Nathan G - The Sun-Day Sessions

A few weeks ago, Leo of the Vitamine channel approached me to do a mix for their Vitamine FM show on Bristol based Noods Radio. I decided it would be a great opportunity for me to dig for more Australian music that I could use in the mix and share on the channel. 

Through one of my many frantic Discogs deep dives, I came across Nathan G, a producer who had releases on some big Australian labels like Dance Pool and Tinted, he also had success overseas with UK's Kinky Vinyl and Waako Records in the US. 

I became particularly interested with his only album, The Sun-Day Sessions Vol.1: Dysfunktional Moments. It looked from a distance like a wholly unseen house album from Melbourne's club scene at the turn of the millennia. After managing to track down a cheap copy, I wasn't disappointed.

I have chosen to upload a number of tunes, all incredible deep house gems in my humble opinion. These tracks feature some beautiful ambient pads, intriguing and varied production, and some eyebrow raising solo breakdowns.

The best way I think to sum up the mood of the record would be with the poem that features on the CD insert, featured here as it appears on the CD and maybe even written by Nathan himself: 

our saturday night plays it's last tune>the rush of the peak hour continues>sunrise hits the city>another sunday is upon us>resistance? irresistable>so again, we let the wilder sides of the creatures inside us, come out to run around on this day that awaits>with an injection of funk and a filter on the groove, our mind penetrates our spirit and we shift to the highest frequency>in all the madness though, we forget to realise the sunday soundtrack we hear is controlling our mood>music, sweet music again takes over and we find ourselves sinking in an ocean of fun>sunday>chillin' deep in the sun.

All these tunes would now be sought-after if released elsewhere on other labels, but for some reason the small CD only release on short-lived Volume Records seems to have faded into obscurity. 

I guess I am grateful that I am able to share these truly remarkable gems of the Melbourne house scene, but I can't shake off the feeling that these tunes might need more than just a boom in the YT algorithm. 

Watch this space and enjoy this music: 

Here are some more photos of the record:

Check out the record on Discogs here.