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There’s only so much time we can kill here

March 16, 2019site news

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 …

Tapes & Tubes – Cemetery 7″

March 9, 2019collaboration, state charger

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 featuring …

Sketch#10 (Trapdoors Everywhere)

March 7, 2019live sketch, state charger

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 …

Sketch#9 (Matrix Blaster)

March 2, 2019live sketch, state charger

Live State Charger ambient piece (2019.03.01) featuring a tape loop, Korg Volca fm and Moog Mother 32. …

Sketch#8 (AutoFill Measure)

February 21, 2019live sketch, state charger

The Korg Volca fm is filling a huge role. I’m limited to only a few voices for my tabletop set up and the Moog Mother 32 has been holding down any sort of bassline sequence I might need. That …

Sketch#7 (Perris)

February 13, 2019live sketch, state charger

This one’s exclusively about the sound of the hi-hat through the Red Panda Particle. It’s sort of magic. I wish I had time to refine this and add another dimension like a loop or varying …

Tapes & Tubes – “Lazy Again”

February 6, 2019collaboration, state charger

Oh Instagram, you matchmaker. Really, the community formed around musicians, gear and live jams on Instagram has proven to be super positive for me. It’s the perfect place get super into your …

Sketch#6 (Highest Low Command)

January 26, 2019live sketch, state charger

Well, a mostly live jam. The drone was pre-recorded and played back in Live during the session. I’m not sure if that’s allowed or not; I’m making up the rules as I go! I’m …

Space Peaced

January 24, 2019photography

When digging your camera out of its weatherproof cocoon and telling yourself you are going to finally become a better photographer and not just use your phone because it’s easiest and actually …

Sketch#5 (Concorde Spies) – Alpha Mound remix

January 19, 2019collaboration, state charger

Now here’s something I’ve missed over the past years: collaboration! This is a short remix of one of my recent live sketches by Alpha Mound and I am really happy with what he did with. …

Sketch#5 (Concorde Spies)

January 17, 2019live sketch, state charger

I took a couple weeks off from firing up my equipment to clear my head. I worked on a website redesign and got plenty of rest and relaxation over the holidays. Feels like my batteries are. …

Sketch#4 (Wave Valleys)

December 27, 2018live sketch, state charger

I’d been wanting to add a second voice to my tabeltop set up in the form of a synth that could cover a lot of different jobs. The Korg Volca FM seemed like a no-brainer: polyphonic, built in …

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.