Nutritious releases his 3-track EP 'Freefall' on his Liquid Culture imprint + Exclusive Interview

Previous support inc. The New York Times, International Music Summit, Time Out New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Rodarte (NY Fashion Week), SiriusXM, Juno, W Hotels, KMHD Portland, WNUR Chicago, ESL in D.C., Societe Perrier…

Artist/DJ/producer Nutritious releases his 3–track EP Freefall on his Liquid Culture imprint, out now.

NYC-raised, Nutritious reads rooms and dancefloors to blend cosmic disco, deep house, nu-disco, indie dance, and techno in high-energy sets. Blurring the line between organic and electro, having learned on cassette and vinyl, he treats his three or four turntables like live instruments. Now a revered artist playing at iconic venues worldwide and nurturing the community on his record label Liquid Culture Records, he began as a self-taught musician with an early love for DJing, becoming a promoter at Palladium at 17, and a cult favorite in the scene playing all-night-long sets in the East Village. The underground ’90s sounds of New York, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco still inspire him today.

Music performances include, by special invitation, the Whitney Museum of American Art (supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation); festivals – Art Basel, Ultra Music, Miami Music Week, IMS, Jam Cruise; venues – Pikes Ibiza, Zey Zey Miami, Cielo NYC, Mighty SF, Pacha NYC, Rodarte for New York Fashion Week, Le Bain, ESL in D.C., Ace Hotel, Mandarin Oriental; and radio shows inc. SiriusXM, KMHD Portland, and WNUR Chicago. Release labels include Paper Recordings and his own Liquid Culture: his album Blurs reached Beatport’s Top 5 (artwork by John Van Hamersveld, renowned for his work with Jimi Hendrix, Stones, Beatles, Grateful Dead). His following releases regularly chart in Beatport’s Top 5, and on Juno inc. Juno’s Best of 2025.

EP Freefall follows the breakout success of “Ether,” the lead single from his recent Soft Dark EP, one of the top 3 most-played on SiriusXM Chill since its release, entering the NACC chart at #2 Most Added Electronic, picking up radio play internationally.

“Freefall” opens with the stir of an orchestra warming before a driving bassline locks in and the track builds with layered, symphonic intensity. Keys, vocal chops, atmosphere, percussion and FM bass entwine, composed like a score, felt like an emotive deep house spin. “Spiral” rides on a raspy, smoke-drenched vocal over crisp 808 drums and a house foundation. Raw soul meets electronic grit that cuts clear through the haze. “Freefall (Chill Mix)” trades the bass for a sustained sub carrying atmospheric and orchestral elements as they rise and the vocal chops open. The “Chill Mix” floats. The EP lands.

Freefall is the exquisite vertigo of surrendering to a force that pulls harder than the earth itself. A coordinate in the deep atmosphere where the weight of control dissolves, leaving only the rush of the descent. Here, falling becomes indistinguishable from flight—a terrifying, beautiful velocity that leads not to an impact, but to an embrace. To enter this space is to finally trust that the gravity of love completes you. – Nutritious

Why ‘Nutritious’? Rooted in a holistic ethos, his scope as a producer extends beyond the studio into wellness, culture, and brand. From early work with figures like Montel Williams and supermodel Emme, to advising celebrities and iconic brands, he builds platforms. This includes contributing to the NY Times bestseller Living Well and serving on the founding team of DoubleBlind Mag, a pioneering media company covering psychedelics and mental health.

He has also scored films for Danny Aiello, appeared on-screen alongside Moby and Method Man, and driven impressive charity work, including helping raise $150k+ for the National Down Syndrome Society.

With a name like Nutritious, you’d expect taste.

Tracklist:

Freefall
Spiral
Freefall (Chill Mix)

Freefall is out now on Liquid Culture. Get it here.

For more information about Nutritious, go to:
Website | Instagram | SoundCloud | Spotify

Visionary Art & Cultural Alchemy.

When Nutritious first hit my inbox, I was eager to dive in. I love this downtempo space, the kind of music that soundtracks slow mornings, late nights, and long drives home when your mind finally has room to breathe. But the more I learned about the artist behind the music, the more impressed I became. Nutritious is not simply making records for the dancefloor. He is building experiences rooted in emotion, wellness, culture, and connection.

Raised in New York and influenced by the underground sounds of the ’90s, Nutritious has spent decades blending organic and electronic music into something uniquely his own. Describing his work as “Visionary Art & Cultural Alchemy,” he extends his creativity far beyond music through wellness advocacy, film scoring, and philanthropy. Artists like him remind me why I love music journalism because the way music can heal, inspire, and tell honest stories.

His new EP, Freefall, feels deeply personal. There is emotion woven into every layer, every atmosphere, every vocal texture. It is music that clearly comes from somewhere internal and vulnerable. Nutritious really left it all on the table during this conversation. I genuinely enjoyed getting to know him, spending time alongside his story and music, and sharing this interview with you.

It is my pleasure to introduce you to Nutritious.

You’ve described your journey as starting in New York City, learning music on cassette and vinyl, and playing all-night sets in the East Village. What do you remember most about that time, and how does it still influence the way you create today?
The commitment. This was the height of Giuliani’s cabaret law crackdowns, every venue and DJ essentially outlaw. Between touring and gigs around the city, I held the first residency at the former Save The Robots space, playing all-night all-vinyl Saturday sets for the East Village crowd. People showed up because the music was the only thing that mattered. Pure basement rave. No phones, no content, no exit strategy.

Combine that with when 9/11 happened, and the dancefloor revealed what it’s actually capable of. The city was shattered. These rooms became one of the few places where people could be together without pretense. Strangers holding each other up and doing so purposefully despite their ethnic and cultural backgrounds—in defiance and rebellion—in the face of unspeakable tyrannies.

That’s the dancefloor doing its business—functioning as sanctuary. Witnessing that changed what I understood was possible.

This set my standards: Can this song, this set, this moment create the conditions for people to actually feel something real together?

Your name, Nutritious, stands out. It suggests something deeper than just music. Where did that name come from, and how does it reflect both your sound and your broader approach to life and culture?
It came from the road. Nobody was thinking about wellbeing in touring culture. I saw how hard people were going creatively with zero attention to sustaining any of it, and when I discovered the benefits for myself, I wanted to help others. So I pursued it seriously and studied an intensive program at the Natural Gourmet Institute during a break from touring, and that opened doors into deeper work with artists, labels, and cultural brands. It informs my process because I see true communion with nature foundational to living. The earth and our bodies are electromagnetic. The rest flows from there.

You’ve worn a lot of hats. Producer. Creative visionary. Cultural alchemist. You’ve worked with figures like Montel Williams, contributed to a New York Times bestseller, and helped launch DoubleBlind. I know that’s not a typical path in electronic music. How do all of those experiences come together in your work today?
They’re the same inquiry from different angles. How do we create conditions for people to feel more alive? Contributing to the Living Well bestseller, joining the founding team at DoubleBlind—these aren’t side projects. Great music, dance, and vibrational frequencies shift your nervous system in real time. We’re energetic beings. That’s our physiology. Every ancient culture understood this as the basis for ceremony. That understanding never disappeared in most of the world; it was suppressed in the West. Psychedelics and meditation are reintroducing people to what contemplative traditions have always known. My work lives in this intersection.

Let’s talk about the Freefall EP. The title alone is powerful. What does “Freefall” mean to you, both personally and creatively?
The exquisite vertigo of surrendering to a force that pulls harder than the earth itself. Love, passion, faith. In physics, the moment you stop resisting gravity, you become weightless. Letting go is how you actually fly.

There’s a quote tied to the release that really stood out to me, the idea of surrendering control and trusting the descent. I know that’s not just about music. Was there a specific moment or feeling that inspired this project?
I meditate. I also surf, skydive, snowboard, play music. “Freefall” is a state of being. You’re not falling out of control, you’re falling into alignment with the most fundamental force there is. There’s a state in meditation, in surfing, in all of those where control dissolves and something deeper takes over. That feeling stays with me in the studio. Improvisation is freefall. You commit to the moment without knowing where it lands, and you trust the instinct. Once I felt the concept, everything clicked: the songs, the sequencing, the naming.

This EP is three tracks. “Freefall,” “Spiral,” and the “Freefall (Chill Mix).” I know sometimes less is more. Why did you choose to release this as a three-track project instead of something larger?
Love, passion, faith. Three songs, three ways into the same feeling. As it came together I realized I had something complete and current. If I can honor nature, the elements, the season, the listeners’ experience—I recognize it’s whole.

I have to say, I love the Chill Mix. It feels like a completely different emotional space compared to the original. What made you decide to reinterpret “Freefall” in that way?
Thank you. The idea was to explore the concept from different angles. The original is drive and passion—velocity and adrenaline. The “Chill Mix” strips it back and lets the atmospheric and orchestral elements breathe. If the original is the rush, this version is the release, the oxytocin, the moments where you’re just floating.

And building on that, I’m curious about your decision to pair that version of “Freefall” with “Spiral.” They each have their own identity. How do those tracks speak to each other within the EP?
The title track is the rush of letting go. “Spiral” is sitting with it. Letting go into song—casting to the heavens the way the blues does—emotionally. A smoke-drenched vocal over crisp 808 patterns and a classic house foundation. Raw soul fused with electronic warmth and grit. It’s what freefall feels like inside the din of everyday life. Intimate, physical, close. The most tactile thing on the record. Then the “Chill Mix” is the float. The EP moves through three emotional registers of passion, love, and faith.

The production on Freefall feels almost cinematic. There’s this orchestral build layered with deep house elements. When you’re creating something like that, are you thinking more like a DJ, or more like a composer scoring a film?
Both, simultaneously. I’ve scored films and I experience figurative image synesthesia, so I visualize music in scenes. Sounds become visual sequences. Over the years, I’ve honed a symphonic instinct in relation to my deeper connection with the earth and cosmos. There’s a reason composers have channeled these styles across eras. They exist.

I’m fourth-generation Hungarian American, so I also think some of that comes from tapping into this lineage. But I also learned by producing hip-hop, drum and bass, house, and my early New York grounding in soul, funk, and disco. Studying Black American music connected the dots for me. The arrangement is those worlds meeting.

That space where the organic and the electronic become inseparable is where I like to explore compositionally.

Your sets are known for blending genres. Cosmic disco, deep house, nu-disco, indie dance, techno. I know you read the room and treat your decks like instruments. What does that process look like in real time when you’re behind the booth?
We’re there to commune and party. That’s central. There are no walls between a Gwen McRae record and a deep house song when there’s enough time to explore the full spectrum of music. I aim to do it in a way that’s distinct, creative, and emotionally resonant with respect to the hearts, minds, and souls of the people in the space.

I often play extended sets, and the energy shifts over five or six hours, so I’m performing what’s true to me while responding in real time. Turntables and effects are incredible instruments. I like to let records play and, at key moments, paint fresh scenes.

When I bend a tone or run a classic through effects until it becomes something the producer never imagined, that’s the soundtrack of the event being written live. Having come up playing weekend-long parties, my favorite is extended sets where I can meld genres and keep it all cohesive.

You’ve performed everywhere from the Whitney Museum of American Art to New York Fashion Week with Rodarte. Those are very different environments than a club. How do those spaces change the way you approach a set?
Every environment has its own sonic character before you play a single note. Fashion understands instinctively the relationship between environment, identity, and feeling.
The architecture, the materials, the way sound reflects or absorbs. At iconic places like the Whitney, or any well-designed club or festival, you feel that acutely. The design of the system, the audience’s relationship to art and music, it informs everything.

But my approach is consistent: Great performance is listening. You learn this in improvisation and live music. I absorb the full frequencies and vibrations of the environment and dance with it.

There’s also a strong wellness and lifestyle component to everything you do. You studied at the Natural Gourmet Institute and have been involved in conversations around mental health and psychedelics. How does that philosophy show up in your music and your brand?
Nature—the natural world—is nurture. It’s my ethos and infuses everything. It shows up in how I create. It shows up in the label, in the community, in the worlds that accompany each release. The language around my music is nature-based because it’s universal and the foundation for wellbeing.

You’ve been described as creating “cultural alchemy.” I love that phrase. What does that mean to you in practice?
It means the work doesn’t live in one category. I’m a producer at heart. Cultural alchemy arrives once you stop treating music, wellness, visual art, and community as separate disciplines and treat them as one experience. Life isn’t one single element. It’s fusion.

You’ve also done meaningful charity work, raising over $150,000 for organizations like the National Down Syndrome Society and supporting causes like the Last Prisoner Project. How important is it for you to tie purpose into your platform?
My platform is purpose. It’s who I am. I show up for causes because I believe in humanity.

Your label, Liquid Culture, has become a home for your releases and your vision. As an A&R, what are you looking for when you’re working with artists or shaping a release?
I’m less interested in “potential” and more interested in artists with taste, vision, and depth, and a genuine devotion to their craft that runs deeper than ambition. Liquid Culture is a home for a specific kind of artist who values community and collaboration. You can feel when someone has that.

You’ve had support from platforms like SiriusXM, The New York Times, and international festivals like IMS Ibiza and Art Basel. I know those moments matter, but what does success look like for you at this stage in your career?
“Ether” has been in SiriusXM Chill’s top 3 most-played alongside Lane 8, Ben Böhmer, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and Nora En Pure. The Soft Dark debuted at #2 Most Added Electronic on the NACC chart alongside Barry Can’t Swim. “Freefall Chill Mix” just joined that party and I love hearing it woven into sets alongside my influences like Disclosure, Daft Punk, and Bob Marley. Those markers matter because they mean the music is resonating. Success means making the best work I’ve ever made and having people enjoy it. The right spaces, the right ears, the right moments.

Looking ahead, what’s next for you? More music, more cultural work, or something completely unexpected?
I’m in the studio now working on the next releases. I’m going deeper into the performance side too, hybridizing a digital and analog performance and touring into more intentional spaces. Some other cool projects as well, like my collaboration with Organic Garments—sustainable sneakers made from premium plant-based pineapple leaves and hemp.

We’ve covered a lot of ground today. Is there anything about the Freefall EP or your broader vision that we haven’t touched on that you’d like people to know?
I want people to believe in the power of the natural world. Technologically advanced cultures live in complete defiance of it. Harmony with the natural world is the key to life.

Where is the best place for people to connect with you, follow your journey, and of course, listen to Freefall?
Instagram: @djnutritious. Website: djnutritious.com. Freefall is on all platforms. New releases and merch land on Liquid Culture Records. And the We Are Liquid Culture playlist on Spotify is a living thing, label artists and those who inspire us.

Thanks for doing this, man. I enjoyed our time together. In all of the interviews I do, I always give the artist the last word. Go.
The universe is already playing. Songs are the parts we hear.