A Coloradan, c. yantis has lived in the Pacific Northwest, New York City, and Dublin. Primarily guitar-based, his works also employ various other sources of sound, such as the saxophone and field recordings. The results are often instrumental and free-form, and they tend to reside in those grey-areas where tonal / melodic elements drift toward noise. Experiences and ideas of environment provide consistent motivations as yantis explores--sonically--what David Teague has called "people suiting posture to place." Ultimately yantis strives to realize an idea of landscape as sound. He also writes and works in visual media.