Nortas album "Jūra" (with it's title meaning "The sea" in Lithuanian) blends in the soothing sounds of melodic organic house with various influences from ambient, lo-fi and shoegaze music.

Cover art by Dalia Mikonytė
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Jūra

Live Sets / Mixes

"For" is my fourth album under alias Nortas. For me, this record is sincere, bright, full of energy and an expression of how I feel about things in general: why I do things I do, why I make music I make.

Pieces I wrote are meant for listeners, to elevate their mood or to give a feeling of brightness in a cold dark world.

Pieces I wrote are also meant for myself, while process of making music is an escape from absurd and dullness around.

"For" is meant for everyone.

Credits:
Lukas Grinys - writing, recording, mixing & mastering
Darius Dumbliauskas - mixing & mastering (on track Hegemony)
Julija Selezniova - cover art, emotional support

2021
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Distant

Bliss

Ahead

Šis remiksas buvo finalinis darbas LRT Opus ir laidos "Mikstūra" organizuotame konkurse "Futūra", kurio dalyviai gyvo eterio metu įgyvendina šviežias muzikines idėjas ir pagal pateiktą užduotį per trumpą laiką kuria savo interpretacijas/remiksus. Finaliniame konkurso etape dalyviai gavo užduotį sukurti Gabrielės Vilkickytės kūrinio "nieko nebijojo" remiksą. Šis darbas LRT Opus muzikos komisijos narių sprendimu buvo pripažintas geriausiu.

This remix was the final entry to the "Futūra" remix contest. The contest was organized by LRT Opus and "Mikstūra" radio show, where the participants share their musical ideas during the live broadcast and create their own interpretations/remixes in a short period of time. In the final stage of the competition the participants were given to remix "nieko nebijojo" by Gabriele Vilkickytė. This work was recognized as the best by the members of the LRT Opus music jury.

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Gabrielė Vilkickytė - nieko nebijojo (Nortas extended remix)

Live set recorded at "Mikstūra" radio show on LRT Opus.

Full show: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000241997/mikstura-nortas-neisleista-muzika-ir-jo-gyvas-pasirodymas

Tracks played:

Bust
Footprints
Distant
Arčiau
Lūžis
Ne Visai

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Nortas - live at Mikstūra - 2022-11-13

"Better day" was one of the early tracks that I made 10 years ago with my original project - working under my real name. At that time I was getting used to being a freshman university student after moving to Kaunas from a small hometown. Although "Better day" is not super good on terms of production level or quality, listening to it after all this time feels like magic somehow. I don't know if it's the chord progression or the general idea of the track, but it does hit a spot in my mind. Maybe it's the reason, why it is the earliest track of mine that I've kept uploaded on my channels un-deleted and there were A LOT OF deleted tracks. I could say that it marks a solid step forward from earlier attempts at making music, trying to express an original idea and just not making a copy of some cheap EDM tune from that time.

Reminding myself about this early track triggered an idea to make a remix. Not just any kind of remix - a remix of myself! For a first time in a while it felt good to finally make music just for myself and in the same time to reflect on those 10 years both personally and from the perspective of music-making. While making this remix, I was trying to imagine how I would fulfil the same idea as Nortas, using techniques, sounds and instruments that I use currently on my productions.

Release also includes remastered version of "Better day". The original mix was terrible in terms of balance, having the sub-bass blasting all over the ears. At that time I didn't even know such concept as "mastering". I think that later came the time when I discovered that after all these years FL studio had a limiter set on master channel by default, causing tracks to become compressed pieces of sausage... Since the original project files are long gone, there was not much of the space to improve this with using the original audio file only.

Better Day (Nortas remix)

Lukas Grinys - Better Day (Nortas Remix)

"Jaučiama" is my latest single, which captivates the summer evening chills and splashes of happiness. The track (with the title meaning "Is felt" in Lithuanian) is about expressing our true selves when committing to the craft, telling the story from heart and following the ideas that could be felt within. 

Get "Jaučiama": https://lnkfi.re/nortas-jauciama

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Jaučiama

Jaučiama

"Lūžis" is my latest EP which combines musical elements from separate worlds. 

The title track (with the title meaning "Turning point" or "Fracture" in Lithuanian) has multiple meanings for me. From chronological perspective it embarks a period of a certain breakthrough in my process of music making. From artistic perspective the track is about the awareness about our world slowly breaking into pieces. The latter idea is also being reflected on the cover art of this release.

The heartbeat of the track is a relentless, heavy rhythmic guitar riff which is accompanied by warm and groovy bass line that weaves throughout the composition and provides a solid base for the rest of the elements. Tension and atmosphere is brought by a prolonged swell lead melody that I've played and recorded live with an analog synthesiser. I look into this track as an experimental combination of several diverse musical influences that I listen to on a daily basis.

Release also contains "Nemigos mix" ("Insomnia mix" in lithuanian), which is an alternative take on the track. In the past I've had certain periods of insomnia. One night when I couldn't sleep I've got an idea to try and make a techno version of "Lūžis". This idea came fully incorporated - even before trying to write anything down I could already hear how this track sounds in it's final form. The problem was that I had just a little reference of what sound I was going for. Despite that, the next day I wrote and arranged this version with keeping the key elements from the original track, which were the guitar riff, synth swell lead and the chord progression. "Nemigos mix" has more energy which comes from the rumbling rhythm, synth bass, stabbing synth and white noise shots. It was certainly a fun experience trying something else.

Cover art by Julija Selezniova (collage) and Lukas Grinys (editing)

Get "Lūžis": https://lnk.to/nortas-luzis

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Lūžis EP

Lūžis

Lūžis

Lūžis (Nemigos Mix)

"Srovė" is the first single from my upcoming album "Jūra". The track (with the title meaning "Stream" in Lithuanian) captures the precious moments of the creativity flow by blending in the elements that pulsate throughout the warm atmospheres.

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Srovė

Srovė

"Prietemos" is the second single from my upcoming album "Jūra". The track (with the title meaning "Dusk" in Lithuanian) blends in the frozen sounds of vintage e-pianos and digital synths, creating a story that flows around the thin line between cold and warmth.

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Prietemos (Single)

Prietemos

"Jeigu Tik" is the third and final single from my upcoming album "Jūra". The track (with the title meaning "If Only" in Lithuanian) is a reflection on desiring the impossible, expressed through pulsating synth sounds, heartful piano chords and dreamy soundscapes.

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Jeigu Tik

Krantai

Paviršiai

Miglos

Sapnas

Dulkės

Arčiau

Jūra

Nortas LIVE at the BEST festival (by @palanga_street_radio) 👍

Recorded on 17th of August, 2024

TRACKLIST
0:00 Bust
7:19 Better Day (Nortas remix)
12:38 Srovė
18:44 Prietemos
23:04 Paviršiai
27:57 Jaučiama
35:02 Ahead
44:04 Jeigu Tik
49:29 Arčiau

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Nortas - live at BEST

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Vingis

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Žingsnis

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Mėlyna

In Grey

The sound of Nortas contains atmospheric backgrounds, combination of organic and synthetic elements, faded emotions and melodic stories. Debut album "In Grey" is a collection of colorful melodic techno stories. Several methods were used in the creation process, such as recordings of the surroundings, backgrounds, bird sounds, or even the percussive elements of household objects. According to Nortas, maintaining the balance between the organic elements and the synthetic sounds was the main goal in the process.

Genres: Electronic / Melodic techno / Minimal

Planned release on Bandcamp: 18.08.27

Torn

Kvadratais

Ratais

Zeit

My very first set, performed live on Zip FM radioshow "Tylios Naktys". For the performance I picked out some melodic tunes from my latest album "In Grey" and tried them out with tracks from upcoming album I am currently working on. Apologies for the radio shout-outs, totally forgot to record the set on computer. Big thanks to Tylios Naktys for having me.

TRACKLIST:

Intro
Fliers
Visited
Zeit
Craus
Section
Torn
Kvadratais
Spheres
Masks

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Full show + interview (in lithuanian) : https://www.mixcloud.com/zipfm/zip-fm-tylios-naktys-2019-02-17/

@Tylios Naktys 2019-02-17

Unloved" is the second album by Nortas.

"Unloved" is a collection of various melodic dance tunes, recorded during the period of september 2018 - april 2019. Quite similair to techniques used in the first recordings, the balance between synthetic and organic elements is maintained, accompanied by medium spectrum of background sounds, such as snow prints, burning logs or an empty can of RedBull. In addition, this album contains more shoegaze-influenced guitar samples, played by Nortas.
credits
released July 27, 2019

Written, performed, recorded, mastered by Lukas Grinys
Cover art by Julija Selezniova

Sudegei

TRACKLIST:

Mooncatcher
Tir
Rasp
Torn
Zeit
Sudegei
Fliers
Masks

Hertz

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Recorded from Elektrofazanotronika@Psy stage. 
Set was heavily powered by live instruments and korean sandwitches.

Nortas live @ Sintezė 2020

Recording from my perfomance at Godo, Kaunas.
2020-09-03

TRACKLIST:
Mooncatcher
Visited
Hegemony
Recursion
Rasp
Torn
Ost
Unloved
Vėjui
Sudegei
Fliers
Masks
Eton
Tir
Kvadratais

Hertz



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Nortas - live at Godo

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