This is the greatest love song I have ever written and I havent tried to beat it, so thats why I havent gone back to making very many others. I met my fiance Henna in December 2008, and it was love at first sight. I made this beat a few months earlier when my bands manager suggested I make a song in the style of John Legend's "Green Light." This was very techno and dance influenced, probably the first and only track I made that sounded exactly like this. I went to visit my grandparents in Gary, Indiana for Christmas 2008. While I was there these lyrics flowed like water. It was crazy. I dont think I've ever written a song so quickly. I just knew I wanted to grow old with this woman I had just met. The way I wrote the verses in different time periods from present to future, came so natural to me. This song perfectly captures new love, love that will last forever. We arent even married yet, but I knew my feelings for her wouldnt change the second we met. Oh and this song is like 6 minutes long. I really enjoyed asking DJ Wick-it to scratch my acapella into the end of the song, and I asked Belmont pianist/songwriter Cody Fry to do a piano solo. The song has such a climax at the end that represents ultimate bliss, the feeling of new love, eternal love
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