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Multiple issues|orphan =February 2009|cleanup =October 2008|primarysources =October 2008|notability=October 2010 Infobox musical artist| name = nada | image = nada(band)-live03.jpg | image_size = 250 | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Brighton , England | genre = Electronic/Ambient | years_active = 1986–present | label = Drift Records UK | website = http://www.reverbnation.com/nadasonic | current_members = Steve Grainger & his pet mouse nada (always written in lower-case letters) is the Pseudonym|alias of Steve Grainger , a UK based electronic composer and musician.
nada's music references a variety of sources including post-war European 'art' music, classical impressionism , expressionism and romanticism , musique concrète , ethnic folk music s, circus bands, fairground mechanical organs, Minimalist music|minimalism , electronica , post rock, ambient music|ambient , dance music , easy listening and jazz .
Steve 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 The Customers and The Small .
In 1999 he signed with Infectious Records , a subsidiary of Mushroom Records as a founder member of Elevator Suite , 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: Barefoot & Shitfaced .Citation needed|date=February 2010 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|date=February 2010 listen|filename = Nada-we_don't_talk_if_i_don't_call_you(exerpt).ogg |title = "We Don't Talk If I Don't Call You" |description = 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009 |filename2 = Nada-paperhouse_for_two(excerpt).ogg |title2 = "Paperhouse For Two" |description2 = 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009 |filename3 = Nada-cuckoo(excerpt).ogg |title3 = "Cuckoo" |description3 = 30 second clip - taken from the album How to Avoid Matrimony 2009
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 Drift Records roster. A typical 'Group' line-up might include: Johny Lamb ( Thirty Pounds of Bone , Cottonmouth Rocks , Actress Hands ) on Cornet , Sally Megee (Cottonmouth Rocks) on Keyboard instrument|Keyboard , Rob Woolhouse ( The Burns Unit ) on bass guitar|Bass , Jon Pugh ( The Poppycocks ) on Drums and Tim Didymus on Saxophone .Citation needed|date=February 2010
nada's debut album how to avoid matrimony features instrumental contributions from Johny Lamb , Jon Pugh , Tim Didymus , Andy Halliday , Annie Kerr and Art Holland . It is released in 2009 on UK-based independent label Drift Records .Citation needed|date=February 2010
Discography
how to avoid matrimony (2009)
References
External links
MySpace|nadasonic|nada
nada at Reverb Nation http://www.reverbnation.com/nadasonic
