Nosaj Thing – Home

Nosaj Thing – Home (Innovative Leisure)

LA’s Jason Chung was a band geek before a hip hop-loving bus driver, some bootlegged audio-editing software and productive friendships with Daedelus and Flying Lotus shaped him into the hip hop and dubstep-influenced IDM whizz he is today. His 2009 debut, Drift, found him floating on a cold and choppy sea of glitch hop, but after a four-year hiatus we find Chung settled into a very different place and ready to share a new world with us. The crisp sounds on Home’s eponymous opening track almost resemble the tossing up of sheets and the sweeping of floors, as though Chung was just finishing tidying up in anticipation of the listener’s arrival. Once you’ve crossed the threshold, Home reveals itself to be as painstakingly crafted as its predecessor, but filled with a sheltered sense of calm and welcome warmth.

by Carly Blair

Nosaj Thing performs live at Melkweg, Amsterdam on Sunday 17 March – doors open at 19.30.