Noah Neiman ft. Matthew Steeper “Gasoline”
It’s not by chance Noah Neiman has been grabbing notice from every direction in dance music. A doctor by day and speaker-pummeling producer by night, the Texas-based riser has shown sharpness in the studio most producers would kill for.
For his latest single on Enhanced, Neiman lives up to the hype with a prog house scorcher that’s seemingly been forged in festival pyro flames. Matthew Steeper provides vocal support with a toxic topline that will bind itself to your brain for days on end. Meanwhile, Noah takes the wheel to give us our fill of a thunderous kick, zooming melodies, basslines and soft-handed keys that only reinforce why the name Noah Neiman is one you’d best keep close by.
Available September 28 Via Enhanced Recordings.
If you were to describe this track as a scent, a signature fragrance as it were, what would it be called? If it were to have a tagline, what would it be?
Gasoline! Tag line: “Set the world on fire!”
Did you discuss or exchange ideas with other producers while creating this track?
With my tracks for Enhanced Music, I will usually discuss stuff only at the end, once I have everything written. The way it works is I’ll write, produce and mix the track. Then I’ll send it over to Dave Reed from Tritonal. He’ll give it a listen, and I’ll swing by his studio after he’s had a little time to digest it, and we’ll discuss the details of the track. For instance, we’ll talk about volume levels, or maybe a fill would sound better “here” and not “there,” or little things like that. It’s just technical stuff, and it’s usually only a few things. At least, that’s how it works for me; I’m not sure about the other artists on the label.
Were you impulsive on this track, or did you have a sketch in mind before you started?
It’s funny you ask this. The track sounded completely different, originally. It was very electro and non-melodic, and it even had a different vocal on it. I was in Greece on vacation with my wife when Enhanced sent me Matt’s vocal, and when I heard it, I knew I had to use it! It fit the breakdowns perfectly. So when I got back to the States, I changed a few elements, and it eventually snowballed into a melodic, sort of Depeche-Mode/Flock of Seagulls, machine-gun-beat track. That’s typically how it is with most of my music. I start heading in one direction, but then music itself starts to come alive and it starts guiding me, rather than me guiding it. A bit poetic there I guess, but it’s true!
Describe the best setting/activity to hear this track.
Probably in your car, on an interstate highway between cities, where the speed limit is 85 and you can drive your heart out! Or, of course, in a club!
How does this production reflect your personality/ethos?
I’m a child of the ‘80s. I grew up listening to a-ha, INXS, Tears for Fears, those kinds of acts. As such, a lot of the music from back then influences me now. I mean, it was the beginning of dance music as it is today. Big synths, drum machines, etc. I feel like “Gasoline” has a similar vibe to the tracks back then. Matt has the same kind of richness and epic-ness in his voice as you hear in records like “You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive, and the instrumentation has a little bit of that Major Tom quality to me. Others might disagree completely, saying it sounds nothing like that, but that’s what it feels like to me!
Choose one feeling that sums up this release, and describe it to us.
Excitement. I’ve heard this track probably over a few hundred times now, and it still makes me want to get up and jump around. That’s what I was doing when I was in my studio writing it. Especially when the drop comes in, I’d get out of my chair and dance around. It’s the best way to write music, too. It gets your blood pumping, endorphins rushing. It puts you in a good mood. And when I’m in a good mood, I think I tend to write good music.
Buy “Gasoline” here.
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