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.

Infinite

Infinite II

Breaking Rocks ft Lisa Tomlins

Take A Sip ft Tokyo Mae

Destinations

Once Again ft Mc Antsman

Musical Direction

141 ft Fada P (Rockers Hi Fi)

Look Around ft Charmed 1

Movement ft Pearl Runga

Following on from the highly successful sold out double vinyl release ‘Infinite’. The next instalment ‘Infinite II’ is about to hit the decks with a blazing handpicked 16 track selection from The Nomad’s vaults spanning the past 25 years.

Once again the album is full of amazing collaborations with NZ vocalists, musicians and special overseas guests dropping by to check the pitch and go the distance. Collaborations are a strong feature throughout The Nomad’s career, with many artists going on to be leading lights in the NZ music scene.

Tracks featured on Infinite II include;
2 Another Level ft. Pearl Runga, Where are you? ft. Lotus Hartley, Better Stand up ft. MC Antsman + MC Rizla, Check Da Pitch ft. Mad Professor (UK) + Tehimana Kerr and Sunny Day ft Rio Hemopo (Trinity Roots), Perilous Times ft RayJah 45 (Aust) and Life Forms (Subtropic remix)

Stunning album cover art work by Francis Cheetham builds on the subtle stylised theme from the first vinyl release and when put together side by side the art work reveals an expanded visual landscape.

After the final gig of the 25 Year anniversary tour which started on Oct ’23 in Auckland and finishes 27 April ’24 in Wellington, The Nomad will take a well- deserved break and then start production on a brand new album ready for release in 2025. The show continues in these perilous times.

If you missed the first release make sure you don’t miss out on this one. Limited edition double vinyl of 300 copies only, each one hand numbered. 180g and pressed by Holiday Records, Auckland. Strictly for the heads that know how to put the needle on the record, ya hear!!

2 Another Level

Open Your Eyes ft Pepsi

Seductive Wolf Eyes ft Christina Roberts

Sific Dub

Stupid Levels

Sunny Day (Agent Alvin Remix)

Where Are You? ft Lotus

P O W E R ft King Kapisi, Future Flowz Remix

141 (feat. Fada P)

Concentrated

Forms of Life

Step 4th

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Surround Us

Second Selection

Bring It Down

A Difference

Just One Step

Check da Pitch

Luna

Life Forms

Time Is Running Out

Fight It

Dub Styles

Where Are You

Perilous Times

Deeper

14 Years

Look Around

Put On Ya Turban

Put On Ya Turban (Danny Del Amor Remix) [feat. Dexta Malawi]

P O W E R

P O W E R (Future Flowz Remix) [feat. King Kapisi]

Infinite III

Put On Ya Turban (Dub Terminator Remix) [feat. Dexta Malawi]

Destinations (Greg Churchill Remix)

Mr Selector (Misled Convoys 2024 VIP Remix)

Check Da Pitch (Deep Fried Dub Remix)

Brok Out (Sizemore Stick Up Remix) [feat. Lotek]

MOMENTUM (feat. Michéle Ducray)

Take A Sup (Sizemore Mash Tun Dub Remix) [feat. Tokyo Mae]

Momentum

Momentum (Lynx Remix)

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

The Nomad - Destinations

The Nomad bio 2024

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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