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c.db.sn weaves a stirring emotional experience in to his music, capturing the listener with thick ambiance and cinematic atmosphere for the movies in one’s mind. c.db.sn is short for Chase Dobson and is the first solo project of the Denver-based producer. With a palette of computer-based synthesis, processed field recordings, and spacious environments constructed from heavily processed guitar, Dobson cultivates an alluring tension between the technical and emotional appeal of his music.

At age 14, with a 4-track, a sampler, a synthesizer, and some guitar chops, Dobson began to lay out a foundation of experimentation that would last over a decade. Taking shape in 2006, Dobson gave his musical experiments a name, began performing, and in 2008, c.db.sn released his first album titled “Into the Deep” via Denver label Elseproduct.

Supporting this album spawned live performance expressing more IDM influences in new songs, remixes, and cut-ups. New productions featured fewer four on the floor beats in favor of more dynamic rhythms, anchored by solid pulsing low end and layers of complex fractured glitch. He began introducing subtle melancholy melodies that matured in to deeply emotional compositions and dramatic movements. In 2011, he completed his second full length album “… At The End Of It All,” and is set to release on Tympanik Audio.

APPEARANCES +


C.DB.SN
Terrestrial
2014, 21xFile, FLAC, RM, Not On Label (c.db.sn Self-Released), ,
IDM/Ambient/Post Rock
C.DB.SN
Tympanik Audio Exclusive DJ Mix
2012, 16xFile, FLAC, Mixed, Not On Label (C.DB.SN Self-released), ,
IDM/Ambient/Glitch
c.db.sn
...At The End Of It All Remixed
2012, 10x File, ,
IDM/Glitch/Ambient
Blackcell
Mixed In Black
2015, CDr, Album, Backwards Records
Zyxt
Hello Manic
2013, 15xFile, FLAC, Album, Component Records, Component Recordings, ,
IDM
Strange Powers
I Dnt Wnt 2 Rmx U
2013, 9xFile, MP3, Single, 320, Not On Label (Strange Powers Self-released), ,
Electro/Drum n Bass/Minimal
Various
V: Nivosus
2012, 19x File 320 kbps, ,
IDM/Ambient
Ghosts In The Clocktower
I: Enroute
2012, 9x File, ,
Dark Ambient/IDM/Industrial
Architect
Upload Select Remix.2
2011, 12x File VBR, ,
Breakbeat/Techno/Dubstep/IDM
Anklebiter
Raintree
2012
entropic advance
textures
2011, CDr, Album, pap, symbolic insight
Various
Wounds Of The Earth Compilation II
2010, 14x File 16 Bit, 44.1 kHz, File 16 Bit, 48 kHz, ,
Rhythmic Noise/Illbient/IDM/Dubstep/Industrial
Various
P A R A D I G M
2018, 17x File 320 kbps, ,
Ambient/Experimental/Glitch/IDM/Industrial/Rhythmic Noise
Displacer
Recollect
2014, 19xFile, FLAC, Comp, Crime League, ,
Downtempo/IDM/Ambient
Various
Ultrasoft! Anthems 33
2014, 16xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Plastic Sound Supply, ,
Abstract/Darkwave/Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Emerging Organisms Vol. 5
2014, 2x CD, ,
IDM/Industrial/Ambient
Various
Neoteric Components
2013, 16xFile, FLAC, Comp, Component Records, Component Recordings
Various
Vantage Point
2013, ,
Ambient/IDM/Experimental
Access To Arasaka
Envoy
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Igloo Magazine, ,
Glitch/IDM/Experimental
Various
Accretion
2012, 42x File, ,
Ambient/IDM/Rhythmic Noise/Downtempo
Various
IV: Eridanus Supervoid
2011, 30x File, ,
Dark Ambient/Drone/IDM/Ambient
Various
Wounds Of The Earth Compilation III
2011, 26x File, ,
Dark Ambient/IDM/Drone/Ambient
Various
Emerging Organisms Vol. 4
2011, 2x CD, ,
IDM/Trip Hop/Ambient/Industrial
Various
Experimental Dance Breaks 36
2010
Brim Liski
Brim Liski
2009, CD, EP, Latenight Weeknight Records, ,
Abstract/Symphonic Rock/Dubstep/Ethereal/Ambient/Electro/Shoegaze