Arto Lindsay

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) — Newspaper Clerk
2. Downtown '81 (2001) — Self
3. Cookie (1989) — Court Clerk
4. Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987) — Cab Driver
5. Kill Your Idols (2004) — Self
6. Step Across the Border (1990) — Self
7. Candy Mountain (1988) — Arto
8. Men in Orbit (1979) — Voice
9. Kill Your Idols: More. (2006) — Self
10. Put More Blood Into the Music (1988) — Himself
11. Dream Generation (2003)
12. Marisa Monte: Mais (1991) — Self
13. Ecstatic Stigmatic (1980)
14. The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July (1986)
15. No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009) — Self
16. Letters to Dad (1979)
17. X Magazine Benefit (2009)
18. OK Today Tomorrow (1983)
19. Arto Lindsay, Forgive the Beauty: The Love Factory (2004) — Self
20. A Matter of Facts (1982)
21. Money (1985)
22. Arto Lindsay 4D (2019)
23. Subtle Interferences (2016)
24. Arto Lindsay, Simply Are... — Self