema. He co-executive produced the first four feature films of director Rick Alverson, including The Comedy (2012) and Entertainment (2015). Swanson acted as music supervisor for those films and on projects with filmmakers Chapman & Maclain Way, Joe Swanberg, Hannah Fidell, Brett Haley, Sebastian Silva, Kris Swanberg, Dustin Guy Defa, Andrew Cohn, So Yong Kim, Jeff Baena, and Patrick Brice, to name a few[4].

References

  1. ↑ "Not So Secret: The Winding Path Of Preeminent Record-Label Executive Chris Swanson".
  2. ↑ "Chris Swanson, Founder of Secretly Canadian Records".
  3. ↑ "Fort William Artist Management Welcomes Three Managers - Music Connection Magazine". www.musicconnection.com.
  4. ↑ "Chris Swanson". IMDb.


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