Chris Korda (born 1962) is an American

antinatalist Antinatalism or anti-natalism is the view that procreation is wrong. Antinatalists argue that humans should abstain from procreation because it is morally wrong. In scholarly and literary writings, various ethical arguments have been put forth i ...

activist, techno musician, software developer, and leader of the

Church of Euthanasia The Church of Euthanasia (also known as CoE) is a religion founded by Chris Korda and Robert Kimberk (Pastor Kim) in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992. As stated on its website, it is "a non-profit educational foundation devoted to restoring balan ...

Personal life

Korda is the daughter of

Michael Korda Michael Korda (born 8 October 1933) is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. Early years Born in London, Michael Korda is the son of English actress Gertrude Musgrove and the Hungarian ...

and his first wife, Carolyn Keese. She is the granddaughter of art director

Vincent Korda Vincent Korda (22 June 1897 – 4 January 1979) was a Hungarian-born art director, later settling in Britain. Born in Túrkeve in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was the younger brother of Alexander and Zoltan Korda. He was n ...

, and the great-niece of film directors

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda (June 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918, and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in London. ...

. Korda has identified as transgender since 1991, and is

vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. Di ...

. She is a graduate of the Hammonasset School.

Unabomber for President

In 1995, Korda, together with Lydia Eccles, launched the campaign

Unabomber for President Unabomber for President was a political campaign with the overt aim of electing the Ted Kaczynski, "Unabomber" as a write-in candidate in the 1996 United States presidential election, 1996 presidential election, despite the fact that he was clearl ...

. It took the overt form of a political action committee, Unabomber Political Action Committee (UNAPACK). "Unapack ... completely endorses the ideas in the 35,000-word screed against society the government may try to prove Kaczynski wrote."

Software career

In 2008, Korda designed Fractice, a fractal renderer. Korda is also an inventor of music software, such as Waveshop (2013), a bit-perfect lossless free audio editor, reviewed in several websites. She is also the creator of ChordEase (2014). This is a free software tool that is compatible with any

MIDI MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and re ...

instrument and essentially it makes notes easier to play. ChordEase was presented at the 2015 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.

Music career

As an electronic/techno musician, Korda released several LPs, singles and EPs. Korda toured Europe with her album "Man of the Future", released in 2003 by the German electronic music record label

International Deejay Gigolo Records International DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell (real name Helmut Geier). The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is Germany's most successful electro ...

. Korda has toured worldwide, using her own software to perform live, including the Sonar music festival in Barcelona 2001.Sonar 2001: Londres oculto, eutanasia, ruidismo, rayos musicales y pianistas atípicos.
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Selected discography

Albums

* 1999: ''Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong'' (DJ Mix; as ''Chris Korda & The Church Of Euthanasia''; International Deejay Gigolos) * 2003: ''The Man Of The Future'' (International Deejay Gigolo Records) * 2004: ''Victim Of Leisure – Live @ BURN.FM'' (Platoniq) * 2019: ''Akoko Ajeji'' (Perlon) * 2020: ''Polymeter'' (Mental Groove Records) * 2020: ''Apologize To The Future'' (Perlon)

Singles and EPs

* 1993: ''Save The Planet, Kill Yourself'' (Kevorkian Records) * 1997: ''Save The Planet, Kill Yourself'' (Re-Release; International Deejay Gigolos) * 1998: ''Sex Is Good'' (International Deejay Gigolos) * 2002: ''I Like To Watch'' (Null Records) * 2002: ''When It Rains EP'' (International Deejay Gigolos) * 2003: ''The Man Of The Future'' (International Deejay Gigolos) * 2020: ''Magic Cookie EP'' (Partout)

External links

Church of Euthanasia

Chris Korda's blog
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Podcast with Chris Korda for Radio Web MACBA, 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korda, Chris 1962 births Living people American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent American techno musicians Anti-natalists Euthanasia activists LGBT people from New York (state) Transgender women musicians Transgender Jews LGBT DJs Transgender musicians Transgender writers American women in electronic music American people of English descent 21st-century LGBT people