Gene On Earth
Experience
by Gene On Earth
Rooting the music around swing and groove, ’Nuggin’ It Up’ captures the newest sounds coming out of Berlin.
Biography
Born in the US and based in Berlin, Gene On Earth made a name for himself these past few years with slick, reduced house delivered with a kind of laid-back warmth. His sound is influenced by the digger community surrounding The Ghost, Berlin's party, DJ crew and mobile record shop, but touched with a sun-kissed vibe and a smirking sense of humor, evident in everything from his cartoon avatar to titles like Gary Town (a place and state of being essential to Gene and those around him) to the loud button-down shirts he favors in person. Gene's life as Gene On Earth came together slowly, and then all at once. He moved to Berlin at the beginning of the '10s and struggled to find his footing as a producer. "The first eight years were spent trying to make whatever was in fashion with very little success," he tells us. After a few "life-changing" sets from Zip and Nicolas Lutz got him on a new tip, he decided he'd have one last go at music and ditch the whole thing if it didn't work out. What came next was was four thumping EPs and a lush album, most of them released on his own label, Limousine Dream, all of them eagerly lapped up by fellow diggers and fans of loopy house (and all available, as of last week, on his Bandcamp). Meanwhile, Gene found his voice as a DJ as well, playing the same kind of breezy party-rockers he produces.
