nada (English musician)

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nada
Background information
Origin	Brighton, England
Genres	Electronic music
Years active	1986–present
Labels
Website	http://www.reverbnation.com/nadasonic
Members	Steve Grainger

Steve Grainger is an English electronic music composer and performer. His current project is nada (always written in lower-case letters).

Biography[]

Grainger has been active as a musician and producer for almost 30 years, in which time he has worked as a music writer for TV production companies, produced numerous records and played in several bands - most notably, those of the mid-noughties Brighton scene such as and .

In 1999 he signed with Infectious Records, a subsidiary of Mushroom Records as a founder member of Elevator Suite with DJs Andy Childs and Paul Roberts,^[1] a band whose first two singles were crowned "Record Of The Week" on BBC Radio 1, and who went on to tour Europe with Morcheeba and release a critically acclaimed album: .^{[citation needed]}

nada[]

nada's music references a variety of sources including post-war European 'art' music, classical impressionism, expressionism and romanticism, musique concrète, ethnic folk musics, circus bands, fairground mechanical organs, minimalism, electronica, post rock, ambient, dance music, easy listening and jazz.

The name nada, according to Grainger is: "...supposed to indicate my attitude toward music; you see, 'nada' is the ancient Sanskrit word for the universal sound vibration - which I believe gives rise to the entire universe, everything we know... and of course, it's also Spanish for 'nothing' so, to me, 'nada' means 'everything and nothing', which is how I think about music..!"^{[citation needed]}

	"We Don't Talk If I Don't Call You" Menu 0:00 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009 "Paperhouse For Two" Menu 0:00 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009 "Cuckoo" Menu 0:00 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009
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Live performances - which are rare - either consist of just Steve with a laptop and a few auxiliary instruments or comprise a small 'chamber' group of musicians from other acts on the roster. A typical 'Group' line-up might include: (, , ) on Cornet, (Cottonmouth Rocks) on Keyboard, (The Burns Unit) on Bass, () on Drums and on Saxophone.^{[citation needed]}

nada live

nada's debut album features instrumental contributions from , , , Andy Halliday, and . It is released in 2009 on UK-based independent label .^{[citation needed]}

nada Discography[]

how to avoid matrimony (2009)

References[]

External links[]

• nada at Reverb Nation