Relentlessly creative, innovative indie musician, animator and illustrator Chad Van Gaalen has been making off-the-wall music that drifts between folk and free sonics for 30 years in Calgary/Mohkinstsis. Whether as a one-person band or with fellow creatives Chris Dadge, Ryan Bourne and Scott Munro or the new electronic duo CG Tears, his art has taken him around the world and garnered nods from the Junos and Polaris Prize. Chad lives in a rickety house with his wife, kids and dogs and doesn’t like to leave home more than he absolutely has to.