The project’s visual element is just as vital as the sound and as a trained designer and visual artist, Blackstate presents a complete sensory experience, combining haunting electronic textures with impactful imagery to create something closer to an art installation than a traditional performance. Each show becomes a dialogue between performer and audience, sound and image, self and society, with that interplay between mediums earning Blackstate widespread acclaim. Thematically, Blackstate lives in the spaces most people try to avoid, distilling a 21st-century malaise, the numbing of consumerism and distraction that’s eroded real connection.
His critique of modern disconnection isn’t about nostalgia for a better past, it’s about confronting the strange digital present we all share and in doing so, he embarks on a search for meaning in a world addicted to illusion while delivering an enjoyable musical moment along the way.
🇬🇧 Plastic Mag, London / UK
20th of January 2026
