Interview with Juno Nominee Grahmzilla

“I didn’t really think it was that big of a deal until my family got in touch with me and they were losing their minds,” says Grahmzilla of his Juno nomination for Dance Recording of the Year as one half of dance rap act, Thunderheist. The nomination is a fitting bookend to the fantastic run that Thunderheist (Graham Bertie with partner Isis Salam) had in 2009. They have recently decided to take a break from their hectic touring schedule to pursue solo interests. He’s happy for his time in the band and credits it with helping him hone his chops as a producer saying “I was a rookie when we started to pop off.” He admits that working solely on one project, constantly on the road was tough. “I like producing, I like DJing and I really wanted to get back to what I love, which is staying at home and making music all day.”

Turns out Graham’s been really busy doing just that. He has a release, Bassanova with Jubilee, coming out on Sinden’s newly launched label Grizzly in the early summer. He’s also recently launched a solo project under the moniker Nautiluss, the first remix is described on his site as “a luscious pad-filled syncopated dancefloor number for Edu K” and is already getting support from Sinden, Teki Latex, and fellow Torontonian producers, Nacho Lovers.

With all this on the go, Graham seems excited for the future “I just finished my second remix. I have a way more distinct direction now. I have that producer problem that I try too many things, but I made certain decisions about my direction and I learned my lesson about rushing out songs.”

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Look for Nautiluss as part of Red Bull Megahurtz in the fall of 2010.

As part of our Juno Week lead up program, here’s a lovely interview with Graham Bertie or Grahmzilla from Thunderheist as he has been known. Thunderheist are up for  a Juno in case you didn’t know, and he’s also playing our party, Heavy On The Right Coast, out on the Rock with Team Canada, Scratch, Skratch, Scratch, hosted by Drake.

“I didn’t really think it was that big of a deal until my family got in touch with me and they were losing their minds,” says Grahmzilla of his Juno nomination for Dance Recording of the Year as one half of dance rap act, Thunderheist. The nomination is a fitting bookend to the fantastic run that Thunderheist (Graham Bertie with partner Isis Salam) had in 2009. They have recently decided to take a break from their hectic touring schedule to pursue solo interests. He’s happy for his time in the band and credits it with helping him hone his chops as a producer saying “I was a rookie when we started to pop off.” He admits that working solely on one project, constantly on the road was tough. “I like producing, I like DJing and I really wanted to get back to what I love, which is staying at home and making music all day.”

Turns out Graham’s been really busy doing just that. He has a release, Bassanova with Jubilee, coming out on Sinden’s newly launched label Grizzly in the early summer. He’s also recently launched a solo project under the moniker Nautiluss, the first remix is described on his site as “a luscious pad-filled syncopated dancefloor number for Edu K” and is already getting support from Sinden, Teki Latex, and fellow Torontonian producers, Nacho Lovers.

With all this on the go, Graham seems excited for the future “I just finished my second remix. I have a way more distinct direction now. I have that producer problem that I try too many things, but I made certain decisions about my direction and I learned my lesson about rushing out songs.”

Look for Nautiluss as part of Red Bull Megahurtz in the fall of 2010.