Kepler’s Zach Schimpf Makes Music for Adult Swim—and About His Dogs

Since then, he’s labored with Grownup Swim a number of occasions, most just lately on the Ambient Swim collection—the place his music really got here earlier than animation even started. 

“The producer stated, ‘We wish you to make one thing chill.’ That was the one route that I used to be given,” Schimpf stated, “which was form of scary as a result of it’s so imprecise, but in addition actually thrilling.” The ensuing 24-minute soundtrack may be heard within the episode Vertex Land, created with animator Michael McAfee.

Whereas his music is usually digital, Schimpf additionally does lo-fi work. 

He made an album from recordings of walks together with his rescue hound, Jack, known as Music to Stroll the Canine To. He’s additionally featured one other household pet, Max the toy poodle, in different work. 

After Jack handed final 12 months, Schimpf and his spouse adopted a beagle, Betsy, and “the wheels are spinning on how I can incorporate her into a few of the music.”

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