Chimera State
Biography
Chimera State is the project of artist Christian Rentschler, a DJ and electronic music producer from Stuttgart.
His career began at age 14 with the founding and direction of the performance group “Spirit of Dance”, active in southern Germany in the 90s.
He then focused on composition and production, co-founding the CMC-Project in 2001 with Mythos 'N DJ Cosmo and Mikuma. Their track “I Can’t Believe” was a club success.
His style, between electronica, pop, and R&B, was shaped through collaborations with international artists. In 2007, a collaboration with Roger Shah produced “Malaysia”, released on Tiësto‘s label Black Hole Recordings and widely played worldwide.
He also worked with Westbam, Gravitonas, Emmy Award-winning composer Matthias Weber, and Alexander Zhakulin. His releases have been on labels like Magic Island Records/Armada Music, Black Hole Recordings, and Shah-Music.
Among his personal projects is the album “Till The End Of Time” (2007), a collaboration with singer Romina Lombardo (Popstars finalist), released under the name “8am1 feat. Romy Lombardo”.
He is also the initiator of the State MX project with Manuel Stagars (MSTMX), born from a meeting in Los Angeles, resulting in the track “Anyway, It’s Gone”.
He studied Audiovisual Media Engineering at the Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, consolidating his technical expertise for his creations and his work as a composer and sound designer for international projects.