His interest in microtonality bloomed in the late '90s. Nowadays, he sees microtonality as a basic fact of contemporary composition in a wide variety of styles and aesthetics, similar to the fact that it is more vivid to see the world in color than in black-and-white. In 2007 Chris aided Aaron Krister Johnson in co-founding MidwestMicrofest, which has since become UnTwelve, and put up their first concert.