Mute State

Behind the alter ego Mute State is jazz guitarist, film composer, and sound artist Tao Højgaard. He is not an unfamiliar figure on the Danish and European jazz scene, and since the late 1990s, he has sought to reinvent jazz’s playful essence, including by reimagining concert formats in ways that naturally invite other art forms and science to collaborate. The alter ego Mute State is a reference to the state in which music is created and best received.