SFW: What’s the studio dynamic like between you guys? We just started messing around with sounds and beats together and decided we should start a production duo since we both know the types of sounds we want and we can also both DJ these together. My friend So What, who had been in Trill Team 6 for six years before me, has always had a similar production vibe as me. N: I’m in a collective of musicians from Oakland called Trill Team 6, and every one of us does some kind of art or music or production. SFW: What inspired starting your own production duo with So What? N: I really love performing in the East Bay because I feel like it’s not so much a bottle service feel in Oakland, but more of a fun bar vibe even when it is in a larger venue and everyone just goes dumb on the dance floor. What do you love about performing about the East Bay? SFW: You’ll be playing this Saturday in Oakland. I’m trying to get a mix of all of the types of music I listen to on board so I think people will see how diverse the sounds coming from us will be. N: I really want to see Fade To Gold become a staple in the East Bay music scene. SFW: What do you hope to achieve with the label in the next couple of years? It ended up being a really fun project that I know everyone will enjoy this summer.
We have known each other for years, so we finally locked down time together and just went crazy making all sorts of songs and bending genres together for a few months. N: I had a lot of fun producing Alapai’s EP. What was it like producing the entire EP? SFW: You guys recently released Alapai’s new EP. There’s a lot of talent along the delta and the smaller towns in the Bay, and I love finding new artists to collaborate with because I feel every person has their own special sound that gets influenced by their surroundings. N: Fade To Gold is my own independent record label and I created it in hopes of getting my local sound in the far-East Bay a bit more exposure. SFW: Tell us a bit about your independent label, Fade to Gold. I just get to get lost in my own head and do my own thing, so it ends up being a lot more fun for me. N: I find myself to be most comfortable when I’m producing or engineering music. SFW: As a DJ, producer, engineer, and digital illustrator, which role do you find yourself most comfortable in? So I just added the “-saur” at the end, because I liked how it sounded and at the time, I was making a lot of lo-fi music so it kind of fit the sound. Nanosaur: I really liked the name “nano” and I had already had the nickname, but I always thought it was too short to use as an artist name. SF Weekly: How did the name Nanosaur come about?
He plays a guest DJ set alongside Fela Kutchi, Jaysonik, and Neto with a special live performance from Alapai this Saturday for SPRUNG! at the Starline Social Club. We talked to Nanosaur about his moniker, Fade to Gold, and his favorite East Bay hangouts. He’s also a member of Trill Team 6, an Oakland-based collective whose members are regularly seen on the bills of radio, hip-hop, and art shows. His independent label, Fade to Gold, strives to give shine to artists coming out of smaller towns along the Bay and the delta, and he currently champions a “hyphy meets moombahton” sound in his own DJ sets. If there’s one thing producer, DJ, and digital illustrator Michael Solorzano, aka Nanosaur, wants people to know, it’s that he reps the East Bay hard.
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