LAUNCH PAD: Emulsion (Event Over)

Bouncing from his native New York to Vancouver, San Francisco, and finally Chicago over the last 10 years, Emulsion’s Nathan Koch has watched the evolution of electronic music in North America from a number of vantage points. “It seems like in the last few years electronic music has really merged with indie culture, something I was wary of at first but I’m learning to embrace it.” This renewal of interest in melody and harmony prompted a sea change in Nathan’s listening habits, and reinvigorated him as a producer and songwriter. A year later, Emulsion’s new album Blue Sky Objective, full of pretty, emotive melodies and 8-bit beats, was released to critical acclaim on Chicago’s Lens Records.

With recognition everywhere from Chicago’s own New City and Time Out to (inter)national press like Textura and Igloo Magazine, and with new EPs on Fludios (part of Spanish net.label Flumo) and Xynthetic Netlabel coming this year, Emulsion has been surprised to find he’s not the only one harboring an eight-bit fetish these days.

Emulsion has shared the stage or DJ booth with a wide variety of artists, including Tycho, Cepia, Machinedrum, Arctic Hospital, and The Flashbulb.