The Nomad - Breaking Rocks - Feat Oakley Grenell on guitar

Deeper feat Jornick & seritah

RDU Interview May 2014 (@RDUMorningGlory)

Featuring vocals from local reggae superstar Israel Starr, London’s Lotek, Jamaica-direct Dexta Malawi, Caroline Agostini, Christina Roberts & His Majesty the King Kapisi... The Nomad’s arrangements span the dub, the trap, the grime, and the drum and the bass. The album contains 14 diverse tracks, spanning most genres of the sub-bass spectrum. The result sounds fresh, though definitely constructed by somebody with over two decades of production experience, seven album releases, and hundreds of gigs to his name.
The Nomad makes music that pushes the boundaries and combines a unique blend of reggae, dubstep, drum & bass and electronica. For Daimon Schwalger aka The Nomad, the wandering existence has been all about building strong connections with people and places. He shares the story of his journey through the creation and celebration of independent music.
“7” the album is released independently on the 7th of July 2014 via The Nomad Music, with three singles & three videos dropping May, June, and July 2014 respectively. The Nomad will be touring New Zealand throughout August & September.

The Nomad album "7" sampler!! out 7/7/14 buy @ www.thenomadmusic.com

This year 2023 saw the release of The Nomad’s finest work – Infinite, double album release, featuring 16 hand-picked tracks celebrating twenty-five years of his musical journey. This retrospective anthology maps the progression of Aotearoa’s electronic music scene, with many then-emerging artists now firmly established stars.

Brok Out

Put On Ya Turban

In Trap Mint

Blaze (Remix)

Deeper

Stand (Remix)

Breaking Rocks

Letz Play

Take A Sip

Destinations

Once Again

Musical Direction

Look Around

Movement

Frontline Battleground ft. Content Therapy: 2015 single from The Nomad.

Trap // Hip Hop // Drum & Bass // Aotearoa // New Zealand

Moving on from the South Island of New Zealand and the release of 2014 album “7”, pioneering bass music artist The Nomad presents the ‘Frontline Battleground’ single; featuring the debut of emcee duo Content Therapy.  Now living in the capital city Wellington, The Nomad continues to produce the bass sounds of now — built on a bedrock of seven albums and multiples of singles and side projects — while looking to album number eight in the near future.       


Frontline Battleground ft Content Therapy (Free Download)

The Nomad radio interview on radio active 3rd may 2016

Active Nomad Interview

The Nomad - Destinations - off the album step 4th 2003 - Enjoy

The Nomad - Destinations

The Nomad bio 2023

After a quarter century of pushing boundaries and frequencies Daimon Schwalger, aka The Nomad, firmly fits the bill as a pioneer of the electronica music scene in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since his first album release ‘Movement’ in 1998, he has gone on to release nine full length albums, remix albums and various singles while working with some of music’s leading talents.

“The nomadic traveller working on beats all day” has compiled an impressive body of work, which features collaborations with many different artists and musicians from New Zealand, Australia, UK and Jamaica.
Artists include Barnaby Weir (Black Seeds), MC Antsman (The Nomad/Rhombus), Tehimana Kerr (Fat Freddy’s Drop), Pearl Runga, Tiki Taane, Opiuo, King Kapisi, Farda P (Rockers HiFi), Luciano, Lisa Tomlins, Oakley Grenell (O.G.), Pepsi (Wham), Ras Stone, Tim Budgen (WarpTV) and many more.

This year 2023 saw the release of The Nomad’s finest work – Infinite, double album release, featuring 16 hand-picked tracks celebrating twenty-five years of his musical journey. This retrospective anthology maps the progression of Aotearoa’s electronic music scene, with many then-emerging artists now firmly established stars.

Nomadic by name and nature, The Nomad has clocked up the miles from the early days in Dunedin
and Christchurch, featuring at the infamous The Gathering festivals, maturing as a musician and father, through to his more recent success as a videographer based in Westport, capturing the beauty of Aotearoa’s West Coast. This is all part of the rich textures that make The Nomad a unique ‘life form’.

Hi-Fives:
- 9 album releases as an independent artists
- Played support for international artists; Moby, Rockers HiFi, DJ Vadim, Fat Boy Slim, Mad Professor
- Second Selection (1999) was awarded the “Best Dub/Hip-hop/Reggae Release” in the B-net New Zealand Music Awards.
- The Nomad – Infinite (2023), #1 NZ Independent Music Charts (Sept), #2 NZ Music Charts (Sept)

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