Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953, Richmond, Virginia) is an American
guitarist,
singer, record
producer and
experimental composer. He's probably best known as a founding member of the influential
no wave band
DNA, though his work after DNA has been quite prolific. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style comprised almost entirely of extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick "studiedly naïve … sounding like the bastard child of
Derek Bailey"; his guitar work is contrasted frequently with gentler, sensuous Brazilian music …
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