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

Self-recorded and mixed with a focus on raw, emotional sound, his work explores subtle atmospheres and immersive sonic spaces.

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.

FadingState est le projet du bassiste, guitariste et explorateur sonore François R. Caron. Basé près d’Ottawa, il compose des instrumentaux lo-fi mêlant textures ambient, grooves hypnotiques et tonalités expérimentales.

Enregistrée et mixée de manière indépendante, avec une attention particulière aux sons bruts et chargés d’émotion, sa musique explore des atmosphères subtiles et des paysages sonores immersifs.

Des échos lo-fi dérivent dans une brume ambiante. La basse pulse comme un souvenir lointain, tandis que les mélodies se dissolvent dans des espaces saturés de réverbération. Le son devient humeur, pensée et 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.

  • 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