Nobody (producer) explained

Nobody
Birth Name:	Elvin Estela
Alias:	DJ Nobody
Birth Date:	14 March 1977^[1]
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre:	Hip hop
Occupation:	Producer, DJ
Instrument:	Sampler
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	Ubiquity Records, Plug Research, Mush Records, Alpha Pup Records, Hellfyre Club
Associated Acts:	Project Blowed, Blank Blue, Bomb Zombies

Elvin Estela (born March 14, 1977^[1]), better known by his stage name Nobody, is an American hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California.^[2] He is a resident DJ at Low End Theory.^[3] He has collaborated with 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Freestyle Fellowship,^[4] Busdriver, and Mystic Chords of Memory.^[5] He has also been a member of Blank Blue^[6] and Bomb Zombies.^[7] Better Propaganda placed him at number 73 on the "Top 100 Artists of the Decade" list.^[8]

Life and career

Nobody's solo debut album, Soulmates, was released on Ubiquity Records in 2000.^[9] The second solo album, Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1, was released in 2003.^[10] He released the third solo album, And Everything Else..., on Plug Research in 2005.^[11] It features guest appearances from Mia Doi Todd, Prefuse 73 and Xololanxinxo, among others.^[12]

Nobody wrote the article about 1960s psychedelic rock for XLR8R in 2006.^[13]

In 2008, Estela released the album, Western Water Music Vol. II,^[14] on Ubiquity Records under the Blank Blue moniker, a collaboration with Niki Randa.^[15] It is the official follow-up to his 2003 album, Pacific Draft: Western Water Music Vol. 1.^{[16] [17]} The duo's sound has been compared to The Monkees, DJ Shadow, and J Dilla.^[18] Live the pair have been assisted by drummer Andres Renteria and bassist Brian Akio Martinez.^[19]

The fourth solo album, One for All Without Hesitation, was released on Alpha Pup Records in 2010.^[20]

He returned with Vivid Green, an album featuring Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Nocando and Baths, in 2013.^[21]

In 2019, he released a studio album, All Too Familiar.^[22]

Discography

Studio albums

• Soulmates (2000)
• Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1 (2003)
• And Everything Else... (2005)
• Tree Colored See (2006)
• Western Water Music Volume II (2008)
• One for All Without Hesitation (2010)
• Vivid Green (2013)
• All Too Familiar (2019)

Compilation albums

• Revisions Revisions: The Remixes 2000-2005 (2006)
• Puzzles (2015)

EPs

• Earthtones EP (1999)
• Porpoise Song EP (2004)
• Dive EP (2008)
• Sincerely Yours (2011)
• Prodigal Son (2015)
• Invisible Threads (2016)

Singles

• "Fiend and the Fix" (2000)
• "Afternoon Focus" (2000)
• "Shades of Orange" (2001)
• "Ballorettes" (2002)
• "Fancy" (2005)
• "Broaden a New Sound" (2005)
• "Rex" (2012)
• "Our Last Dance" (2013)
• "Smash Yr Radio" (2019)

Productions

• Of Mexican Descent - "Money Is Meaningless" from Exitos Y Mas Exitos (1998)
• Phil Ranelin - "Vibes from the Tribe" from Remixes (2001)
• 2Mex - "Ghost Writer", "M Is for Memo", and "I Didn't Mean to Touch Your Hand" from B-Boys in Occupied Mexico (2001)
• Dntel - "Anywhere Anyone (Nobody Remix)" (2001)
• Freestyle Fellowship - "Shockadoom" from Shockadoom (2002)
• Adventure Time - "Whetting Whistles (Nobody's Tumbling Through Time Remix)" from Glass Bottom Boats (2004)
• Her Space Holiday - "From South Carolina (Nobody Remix)" from The Young Machines Remixed (2004)
• Busdriver - "Unemployed Black Astronaut (Nobody Remix)" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• The Free Design - "Girls Alone (Nobody Muzak Mix)" from The Now Sound Redesigned (2005)
• Ellay Khule - "Sounds Like...", "B-Girl Queendom", "The Turning Point", and "Dandylions" from Califormula (2005)
• Prefuse 73 - "La Correcion Exchange" from Surrounded by Silence (2005)
• Mia Doi Todd - "What If We Do? (Nobody Remix)" from La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita (2006)
• Busdriver - "Casting Agents and Cowgirls", "Less Yes's, More No's", and "The Troglodyte Wins" from RoadKillOvercoat (2007)
• Isaiah Toothtaker - "Paid Dues" from Murs 3:16 Presents (2008)
• School of Seven Bells - "Trance Figure (Nobody Remix)" (2009)
• Busdriver - "Handfuls of Sky", "Quebec and Back", and "Manchuria" from Jhelli Beam (2009)
• Nocando - "Hurry Up and Wait" and "21" from Jimmy the Lock (2010)
• Omar Rodríguez-López - Tychozorente (2010)
• Beans - "Death Sweater" from End It All (2011)
• Nocando - "Westside Rentals" from Zero Hour (2012)
• Free the Robots - "Ophic (DJ Nobody Remix)" (2012)
• The Postal Service - "Be Still My Heart (Nobody Remix)" from Give Up (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2013)
• Nocando - "You Know" and "Last but Not Least" from Tits & Explosions (2013)
• Anderson Paak - "Milk n' Honey" from Venice (2014)
• Open Mike Eagle - "(How Could Anybody) Feel at Home" from Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (2017)
• Open Mike Eagle - "Every Little Thing" from What Happens When I Try to Relax (2018)
• Anomie Belle - "The Good Life (Nobody Remix)" from Flux (2018)

External links

• Nobody on Mush Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gonna Celebrate 6 Months Off The Sauce And 38 Years Of Life With Lots Of Sauce Tonight. Twitter. Nobody. March 14, 2015. June 7, 2018.
2. Web site: Jeremy. Leeuwis. Nobody to release Revisions Revisions. Music Remedy. November 10, 2006.
3. Web site: DJ Nobody Teams With Cedric Bixler-Zavala for Sunny Psych-Hop 'Our Last Dance'. Spin. Chris. Martins. June 21, 2013.
4. Web site: Nobody — Soulmates — Ubiquity Records. RapReviews. John. Book. January 16, 2001.
5. Web site: Nocando and DJ Nobody are 'Bomb Zombies'. LA Weekly. Chris. Martins. October 6, 2010.
6. Web site: Blank Blue – Nobody Presents Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. II (Review) . . May 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023054148/http://www.urb.com/2008/05/06/blank-blue-nobody-presents-blank-blue-western-water-music-vol-ii/ . October 23, 2012 .
7. Web site: Nocando and Nobody Collaborate on Bomb Zombies. XLR8R. Patric. Fallon. October 20, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130819233816/http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2010/10/nocando-and-nobody-collaborate-b. August 19, 2013.
8. Web site: Top 100 Artists of the Decade: #73 Nobody. Better Propaganda.
9. Web site: Nobody — Soulmates. Exclaim!. November 2000. Thomas. Quinlan.
10. Web site: Nobody: Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1. The A.V. Club. Andy. Battaglia. September 16, 2003.
11. Web site: Ryan. Dombal. Nobody: And Everything Else.... Pitchfork. June 7, 2005.
12. Web site: ...And Everything Else. Dusted Magazine. June 9, 2005. Emerson. Dameron.
13. Web site: Nobody: Trip Fantastic. XLR8R. Elvin. Estela. May 8, 2006.
14. Web site: Blank Blue: How We Listen Is How We Live. L.A. Record. June 14, 2007.
15. Web site: Album Review: Blank Blue - Western Water Music Vol. 2. Prefix. Dan. Nishimoto. April 27, 2008.
16. Web site: Blank Blue – Nobody Presents Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. II . . May 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023054148/http://www.urb.com/2008/05/06/blank-blue-nobody-presents-blank-blue-western-water-music-vol-ii/ . October 23, 2012 .
17. Web site: Western Water Music, Vol. II - Blank Blue. AllMusic. Marisa. Brown. November 8, 2014.
18. Web site: Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. II. The Phoenix. Gustavo. Turner. June 3, 2008.
19. Web site: Blank Blue @ The Airliner. L.A. Record. Daiana. Feuer. September 24, 2010.
20. Web site: Q&A: DJ Nobody on Love, Auto-Tune and Low End Theory. LA Weekly. Chris. Martins. June 10, 2010.
21. Web site: Nobody: Vivid Green. Pitchfork. Nate. Patrin. July 25, 2013.
22. Web site: All Too Familiar - Nobody. AllMusic. Paul. Simpson. June 9, 2019.