FadingState is the project of bassist, guitarist, and sonic architect François R. Caron. Based near Ottawa, he creates lo-fi instrumentals blending ambient textures, hypnotic grooves, and experimental tones.

Entirely self-recorded and mixed, his work prioritizes raw, emotional sound.

Lo-fi Lo-fi echoes drift through ambient haze. Basslines pulse like fading memories, while melodies dissolve into reverb-soaked spaces. Sound becomes mood, thought, and solitude.

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Past Exciting News!

FadingState tracks Dark Silhouette and Elegy in Red Velvet were featured on Echo Chamber — CKCU-FM’s long-standing program dedicated to experimental music such as post-rock, shoegaze, ambient, post-metal, electronic, avant-garde, and more.

When: Monday, October 6 · 3–4 PM (ET) and November 3rd
Where: CKCU-FM 93.1 (Ottawa) / Listen online

Huge thanks to the Echo Chamber crew for the support!

The following tracks are 30-second demo versions. For the full versions, visit SoundCloud or Bandcamp.

Press any track to start playback.

  • Analog Exploration I
  • Distant Tides
  • Life Without End
  • After the Impact
  • Silently Collapsing
  • Synthetic Drift
  • Hollow Skies
  • Dark Silhouette
  • Lucid Dreams of the Blue Crocodiles
  • Elegy in Red Velvet
  • Misfit
  • Ambiguous Drifts at Dusk
  • Nothing for You
  • Nothing for You - Rmx