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Kick Plate and The Corner Guards
In line with my habits of clean housekeeping comes Kick Plate and The Corner Guards. This is a collection of compilation appearances and EPs I released solo between 2006 and 2010. I tied up the loose …
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Sketch#12 (Digitakt 1)
There’s this ever-changing question about what tools do I need to do the job I’m here to do. I’d been going back and forth with myself about just how many effect pedals I needed …
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State Charger: Painted Kites release notes
July of 2018: I’m upper deck on a charter bus between Linköping and Gothenburg. My family and I comfortably winding our way to Sweden’s best amusement park. I have the, what I …
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Sketch#11 (Carbon Twos)
Lead vocals by me via a tape loop. I missed my chance to fade the vocal out and expand on the instrumental but when I was recording this (all live, don’t forget, no edits) I was only interested …
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Tide As Currency (Alpha Mound remix)
Back in January I met fellow Swedish artist Alpha Mound via Instagram. He was quick to produce a short, but sweet, remix and video of one of my latest live sketches. I’m impressed by people …
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There’s only so much time we can kill here
There’s that feeling of lack of maturity that flows over me when I realize I’m not using something I’ve paid good money for. I was taught well, to spend wisely because “money …
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Tapes & Tubes – Cemetery 7″
Last month I posted about a collaboration project I (as State Charger) was involved in with Philadelphia’s Tapes & Tubes. The result was “Lazy Again”, a track …
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Sketch#10 (Trapdoors Everywhere)
This is about as experimental as I want to get. Lacking a melody and leaning heavily on the effects. Everything underlying. The Red Panda Tensor is becoming a very close friend. My trusty Sony …
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Sketch#9 (Matrix Blaster)
Live State Charger ambient piece (2019.03.01) featuring a tape loop, Korg Volca fm and Moog Mother 32.
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I’m currently creating under the moniker State Charger …
… which is a series of audio experiments living in the space of ambient and lo-fi electronic. RIYL improvised looping, meditations, field recordings, tape. I have a couple releases on bandcamp and frequent updates happen over on Instagram.
Gen Pop is a free sampler of music I’ve recorded solo over the years and released in 2019. You’ll find links to my previous bands and projects on the Audio Graves page.
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