Hi-Fi Cali

Blending electronica with smooth ambient surfaces, married to spacious, processed vocals in a unique groove-driven sound, Hi-Fi Cali was stemmed as a side project of Chris Bartels in the summer of 2014.

Pick any single music genre, and whatever it is, it most certainly is evolving every year. There's something exhilarating about taking something like songwriting and song production, and diving into the challenge of creating something fresh, something new and unique. Does dance music have to be constrained? Does electronica have to be consistent? Does "unique" have to be strange?

Hi-Fi Cali was born out of rough sketches and basic grooves and beats. Synthesizers, digital claps, drum machines, and sidechain compression is the bottom line for these songs. With an album in the works, Chris is laying out a small lot of evidence that dance music doesn't always have to hit hard. Evolve your art.

Past Shows


Aug
19
th
2017
7th St Entry
Aug
19
th
2017
7th St Entry

DPLV

with Aaron Rice and Hi-Fi Cali
Aug
31
st
2016
7th St Entry
Aug
31
st
2016
7th St Entry

John Chuck and The Class

with Denny and Hi-Fi Cali
May
23
rd
2015
7th St Entry
May
23
rd
2015
7th St Entry

Social Arcadia

with Goodnight Gorillas, John Chuck and The Class, Mountain Opera and more!

More Shows

Nov
23
rd
7th St Entry

porch light

with Callback, Squirm and Emily Rhea
Jan
17
th
First Avenue

ISOxo presents KGM( irl )*

Feb
14
th
7th St Entry

Rachel Grae

Jan
27
th
Fine Line

Geordie Greep

with NNAMDÏ