Nosaj Thing (Jason Chung) has been doing the thing for sometime now. His brilliant use of tonality, manipulating soundscapes with deft touch and dark, soulful vignettes is truly masterful.

A lot of times, the producer in music, doesn’t get as much shine as one deserves. I think the Neptunes era gave much more recognition to this in terms of the mainstream media seeing this. Instead of just being the “Beat guys”, they are appreciate for the virtuosity and genius they deserve as real artists. In Jason’s case, lyrics aren’t always necessary, the music speaks for itself.

Nosaj Thing X Drake Remix Radiohead<– Download here

Reckoner Remix by Nosaj Thing<– Radiohead Remix

What I observe with Nosaj as an artist is that when he remixes another artists music, (collaboration), he manages to let the qualities of their music shine while giving it his own flavor. Many times, the artist that facilitates the remix makes it so you can’t appreciate the original work, the goal is to highlight their strengths with yours. Nosaj does so with relative ease.

Nosaj thing interview with Civil Coming 2010…