OSLCTS.005 NATHAN MELJA
French favourite Nathan Melja, fresh off his incredible release on Kalahari Oyster Cult (Synesthesia), picks some his favourite tracks for Origins Selects.
NATHAN MELJA SELECTION —-
Yoshihiro Sawasaki - Peach Time
Sensations Fix - Cold Nose Story
Shinichi Atobe - Yes
Callisto - Basic Lytes
Carlota - (0(00n
Durutti Column - Fidelity
Emerson - Sending All My Love Out
SW - Silverlight Ja]zz[sh]Ort
The Beloved - The Rising Sun
Ian Eccles Smith - The Slaughtering Eye
Hi Nathan! Hope you’re good man and thanks for taking the time to put together your OS Selects for us. Can you tell us a bit about your favourite songs from the selection?
Thanks a lot for the invite ! These are all tracks that I could play for a warm up set or even at home chilling with friends. They all have this kind of laid back vibe, more Sunday than Saturday if you get me.
What was the scene like where you grew up? I know France is huge on house music, were you lucky enough to be in an area where it came to you or something you had to go looking for!
I think I just always been interested in looking for new music. I grew up in the Paris suburbs playing basketball and listening to rap music all the time until I was maybe 16. Then obviously French touch came to me with Ed Banger, Justice and all the french scene that was really influent at that time and I got deeper into electronic music after it but labels like Youngunz, Sound Pellegrino put me in another scene which is the UK scene.
I remember your boiler room set from a few years back, lovely mix and selection. 'No no no' had just come out on Technicolour too and you had an MSN release. Hows was it to release on such big imprints and was it then when you really knew you wanted to produce & DJ long term?
Thank you ! Yes, at that time 4 years ago it was a BIG move for me to release music on these labels. MSN was a big one as I went to New York at that time to work with Justin and Eamon at the office there. So we kind of had a real close relationship since then and that's how I work with labels now. Having a strong human relationship with the people I release music for is important to me.
We absolutely love Synesthesia which you put out on Kalahari Oyster Cult and Angels that was on Antinote. Feels like the style has change slightly with your recent selections. What / Which artists are inspiring you to write this style atm?
Thank you so much ! My sound has definitely changed during those years, but that's just a natural evolution. I think it got cleaner because I've been learning and trying to practice more "technical" skills for producing and mixing. I'm not a technical purist tho and I still think of music as a "go with the flow" and organic thing. For the most part i'm inspired by music from the 90's era when it comes to Techno and House but what really is inspiring to me is day to day life things, simple things. As feelings, words etc..
It feels like the natural question to ask is ‘how is life during covid’ so let’s try and avoid that!! What’s your favourite club to play in France and can you tell us why?
I haven't played in EVERY clubs in France, but from my experience, Le Macadam in Nantes is amazing ! The sound system is off the hook, and I really like the booth. People are really nice too. There are a lot of amazing ones also !