Nosaj Thing

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Nosaj Thing
Birth nameJason W. Chung
Born (1985-01-27) January 27, 1985 (age 39)
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Occupation(s)Record producer
Years active2006–present
Labels
Website www.nosajthing.com

Jason W. Chung (born January 27, 1985 [2] ), better known as Nosaj Thing, is an American artist, record producer, and DJ based in Los Angeles, California. [3] He has produced tracks for Kendrick Lamar, [4] Chance the Rapper, [5] Kid Cudi, [6] Julianna Barwick, [6] [7] and is the founder of Timetable Records. [8]

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Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California. [9] He is of Korean descent. [10] At the age of 12, he began to make music using computers.

He self-released the debut EP, Views/Octopus, in 2006. [11] His first studio album, Drift , was released on Alpha Pup Records in 2009. [12] A remix version of the album, titled Drift Remixed, was released in 2010. [13] In 2012, he released a single, "Eclipse/Blue", which featured vocalist Kazu Makino. [14] His second studio album, Home , was released in 2013. [15] His third studio album, Fated , was released in 2015. [16] In 2016, he released an EP, No Reality. [17] His fourth studio album, Parallels, was released in 2017. [18]

Career

Views/Octopus

His earliest performances were at Los Angeles' DIY avant-garde music venue The Smell and experimental hip hop club night Low End Theory where he became part of a community of beat makers including Samiyam and Flying Lotus. [19] He went on to self-release the debut EP, Views/Octopus, in 2006 featuring beats made throughout this early period. [11]

Drift

His first studio album, Drift , was released on Alpha Pup Records in 2009. [12] A remix version of the album, titled Drift Remixed, was released in 2010. [13]

Subsequent Releases

Between 2012 and 2017 Thing released a further three full length studio albums, and EP and a Single. In 2013 he founded record label Timetable Records featuring artists such as D Tiberio, Holodec, Gerry Read, Whoarei, 4THSEX and Daito Manabe on the roster. [8] [20]

In 2020 Thing announced he had signed to LuckyMe Records, releasing EP No Mind [21] and single "For The Light" with accompanying music video [22]

Live

Throughout 2009 and 2010 he toured a live audiovisual show, featuring large scale video projections of live manipulated graphics, with showcase performances at Sónar Festival, Pop Montreal and São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound. [23] [24]

In 2016 Thing collaborated with Japanese artist Daito Manabe to create a touring show featuring real-time augmented reality visuals using multiple Kinect cameras on stage. [25] The debut performance at Coachella Festival was described by Pitchfork Magazine as "runaway winner for best visual production" [26] and was billed by Sónar Festival as "extremely captivating, technologically advanced, show of inordinate beauty". [27]

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

EPs

Singles

Productions

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