Representing Los Angeles by way of Scotland, Winter Fantasy talent Nom De Strip has been has been infecting the world with his personal flair for the last four years. Armed with a ridiculous amount of sarcasm and the support of some of the industry’s biggest names, Nom De Strip is in a class all his own.
Born Chris Elliot, after buying a set of turntables in 1999, Elliot was officially hooked, “They were ropey enough to almost put me off for good, but then after one sweet mix with ‘Beachball’ and ‘Meet Her at the Love Parade’ I realized I was a turntabling rudeboy.”
Though the world first met Nom De Strip in 2009, Elliott had been a part of the dance music scene long before then. After meeting Tod Hodge in 2005, the two formed the outfit Stupid Fresh and released a handful of tracks. After gaining a decent amount of success with tracks like “Ho,” Elliot started his solo project Nom De Strip. And if you’re wondering where the name came from, “[It’s] an Urban Dictionary entry. I always find it difficult to name songs and especially come up with a phony alias for myself. We were struggling, I went on there and had a look around. That was one of the things that I saw which I thought would suit me quite well because all it means is your porn name or your stripper name. I figured the music fit that name and it kind of stuck. But my mom really does call me Nom.”
Nom’s solo project had great success early on. Releasing his underground hits on the revered mau5trap imprint, acclaimed EP’s Clouds Vol. 1 and Clouds Vol. 2 were met with much buzz online. Not to mention his official remix of Tommy Trash’s “Monkey See Monkey Do” which helped solidify his name on the house circuit.
Dance music fans weren’t the only ones who were mesmerized by Nom’s style. Jumping at the opportunity, house music veteran Chris Lake grabbed Nom up for his Rising Music label in 2013. The combination has seen Nom’s career skyrocket. Tracks like “Devil’s BBQ” with Nezzo and “Nippleodeon” with Hatiras had a huge impact in the music blogosphere dubbing Nom a one-to-watch by many industry heavyweights.
With a sound that is still evolving, inspiration comes from many places, “I like kind of emotional music, music that I find emotional. For me, Massive Attack’s “Mezzanine.” I grew up really loving Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, things like that. I really love 80’s, 60’s and 70’s too… the 80’s. I don’t really know what happened to music after that. When you’re growing up it affects you more. But there’s a lot of old music that I still listen to. A lot of songs are really sad songs but I don’t sit there and get really depressed. I enjoy the songs.”
As we march into 2014, the producer has been greeted with massive support from his latest release “Minerals” with Congrorock. This track makes it easy to fall into a groove and cuts deep into the melody as it builds intensity. We’re sure you’ll hear this banger when Nom De Strip makes his way to Winter Fantasy on Monday, December 30th. Tickets are still available online, but selling quick! Grab yours today!
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