Noah credits his love for music back to their first ‘official’ performance together at the Suite Lounge in Atlanta. “I was around 14 at the time, sitting-in with the Nathan East Band, and that was what woke me to music. Being on stage in front of an audience and the energy I felt really made me realize, ‘Okay this is something I want to keep on doing’.
That moment was life-changing for me.”
The album, FATHER SON is rooted in the limitless potential of music. “That’s the beauty of music, we only get 12 notes, and you can arrange them in any way you want. On one song, Noah was on organ and completely reimagined the arrangement. Being able to do that within a single song is so exciting.”
According to the duo, “The thing about this album is that everything you’re hearing is basically us on the floor over at EastWest Studio. We had no expectations prior to coming in there, we just said, ‘Hey whatever we put out, we trust our instincts and all the years playing with each other.’ And with our mixing engineer, Moogie Canazio, it’s always that the first take ends up being the best take because there’s less thinking and more conversation through music. I think that’s how the magic is truly created.” Nathan added, “What we really want to project with this album is, in a world where there’s so many different kinds of energies coming at you, if you have an hour to really sit down and move away from the world and everything going on, hopefully it gives you a moment of peace, joy, and love. That was the mission.”
“It’s definitely a listening experience. One of those things you have to pause what you’re doing to really appreciate and absorb the music.”
Nathan and Noah East will be performing a
series of FATHER SON concerts this Summer.
For a list of full tour details and dates, visit nathaneast.com.
