A State of Mind (abbreviated as ASM) is an international hip hop act, their music is considered alternative hip hop, but draws influences from other genres like Jazz and Funk. They consist of two MCs, Benjamin Bambach alias Green T or GT Lovecraft from Canada and Maik Schindler (German pronunciation: [maɪ̯k ˈʃɪndlɐ]) alias FP respectively Funk E. Poet from Germany, as well as producer/beatmaker Adam Simmons alias Rhino or Fade from England. Since 2019 they are signed to Chinese Man Records, a French Indie-label run by band Chinese Man.