Washington, DC figureheads Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom first joined forces in the fall of 2007 for their weekly party “trap”. Every week after some heavy drinking, the two discussed the meaning of life and a few song ideas they had. Their initial tracks caught the attention of Dave “Switch” Taylor who immediately wanted them for his legendary Dubsided imprint. With tunes getting support from the likes of Diplo, A-trak, Tittsworth, The Rub, Craze, Stereo Faith, Klever, Drop the Lime, and Jokers of the Scene, these dudes look to set the game on fire.

First of all congratulations on a wonderful debut at the Mad Decent party here in Philly, you guys had the crowd going off the chain, they were going insane.

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So who makes up Nadastrom?

DAVE: Nadastrom is Matt Nordstrom and Dave Nada, hence Nadastrom

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How did you come up with the name?

D: Umm I guess a little basic math, but we had another name but we thought it’d be a little too controversial but we’ll keep that on the wraps…

When did the two of you first meet?

MATT: Jesse Tittsworth

D: Yeah Jesse Tittsworth introduced us - we were just mixing music and it was about last summer that we started crossing paths - Matt was dj’ing in the city and so was I and we were a fan of each others music and I had the opportunity to do a party at Napoleon in Adams Morgon, DC and I was like this would be fun- to do it with Matt. So he was down and we were like fuck it lets do a Wednesday night party, no frills, just straight up, get as deep as we wanted to, get as nerdy as we wanted to

M: Yeah…

D: So we did a weekly party @ Napoleon in DC called Trap

When was that?

D: It was last fall, it was doing really awesome but our last night was Halloween…well basically we got the ax by the club owners because I guess we were TOO cool, but for whatever reason the party was shut down

So that’s how Nadastrom was born?

M/D: Yeah

Can you tell me what does Dave Nada bring to Nadastrom?

D: The Hair. And the mustache. (((Laughter)))
The music I have been known to produce is Baltimore club so it’s a lot more raw dirty and not as clean as your usual dance house music

Where are you from?

D: I’m from PG County and I dunno I think I compliment Matt and he does the same…

Well that’s very obvious by your last set, so now lets go to Matt, What do you bring to the Nadastrom mix?

M: I probably come from more of a like techno/ European dance music base, so between the two of us when we come together, our ideas- it melds into something that’s kind of fast paced and energetic and it’s always been the best music I’ve realized with like people who come from different backgrounds and blending it together

D: We definitely also have a pretty strong hip hop influence

M: Yeah we have a big hip hop influence

D: So as far as getting categorized like electro or whatever, not intentionally, we just do it subconsciously - if anything, we don’t try to sound like anything. It’s just about what sounds good to us. We’re not really trying to sound like anything - it’s kinda like “Oh shit this shit is cool!!!!” , whatever feels good and fortunately for us it works

Who are your influences if any?

M: Switch was a big influence, that guy is so talented and took house music and flipped it on it’s head and took everything with European dance music that I was really into and melded it into one and made something that was completely interesting

D: Yeah same here, first time I was introduced to his music (Switch), it wasn’t just straight up house, there was dub and reggae and you could just HEAR it. Besides that I think the attitude and aggressiveness for me is Baltimore club - that fire has always been my influence

Matt where are you from by the way?

M: I grew up in Northern Virginia

Would you say that Northern VA influenced your evolution in music?

M: Absolutely not whatsoever

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Well you guys are the best thing that’s happened to Northern Virginia let me say that much.

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Where do you see yourselves five years from now?

D: Hopefully not dead. (((Laughter)))

We both spend a good amount of time behind monitors and we’re both really stoked on putting out records and music and it’s been a while since I’ve met someone who feels the same and not just talks but walks the walk. So hopefully, we’ll be cranking out music, developing and progressing, still interested in music…

M: Dave and I we both kind of progressed with music and have always kept up with what’s changing and moving

Did you guys have anything you want to add?

D: Yeah, well we have our debut EP coming out on Dubsided which I believe will be released by the end of summer and after that just a gang of releases

M: We just wrapped up a remix for Tittsworth, coming out on Plant Music

When’s that coming out?

D: Tittsworth’s album is coming out I believe late July and so everything is being released around the same time frame

So other than Myspace music, where can people find your music?

D: Come see us Live!

Do you have your next booking?

D: Yeah we’re making our DC debut early July
D’s girlfriend Jackie: Don’t forget to mention you love your girlfriend

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M: Yeah she (Dana, Matt’s fiancé) tells me if something I’m working on sux

So your women are definitely another one of your influences?

D: Just on some real talk, women are the ones that control the dance floor and if they’re feelin’ it and whatever they think is cool or hot, then thats’ usually the way it goes

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M: I definitely spend a few days working on something and Dana comes home and she’s like “WTF is this?!” and I’m like “Alright, welp it’s goin’ in the trash…”

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Alright guys thanks so much for a wonderful set, congratulations and we’ll be hearing more of you soon!!!!