I've been so busy in the last few months I never got to officially announce my first digital release. ASC from Covert Operations has been very supportive of my music and has added Aqueous Passage to volume 2 of his Global Connections compilation series, which features mainly up and coming drum & bass artists, with sprinkles of techno and downtempo as well. You can find the album in all the major digital stores. Enjoy!!!
iTunes
Beatport
Juno Download
Digital Tunes
I kicked off a podcast a few months ago. It will simply be an outlet for me to share what i'm currently feeling in drum & bass and dubstep, with minimal commentary.
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The cats over at the Knowledge Magazine camp sure seem to have taken a liking to my music. They've reviewed two of my tunes, Aqueous Passage, and The Wazz in the Unsigned Section (one not so "unsigned" anymore, stay tuned ;)....) of the June issue, with some lovely things to say about them. A bit of late news for you UK heads, but the June issue is just hitting stands here in the States, so go grab your copy. Thank you very much Knowledge Magazine for all the kind support.
Two of my pieces, Empire (Originally featured on DepthCORE for their latest pack), and Birds & Snakes were featured at the Orlando Museum of Art tonight for their monthly art party basharoo, 1st Thursdays. This month's theme was "The Illustrated Life", and featured many different types of illustrators using a plethora of mediums. I saw a bunch of great work, met a lot of great people, and my work was very well received.
One of the main players of Drum and Bass, Subject 13, dropped a Norik tune on It's Too Loud Radio recently, the archived show can be found on their site.
The beautiful Myspace clone / artist community, Humble Voice has taken a liking to my music and decided to feature me on the main music page, check it out, humble voice is a great site. Thanks HV for the feature.
Played a show wednesday in Downtown Orlando, at a really cool bar / restaurant called Crooked Bayou, along side the local Future Flavas / Prestige Music crew and Flaco, an awesome up and coming producer from Gainesville.
I also had just purchased Serato right before the show, and was testing it out that night. Let me just say (endorsement coming) it has inspired me to dj more, i was amazed at Serato's ability to emulate vinyl to closely. It was the first time i'd ever played my tunes out because i've refused to touch cdjs for some superstitious reason. It was such an artistic release to finally play what i've been making for the past year.
Found an awesome myspace alternative called Virb. Has a nice clean interface, and a pleasant user experience. Check out my profile Virb, it has a link to download a free mp3 of my remix of Cyantific's Power Surge.
After much blood sweat, tears, and aviators, here it is, the site is finally launched. This will be the place to keep updated with my happenings. I also have my tunes up for your listening pleasure, as well as a few mixes to download. Lastly, check out the scene page, a healthy portal to some resourceful sites, and please bare with me, i'm still working on a backend, so usability should be improved soon.
The night was packed with people, great art, food and beer. My work was well received, and i had a blast!
Come and check out two of my pieces at the Orlando Museum of Art on Thursday January 4th at 6-9pm
Tasty food, delicious beer / wine, and great music.
Check out my work at Finsrud Design and woomp.com/norik
For more information go to OMA 1st Thursday
I happened to graze the pages of the October issue of the UK's Knowledge Magazine in the unsigned section. Also got some props on recommending my favorite show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the Knowledge crew. Thanks for the support!