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“Before I could walk, my brother put me behind a toy drum kit, dosed himself with LSD, and jammed with me. At 11, said ‘play,’ and we played, this time behind real drums: rock, funk, soul, disco. No lessons. The world around us was heavy, music was how we made sense of it.”
Vinyl culture soon became another formative layer. Records circulating through the household sparked a fascination with sound manipulation, and curiosity quickly turned into experimen- tation, evolving into deeper explorations of how music could be shaped, reassembled, and projected
into space. By his
teenage years that curiosity had already opened professional doors, placing him inside some of New York’s most historically charged musical environments.
“Inspired by vinyl around the house, I was trying to scratch records on the family turntable.
By 16, I had a record deal, playing places like CBGBs and Tramps. At 17, I was promoting at the Palladium. Dancing there was a revelation. The deep house and techno on that audio and visual system changed me.
I began
patching together guitar effects pedals into tape decks, Walk- mans, and CD players to record my first mixtapes.”
The New York club landscape during that period was both volatile and electrifying. Under- ground culture thrived despite regulation, with the Cabaret Law casting a shadow over nightlife and forcing many venues to operate in a grey zone. For DJs and promoters, the environment demanded improvisation, resilience, and a willingness to push culture forward under difficult circumstances. Nu- tritious became part of that ecosystem through long vinyl sets and residencies that stretched across entire nights.
“I was pulled to turntables, vin- yl collecting, playing raves and residencies including the former Save the Robots space in NY’s East
Village: playing all-night
all-vinyl Saturday sets during the peak of the Cabaret Law crackdowns, every venue and DJ essentially outlaw, and through 9/11, which completely redefined NYC and unity on its dancefloors.”
Over time, his sound expanded beyond the city that first shaped it.
Travel, surf culture, art
collaborations, and immersion in different landscapes and cityscapes gradually fed back into the music’s sonic language, and became components in the way Nutritious approached production. The result is a body of work that feels less tied to a specific scene and more connected to a wider network of experiences.
“Learning to surf, travel, spen- ding time in the Andes, making
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