Person
Arto Lindsay
Acting · Born 1953-05-28 · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Biography
Arthur Morgan 'Arto' Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He first achieved recognition as part of New York no wave group DNA in the late 1970s. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naïve ... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey". His guitar work is contrasted frequently with gentler, sensuous Brazilian music themes.
Known for
Desperately Seeking Susan
Newspaper Clerk
Arto Lindsay, Simply Are...
Self
Down by Law
Musician
Cookie
Court Clerk
Kiss Daddy Goodnight
Cab Driver
Downtown '81
Self
Marisa Monte: Mais
Self
Letters to Dad
1979
Candy Mountain
Arto
Step Across the Border
Self
Filmography
- 2019Arto Lindsay 4D
- 2016Subtle Interferences
- 2012Belle comme le jourMusic
- 2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelf
- 2009X Magazine Benefit
- 2007Noel: The Samba PoetMusic Producer
- 2006Kill Your Idols: More.Self
- 2004Arto Lindsay, Forgive the Beauty: The Love FactorySelf
- 2004Kill Your IdolsSelf
- 2003Dream Generation
- 2001Downtown '81Self
- 1991Marisa Monte: MaisSelf
- 1991Death By Unnatural CausesMusic
- 1990Step Across the BorderSelf
- 1989CookieCourt Clerk
- 1988Put More Blood Into the MusicHimself
- 1988Candy MountainArto
- 1987Kiss Daddy GoodnightCab Driver
- 1986Down by LawMusician
- 1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
- 1985Desperately Seeking SusanNewspaper Clerk
- 1985Money
- 1983OK Today Tomorrow
- 1982A Matter of Facts
- 1980Ecstatic Stigmatic
- 1979Men in OrbitVoice
- 1979Letters to Dad
- —Arto Lindsay, Simply Are...Self
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