NOSAJ THING
I first met Nosaj Thing over Gmail. After hearing a few of his songs, I contacted him and begged him to send me some beats. Over the past two years I’ve watched his music both rock crowds and profoundly inspire other artists and musicians. Nosaj Thing is now, without a doubt, one of LA’s finest producers in the scene. Recently in June of 2009, his debut album “DRIFT” came out on Alpha Pup, and received global critical acclaim. He has traveled around the world performing his amazing live show, and is now about to add a haunting and cinematic visual show to his live sets. We sat down in San Francisco over a cup of Blue Bottle and got the scoop on his unique sound…
interview by DJ Dials
I feel like that is something that makes your music really unique in this scene, because you have a deep connection with the music you make. Especially in the live shows. You really take people to a certain place, yet you still rock the party.
Thanks! I’ve been to a lot of concerts and parties and the ones that always stand out to me are the ones that I walk away from having some sort of emotional connection – more of a conceptual experience. What changed it for me was seeing Cornelius, or even Daft Punk. I mean that is party music, but it wasn’t just a show, it was an overall experience, and that’s what I want to do, and that’s what sparked the visual show conceptually.
Yeah, talk about the visual show, ‘cause it’s really awesome!
Yeah, ok, so some major news on this one. After seeing acts like Cornelius, I wanted to do something like that, maybe even interactive, something to connect with the audience. And my girlfriend and our friend Adam Guzman – who is an amazing graphic designer – came up with this concept of projection. On the test video it’s just one, but we want to have like four or five projectors. Like in the “Jogger” song when that color swipes it will swipe across the whole audience! Ok, so crazy news: I got booked for the Pop Montreal annual festival, and this show is with Megasoid and Thunderheist for the Red Bull showcase. And actually one of the staff from Red Bull saw the video, and I got a call from my agent and he said, “Hey man, they want to do this show the way you want to do it, and they are willing to fly out Julia and Adam! They are are serious about it too.” And I was like, “Man this is a blessing – they can provide some crazy shit!” It’s going down for the first time beginning of October!
