LA-based electronic musician, multimedia artist and mad scientist collector Steve Nalepa combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bioacoustic atmospheres and beautiful sinewave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Nalepa has produced tracks with such legends as Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders, performed with the LA Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and shared the stage with some of the most revered electronic musicians and video artists in the world. Nalepa is one of 100 artists featured in Visionaire 53: Sound, his song Flatlands joining original pieces from David Byrne, Lalo Schifrin, Danger Mouse, U2, Yoko Ono and more on five 12” vinyl record picture discs packaged with a portable record player inside a specially produced domed case.
Nalepa was born and raised in Chicago. His mother worked for a laser company and his father arrested Abbie Hoffman. Nalepa began taking organ lessons at age five. He studied mathematics and played football at Yale, then decided to pursue music instead of Wall Street. He moved to LA and sustained himself working as a paranormal news researcher, costumed children's party entertainer and high school math teacher, all the while collecting vintage synthesizers and pedals. He launched the art book publishing company Dilettante Press, producing three award-winning books before returning his focus to music completely, inspired by new music software.
1320 Records released his triple album Flatlands in May, the original compositions accompanied by a collection of music videos and remixes by an all-star cast of luminaries including The Glitch Mob, Deru and Nosaj Thing. Nalepa is considered a key node in the West Coast audiovisual scene, known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborators, cultivated through years of producing multimedia events. When he’s not in the lab or rocking international dancefloors, Nalepa can be found teaching Ableton Live, ProTools and Reason to the students in his Principles of Music Technology classes at Chapman University Conservatory of Music.
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DEKAM vs NALEPA: POMME GRANITE DUB Nights on Blue Bayou (Houston) utilizing four moving mirror projectors.
DEKAM vs NALEPA: LIGHTER Nights on Blue Bayou (Houston) utilizing four moving mirror projectors.
DEKAM vs NALEPA: BLUE Nights on Blue Bayou (Houston) utilizing four moving mirror projectors.
NALEPA vs VJ SYNESTHETE: RI Sessions at Duncan Laurie's Studio
BASS SCIENCE live at Picnic at Bonobo Tokyo
BASS SCIENCE live at Picnic at Bonobo Tokyo
BASS SCIENCE (Nalepa + MattB) crushing it live at SCUBA in Tokyo
BASS SCIENCE - Slither live at Low End Theory. Video by Johnny Dekam.
BASS SCIENCE - Replicants live at Low End Theory. Video by Johnny Dekam.
Mashup Video:
BASS SCIENCE 'Razors' vs Nelson Electric Chaircut
Filmed by Cheryl Dunn Nelson Electric Chaircut
NALEPA vs BENTON-C BAINBRIDGE Part 1
Live on the 1st Episode of Unity Gain TV, 2002.
I recently unearthed this super old school performance.
The music includes my remixes of Paul Cantelon's beautiful piano preludes.
NALEPA vs BENTON-C BAINBRIDGE Part 2
Live on the 1st Episode of Unity Gain TV, 2002.
I recently unearthed this super old school performance.
The music includes my remixes of Paul Cantelon's beautiful piano preludes.
I LOVE LAZER BASS
BEAMZ MUSIC PERFORMANCE SYSTEM REMIX
hey man! thanks for the add! we love listening to you. you are a superstar...we are watching them get ready to burn the man on the webcast, and you are helping us make our own burning man at home...see you soon i hope!! xoxoxojp
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