Chris Swanson

Chris Swanson is a founding partner of the American independent record labels Dead Oceans formed in 2007 Jagjaguwar 1996 and Secretly Canadian 1996 each operated primarily out of Bloomington Indiana with satellite offices in New York London and Austin These labels are home to such diverse acts as Bon Iver Antony amp the Johnsons Yeasayer comedian Tig Notaro The Tallest Man on Earth Jens Lekman Dinosaur Jr The War on Drugs Foxygen Phosphorescent The Besnard Lakes Okkervil River and Black Mountain to name a few Swanson first got involved in cinema through the works of Rick Alverson whose first three features The Builder 2010 New Jerusalem 2011 and The Comedy 2012 were each coexecutive produced by Swanson and his Jagjaguwar partners Darius Van Arman Ben Swanson and Jonathan Cargill He acted as music supervisor for The Builder and The Comedy and has gone on to work with director Joe Swanberg on Drinking Buddies 2013 He is currently working on three other film projects that are in production In 2011 Swanson cofounded the artist management company Fort William Artist Management with Ami Spishock Ben Swanson and Darius Van Arman Some of Fort Williams clients include Beirut Grizzly Bear Jens Lekman and The War On Drugs In 2012 Swanson cofounded SC Publishing a boutique music publishing service whose client roster includes Bill Fay Foxygen Kishi Bashi Spencer Krug Night Beds and Frankie Rose among others