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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 featuring …
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 …
Sketch#9 (Matrix Blaster)
Live State Charger ambient piece (2019.03.01) featuring a tape loop, Korg Volca fm and Moog Mother 32. …
Sketch#8 (AutoFill Measure)
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)
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”
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 …
I’m currently creating under the moniker State Charger – 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 few releases on bandcamp and update frequently on Instagram.
Gen Pop is a free sampler of music I’ve recorded solo over the years and released in 2019.
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Audio Graves are piles of pieces of scraps of tape. They’re the archives, the past, where I’ve been and how it happened.
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Audio Graves compilations
Demos & outtakes, 1994-2017 -
Mike Downey Tape
Cassette 4-trackin’ 2016-2018 -
Shy Mirrors
A fake band, 2010-2016 -
Mike Downey – solo
Me in therapy, 2005-2010 -
The New Constitution
Beer and cigarettes, 2001-2005, ’17 -
The National Splits
Filling in the gaps, 2000-2004 -
Mathlete
Technology, 1997-2000 -
Wolfie
Pop band in a van, 1996-2000 -
Slackjawed
Three students, 1995-1996
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