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With 18 years of experience in the music industry, Cory Nitta, aka Cory Enemy, has honed his skills and talents as a record producer, songwriter, composer, and electronic music artist. At the age of 15, he began to produce music in Ridgecrest CA, a small desert town near Death Valley. At 19, Cory made his way to Los Angeles in order to pursue his passion for music, and has remained there for the last 14 years.

Since moving to LA and infiltrating the music industry on several fronts, Cory has been successfully collaborating, producing and writing music for various commercially successful artists, such as: Will.I.am, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, TLC, Sia, Carly Rae Jepsen, 30 Seconds To Mars, Griz, Far East Movement, Snakehips, Hey Violet, Katy Perry, Jay Sean, Ellie Goulding, Elohim, Bahari, Steve Aoki, Dizzee Rascal, NAO, AlunaGeorge, Astrid S, Felix Da HouseCat, Starley, N.A.S.A., A-Trak, Sky Ferreira, David Guetta, Bonnie Mckee, Uffie, Passion Pit, Rock Mafia, Dillion Francis, Generations, Ballistik Boyz, The Rampage, Verbal, PKCZ, and Jason Derulo. Cory has contributed to 2 Grammy nominated projects, and in 2013 he was awarded a Juno for Album of the Year, Carly Rae Jepsen.

Cory was mentored by and signed as a producer and artist by super-producer, Dallas Austin (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Gwen Stephani, Pink, Boyz II Men, TLC) in 2007. Four years later, Cory and Dallas formed a partnership as a production team. This partnership officially spanned several years and the two still continue to work together on various projects. Cory has also mentored several producers, Dillon Francis being his most notable protégé. Cory and Dillon self-released an EP called “Ultra” in 2010.

In 2015 Cory founded his own music production company – SPKTRM – focused on forward-thinking "future pop sounds". Since then he has signed two producers, two writers, and two artists. He has built a partnership and close working and personal relationship with the producer writer duo, "Rock Mafia" (Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus). Their various project collaborations have now resulted in a joint publishing venture between Rock Mafia and SPKTRM.

In 2016 Cory partnered SPKTRM with Far East Movement’s company, “Transparent Agency” where he has been instrumental in creating music for Asian markets.

In 2017, Cory formed a friendship as well as a close working relationship with Verbal, the executive creative director of LDH. Through this relationship, Cory formed an official partnership with LDH Japan, where he and his team currently produce and write commercial songs for LHD and Avex J-pop artists in addition to consulting on artist development.

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OMNOM is a DJ/Producer from Los Angeles, CA. His delightfully unconventional brand of House, which has been described by some as “a whirlpool of weird,” features his unmistakably peculiar vocals floating over the infectious basslines that have earned him the support of some of House music’s heaviest-hitters including Walker & Royce, FISHER, Kyle Watson, Claude Vonstroke, and Justin Martin. Since bursting onto the scene in 2018, OMNOM has gone on to release several original tracks and remixes with labels such as Dirtybird, Confession, Box of Cats, and Insomniac. "OMNOM's not the DJ we wanted. He's not necessarily the DJ we need either. But he’s here now, and we’re all just going to have to deal with it."

OMNOM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imomnom/​

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PYRX...​

CREDITS

Celine Linarte

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinelinarte​

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ccl7lcc

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Lektrique is a 30-year old music producer who honed his craft in Montreal with the Kannibalen Records crew for 5 years before moving back to his native Brussels. Lektrique has a unique style of dance music combining classical melodies with inventive sound design. Lektrique is also the host of the Kannibalen Radio Podcast, a bi-weekly mix series with a loyal following. Lektrique regularly premieres unreleased tracks by well-known and undiscovered electronic music producers. Lektrique has gained a reputation as both an excellent producer and a tastemaker with an ear for ground-breaking original sounds. In 2016, the producer has teamed up with Black Tiger Sex Machine for the iconic “Armada.” The song, featured on BTSM’s debut album, is another collaboration with his Kannibalen brethren after 2015’s standout “Religion.” Lektrique’s “Dark Matter” single combines dubstep, classical music and breakbeat for a sound that few can match. Fresh off the release of his new EP Break Your Skull, Lektrique has created a sound that’s just what electro needs in 2017: innovative, enduring and heavy.

In this episode, Lektrique talks about growing up in Belgium, skateboarding, techno, school, dating and marriage, learning French and various languages, work permits, vaporwave and synthwave, his music in an Oculus game Pistol Whip, Tomorrowland, Electric Forest, Berlin, upcoming projects - Masterclass and 1 on 1s,

CREDITS

Celine Linarte

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinelinarte​

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ccl7lcc

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KARRA is an acclaimed artist, songwriter, and vocal producer who is most known for her work on collaborations with KSHMR, Sam Feldt, Seven Lions, Armin Van Buuren, Alan Walker, Steve Aoki, Timbaland, and others. She is also known for having Splice's best selling vocal sample packs, including being featured in a Grammy Nominated album by Bring Me The Horizon, and has collaborated with Splice on launching KARRA Presents, a new vocal label to highlight upcoming vocalists.

In 2020 she launched her debut solo project with “No Evil”, as well has her website iamkarra.com which features unique full length music industry masterclasses, and digital downloads to help producers develop their signature sound. She has spearheaded her own path as a woman in production & sound design, and prides herself on sharing her wealth of knowledge to inspire generations to come.

In this episode, she talks about moving to Vegas, starting her masterclass and website selling vocal templates, working on music with Reid Stefan and KSHMR, and her upcoming solo pop album!

Karra:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkarramusic/​

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/24CzP...​

CREDITS

Celine Linarte

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celinelinarte​

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ccl7lcc

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Originally from South America, Speidel moved to Vancouver in 2013 to further his academic pursuits. He later dropped out of university in his sophomore year to fully dedicate himself to music production. Brookes, who is Vancouver-born, was producing and attending university when they met and began collaborating. In 2016 they formed a duo, later releasing their first vocal single Fade Away (feat. Tallyn)

https://open.spotify.com/album/3ag4lH... as well as official remixes for Mako https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Ye4n... and ILLENIUM https://open.spotify.com/artist/45eNH....

Within its inception, WE ARE FURY have amassed over 40 million streams across multiple platforms. The duo is set to release their debut LP in 2020.

Jina Kim

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jiinabobina

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jiinabobina

We Are Fury

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefurymusic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearefurymusic

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MARG is an indie pop artist whose influences draw from far and wide. Having lived in South Carolina, China, Argentina, California, and more, the Chinese-American artist has called different parts of the world home and has, naturally, been moved by the people she's met across the globe. Inspired by Lorde, Lana Del Rey, and being put onto artists like Nirvana and Tom Petty by her dad, MARG's songwriting has been described as moody and evocative. However, she's on a new path as she's learning from life's lessons and is no longer swallowed up by teenage angst--which you can hear in her new album The World Keeps on Moving. Watch the video to learn more about MARG as we cook ji dan gung (a dish her mother often prepared for her) and as we interview her on her life and her music.

Contact Lara (interviewer and producer):

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laraisabird/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhp...

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Echosmith is an indie pop band comprised of siblings Sydney, Noah, and Graham Sierota. Started in 2009, the family band has gone through immense changes over the decade: their brother Jamie leaving the band in 2016, development in songwriting content and style, and more. In this sidewalk interview, Lara asks the band a few questions about their lives and how they’ve grown since they first started making music together/since they put out their debut album Talking Dreams. The ”Cool Kids” songwriters shed light on their adolescence growing up in the Toluca Lake, Glendale, Pasadena, and Chino Hills areas; what it was like for them to garner attention and success at a young age as teenagers signed by Warner Brothers; the things they felt when touring with Pentatonix and Twenty One Pilots; what went through their mind when winning the MTV Fandom Awards; how they’ve grown as individuals beyond their music; and so much more. Watch the interview to hear the whole story before they drop their sophomore album Lonely Generation in 2020!

Contact Lara:

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Singer/songwriter Jayden Bartels is Gen Z’s one to watch. She released her first song in July of 2018 “Can’t Help Me Now”, which was featured on Spotify’s official “New Music Friday” playlist and has gone on to write and arrange every song she’s released since. Her debut EP "what really matters?", released Sept 27th of this year, is a collection of songs all linked to personal moments from Jayden's life. Covering betrayal, heartbreak, and everything in between, the EP showcases Jayden's intricate lyricism as she invites us to take a closer look at her life. The singer has taken her music internationally, touring in Europe in 2019. In July, she joined UK phenomenons Max & Harvey for her first music collaboration, “Electric”.

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Au/Ra, born in Ibiza, but raised in Antigua, has a rich linguistic and cultural background that gives her the ability to write glistening alternative pop songs that speak to everyone. Her debut songs “Concrete Jungle” and “Kicks” have 35 million combined streams worldwide. She collaborated earlier this year with the DJ duo CamelPhat with the hit single Panic Room, which is certified Silver, and has 45 million combined streams worldwide. Au/Ra also appeared on Alan Walker’s hit single Darkside.

Au/Ra is providing a kind of space where misfits feel at home, and where the listener gets to peer for a minute through the lens of an artist who has simultaneously grown up outside the system, but who speaks with the zeitgeist of her generation.

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