Nexustudios: Recent Episodes
Nexustudios
This subversive bedroom studio has been producing tracks since 1992. Collaborating with dozens of artists known and unknown to create everything from slow afro jazz to drum n bass and everything in between.
The challenge: Sample approximately 50 tracks (Everything from 70 rock, techno, hip-hop and ambient, 60 to 160 bpm, all keys) and then create a new track that is 100% original - a track without any recognizable sounds in it...then release it on Soundcloud and see if anyone can name the originals :)
This one has been 20 years in the making, the first mix in 2002, with probably more than a dozen versions made over the years.
I had so many different vocalists record versions, that I had an entire choir section to work with :) So here's the gospel/RnB version of Three Suns!
Gift Rap, Ziza, Venus Ray and Marissa on vocals...
Cool. J.
A long Triphop experiment, featuring Cobus, Beth and Marissa. Produced at OangeGroove 2022.
A chilled track with some mellow vocals by Gift Rap. Recorded, produced and engineered at Orange Groove, JHB, South Africa.
A journey to enlightenment in search of beauty. A tribute to the 90s, William Orbit and One Dove in particular. A retro build up 303 extended dub mix!
A mesmerizing vocal performance by Lue, the new kid on the block. Production by Zwee at Orange Groove. Release Jan 2017.
A self indulgent experiment in indie rock, inspired by the alternative bands of the 90's...
A Super-DJ-Friendly track with a great build and decent usage of the 303. Thanks to Dominic Lee for inspiring the use of Dub FX, Malcolm Philips for the drive to go darker and Hayden Hamilton for never giving up on the classic bassline, the awesome 303!!!
A sweet love song by the amazing Lue and Featuring Federal on rap break. Engineered by Big Just, May 2016.