So I woke up inspired, the morning of my show at Mighty with Boys Noize. I felt like i had to finish this track. I had ripped and eq’d the vocals a while ago along with sending audio to score in logic and creating the midi notes for the main loop. That morning I sat at my synth and pulled out the wobble line. I spent the rest of the day editing and getting as much done on it as I could. I ran it through a quick mastering and burned it to cd. I put it in the cd player in my car and drove to pick up Alex (Boys Noize) for dinner before the show. While we were driving Alex mentioned that the clap was a little thin and suggested that I should add a rimshot to fill it in. After dinner I went home and adjusted a few settings on the multipressor added the rimshot and re bounced the track. (more…)
For the second local feature this month, theProjects and Blasthaus resident DJ Nisus has been featured in SF Station’s Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. In the interview, Nisus elaborates on topics such as the meaning behind the name Nisus, the development of his sound, and his local inspirations. Check out the article on SF Station and be sure to download Nisus‘ new podcast Bass Grenade (guaranteed to cause a rave in your office and/or home).
A nightclub is made out of sound. Music can contain within it the bricks of a metaphysical architecture.
Deep in the heart of Brooklyn I found myself at a Haitian church. I walked through the door with the summer heat on my back into a florescent lit room filled with the smell of home fried chicken. Immediately my two friends and I were welcomed and found our place next to the girl that had invited us to church with her. Folding chairs were placed in rows and the reverends sat up front on an elevated stage. The lights flickered as they would do in the DMV. The pale florescents added no character to the room. I had nt been to church in a long time mostly due to rooms like this one. Ive always had trouble understanding how holyness could be beheld in such a not uplifting space. The Haitians taught me a valuable lesson. (more…)
In light of his recent triumphant return to San Francisco after a 1300 mile ride through Europe (CD’s in tow and DJing along the way) theProjects resident DJ Nisus has been featured in the SF Weekly blog AllShookDown. Nisus discusses his cross-continental DJing adventure, SF’s unnecceasry crackdown on parties, as well as his ultimate club night entailing “monster truck spitting flames…Mr. Oizo…and a helicopter engine sound system.”
Click here to read the full story. You can also check out Nisus’ new Portable Sunsets remix BDSM With Mehere.
“Resonant energy transfer is when a force does work simultaneously with natural resonance, which can transfer a large amount of energy to that resonance.”
I found this while researching the tuning of bass drums.
I am soo fucking honored to be a DJ!!! Thank you for your support. This last year has been amazing. The next should be even better. D
I think I have avoided making music for so long because it’s the kind of challenge that lives in my DNA and takes over my life, just like snowboarding, skating, biking etc. It was nice to have a break from obsession for a while, but now my room is littered with sound and music magazines. Just like some crazed Google employee, I spend 18 hours a day researching, learning and testing what I am hearing in dance music. (more…)
The Audio 8 Interface just died. All lights on, no signal. NI was quick to get a support ticket but now we will see how long it takes for them to get me a new box. Oh well, back to vinyl. That was fun for a minute!
In light of his recent triumphant return to San Francisco after a 1300 mile ride through Europe (CD’s in tow and DJing along the way) theProjects resident DJ Nisus has been featured in the SF Weekly blog 
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