As we grow more and more excited for what’s already shaping up for 2013, we wanted to take a look back on what 2012 meant for us. When we did, it was humbling to see it all laid out. Here’s a look back on the past year for NU.F.O.:
– We watched our fanbase grow across all our social media from a few hundred to over 20,000. Whoa. Minds = blown.
– Had many of our tracks featured on numerous blogs and radio shows including one of our personal faves, Digi10ve.
– Released 11 new tracks including a 5-song EP, “Midnight Remixed” which featured other artists remixing our work which was a personal first in both of our musical careers. It’s an amazing thing to hear your art reinterpreted by other amazingly talented musicians.
– Charted #1 for 2 weeks on PureVolume with our “Fire Fight” vocal remix of Skrillex’s track “Cat Rats” over Skrillex himself.
– Furthered our DIY approach and learned how to use video editing software to make our first music video ever for our vocal remix of “There & Back” by Wolfgang Gartner.
– We were featured on the “Into the Mix” radio show with Ioan Holland on Zone One Radio all the way over in London. We did about a half hour interview (with tracks) covering things like what influences us, what makes a good remix, how we approach EDM, remixes and more. We were then included in the 2012 wrap-up “Remixers of the Year” episode. We come in at the 33:30 mark.
– Came in 17th place out of 1400 producers in Linkin Park’s “Lost In The Echo” remix contest due entirely to your support. You guys are nothing short of amazing, we ♥ you.
– Had the TBMA remix of our track “Above the Surface” aired on BBC Radio 1 in Modestep’s mix. Comes in at the 43:30 mark.
Although these accomplishments seem grand and we are indescribably gracious for them, they pale in comparison to the greatest thing we got in the past year: an insane amount of new friendships and connections with all of you. That’s the payday for us in this, and why we give our music out free. We just love creating this art and meeting so many new people from our backyard to all over the world because of it. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We genuinely appreciate you.
So right off the bat for 2013, we’ve got a music video in the works which will feature our first track from our forthcoming sophomore record, “Still Amazed”. We expect the record to be out by late spring/early summer. We’ve got some other great remixes on deck already as well, and are starting preparations for our live setup. We’re excited for what the rest of the year will bring, the growth and transformation in our music, more awesome convo with all of you and for all the new friends we’ll make down the road. We wish you all a brilliant year in your own lives.
We hope everyone has been enjoying their Labor Day weekend. We have been spending ours hard at work in the studio wrapping up all the loose ends on this EP and we’re proud to say it’s finally done and delivered as promised! As we mentioned, this is a 5-song EP remixing tracks originally released on our debut album “Midnight Insight” featuring remixes by TBMA (The Bolivian Marching Affair), St^tion, HPV (Headphones Vocal), The Pulse Odyssey and one of our very own. We’re super excited about how it came together and feels as a whole. Stream it on Soundcloud or download below! <3
So it’s been over a month since we last posted which only eludes to one thing: We’ve been busy as FUCK. 😉 For those of you who don’t follow us on social media, we took the studio with us and spent a week locked away in an amazing house surrounded by the ocean in Mattituck, NY to begin tracking our sophomore record. We left at the end of the week with about 3 full songs musically and a ton of pre-pro vocals tracked. It’s ridiculously hard not to drop any audio hints at any of these news sounds because evolution is an understatement. HOWEVER, you WILL get to hear a taste of the direction we are going on the Midnight Remixed EP we are about to release. This 5-song EP is remixing tracks from our debut original record “Midnight Insight”. 4 of the remixes will come from other artists, but one will be from us and that is where you will hear the evolution of our sound that has taken place over the last year.
We expect to have this remix EP ready for release within a couple weeks but to tide you over until then, we present to you one of the tracks; a monster dubstep remix of our track “Above the Surface” by Play Me Records’ and Boston’s own TBMA (The Bolivian Marching Affair). Stream or download it free below and keep an eye out for the “Midnight Remixed” EP, coming soon!
We just passed our 1-year anniversary of officially becoming known to the world and looking back on that journey brings ear to ear smiles to our faces. We are incredibly humbled by the tens of thousands of people we’ve reached and made connections with through our music; you guys are truly fucking amazing and the only way we know how to show our thanks and appreciation is to keep pumping out free tracks for you to rage to!! 😀
That brings us to today and we have some exciting stuff to share…
So we’ve been dropping tracks like crazy, 19 since last August, and we don’t intend to slow down despite the recent lag over the past month. The reason is that we’ve been buttoning things up for 2 new 5-song EP’s! The first is going to be “Midnight Remixed” which will feature 5 remixes of tracks from our debut record Midnight Insight. 4 are coming from other artists such as Play Me Records’ & Boston’s own TBMA (The Bolivian Marching Affair) and we are doing one as well. The remixes we’ve already gotten back SLAM and we can’t wait to share with you. After that comes Versus Vol. II which will be the opposite of Volume I in that the first was all vocal remixes and these will all be acapella instrumental remixes, some of which you may have already heard from us and some new.
We’re truly stoked to be releasing these 2 EP’s but what we are MOST excited to share is that in the last week of July, we will be heading back to where we were on vacation and the idea of NU.F.O. was born: in Long Island, NY. We’re mobilizing the studio and moving it to an obscenely awesome house on the water to “dive into” our second original album (pun intended ;)). We’re anxious to write some new stuff from scratch and especially with all the new influence and production toys we’ve acquired since the last album. We promise this one is going to be a monster! You’ll be able to hear a sample of what we’re talking about when you hear our new remix for the Midnight Remixed EP.
Again, we cannot express enough gratitude for all the new friends we’ve made, support we’ve received and we look forward to the next year with you friends, old and new.
