I actually recorded this song in 2009. The idea was from Sir Lazenby. He told me he thought the Phoenix song 1901 lyrics were "Ballin, ballin, ballin.." and when he found out that wasn't it, he passed the idea to me. Me, Lazenby and our friend Grady had just recorded 6 mixtapes in one semester (the overnight mixtapes) and we were ready to start an actual original project. I looped the beginning of the original song and surpriised Sir Lazneby by recording it and showing it to him that same night. He flipped out!! The problem now was finding an avenue to get my music to more ears than I had before. I was averaging 500 downloads per mixtape and this song was good enough to wait for 1000s. It took two years of networking until we met and developed a relationship with Tim Weber from GoodMusicAllDay.com, and he released this song on my 23rd birthday in 2011. It was my Jordan 23 year and "Ballin" was the anthem! We got almost 5,000 downloads on the first night the song was released. Its still my most popular song worldwide (besides "walk the line" with DJ Wick-it)
Produced on the MPC1000, “Nosthaigia” documents time spent in Thailand via regional music. Available here in an exclusive color vinyl. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 24, 2024