Nosaj Thing is an producer from Los Angeles who has been making music from his bedroom since he was 14. He says he’s an aspiring electronic musican but judging from the quality and depth of the tunes he has shared with us here, he’s already quite an accomplished one. Having already played shows with Daedelus, Sixtoo, Eliot Lipp, Edit, Thavius Beck, and D-styles, clearly I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Taking Eliot Lipp as a reference point, Nosaj (real name Jason) makes funky groove-driven electronica but harder and more modular than Lipp. “Heart Entire” and the Live set below illustrate this, with some of the live set sounding like Lipp put through the Justice blender. Simple, effective and totally danceable. Nosaj also has a softer side as demonstrated on “Aquarium” – a beautiful chiming instrumental with backwards synths, subtle guitar and cut-up vocal patterns.
So far, he has a self-released EP under his belt entitled Views/Octopus, with 2007 promising a Nosaj Thing full length and a couple of remixes including one for, wait for it – ELIOT LIPP! He’s definitely one to watch kids.
You can buy the EP at Turntable Lab, iTunes and through Paypal. Head on over to his MySpace where you can hear another tune called “Distro”.
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Nosaj_thing_-_Heart_Entire.mp3][audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Nosaj_Thing_-_Aquarium.mp3]
Nosaj Thing – 20 minute live set
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Nosaj_thing-live_set.mp3]
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
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This is Maniac. I produced this track(Aquarium) in 2005 and had it
reviewed by an executive at Motown Records. Apparently Nosaj Thing
remixed it for Kid Cudi. I never received any notification my track
would be used or payment, now I have two artists both using my track
without my consent!
I’m sure that there is a reasonable explaination as to why a track I submitted to Motown is being used in a slightly remixed form as a title track on a Motown artist’s album. I hope that these artists both contact me and resolve this issue so I can receive proper credit for my contribution to the track
This is Maniac. I produced this track(Aquarium) in 2005 and had it
reviewed by an executive at Motown Records. Apparently Nosaj Thing
remixed it for Kid Cudi. I never received any notification my track
would be used or payment, now I have two artists both using my track
without my consent!
I’m sure that there is a reasonable explaination as to why a track I submitted to Motown is being used in a slightly remixed form as a title track on a Motown artist’s album. I hope that these artists both contact me and resolve this issue so I can receive proper credit for my contribution to the track