THE WORLD
WHERE THE SOUL NEVER ENDED
THE FIRST FULL ALBUM BY JORDAN NAKAMURA IS HERE — DISCO LOVE.
DISCO LOVE WAS BORN FROM THE MUSIC I GREW UP DREAMING ABOUT. THE SOUND OF MY IMAGINATION FINALLY STEPPING ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR.
DISCO LOVE CAPTURES EVERYTHING I’VE ALWAYS LOVED ABOUT SOUL AND FUNK — THE WARMTH, THE GROOVE, THE LIGHT THAT LIVES INSIDE EVERY RHYTHM.
I MADE IT FOR FOR LATE NIGHTS, OPEN HEARTS, AND NEON REFLECTIONS — A REMINDER THAT ROMANCE STILL BELONGS TO THE BEAT.
MUSICMAN
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JORDAN NAKAMURA
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GLACE GOLD
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MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS
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MUSICMAN ✦ JORDAN NAKAMURA ✦ GLACE GOLD ✦ MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS ✦
THE STORY
I WAS BORN IN COMMUNIST GERMANY — A PLACE WHERE SOUL MUSIC WASN’T SUPPOSED TO EXIST. BUT MY FATHER WAS SECRETLY COLLECTING AND EXCHANGING RECORDS — MARVIN GAYE, EARTH, WIND & FIRE, STEVIE WONDER. HE EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE ONCE FOR PLAYING “TOO MUCH CAPITALIST MUSIC.”
THOSE MOMENTS, WITH THE CURTAINS DRAWN AND THE TURNTABLE SPINNING, FELT LIKE FREEDOM. THAT’S WHERE I FELL IN LOVE WITH R&B, SOUL, AND FUNK — THE SOUND THAT MADE PEOPLE FEEL ALIVE.
BUT FOR YEARS, I COULDN’T MAKE THE MUSIC I HEARD IN MY HEAD.
I DIDN’T HAVE A STUDIO, A MENTOR, OR A FORMAL MUSIC EDUCATION.
LIFE GOT BUSY, THE TOOLS FELT DISTANT, AND THE DREAM STAYED LOCKED INSIDE.
STILL, I COULD ALWAYS TELL — SOUL OR NOT. I JUST COULDN’T EXPRESS IT.
THEN AI CAME ALONG.
AND SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, I COULD TRANSLATE WHAT WAS ALWAYS INSIDE ME — THE RHYTHM, THE EMOTION, THE STORIES — INTO SOUND.
AI DIDN’T REPLACE CREATIVITY. IT UNLEASHED IT.
IT TURNED A LISTENER INTO A MUSICIAN.
NOW, I SLIP INTO THE ROLES OF MY MUSICAL ALTER EGOS — JORDAN NAKAMURA, MUSICMAN, GLACE GOLD, MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS — EACH LIVING IN A DIFFERENT TIMELINE WHERE THE GOLDEN ERA OF SOUL NEVER ENDED.
TOGETHER, THEY FORM THE SOUL MACHINE —
A UNIVERSE OF MY VOICES, MEMORIES, AND GROOVES THAT KEEP THE SPIRIT OF R&B ALIVE.
I’M NOT AN AI ARTIST.
I’M AN ARTIST WITH MANY SOULS.
CONSTANZE TRAN – THE SOUL MACHINE
CRAFTING
SOULS
BEHIND THE SOUL MACHINE
CREATING EACH SONG IS A JOURNEY OF EMOTION AND PERSISTENCE.
SOMETIMES I GENERATE HUNDREDS OF VERSIONS OF A SINGLE TRACK — CHASING A FEELING NO ONE ELSE CAN HEAR BUT ME.
SOME OF THE BEST CREATIONS COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHEN A NEW IDEA OR SOUND SUDDENLY CLICKS INTO PLACE.
THE PROMPTS I WRITE AREN’T TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS ANYMORE — THEY’VE BECOME EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS, NOT “IN THE STYLE OF,” BUT “IN THE FEELING OF” SOMETHING I NEED TO HEAR AND BRING TO LIFE.
IF YOU ASKED ME WHICH INSTRUMENT I PLAY, I’D SAY SUNO —THE AI MUSIC MODEL I’VE BEEN MASTERING SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS.
I’VE GROWN WITH IT LIKE A MUSICIAN GROWS WITH THEIR GEAR — UPGRADING FROM A GUITAR TO A PIANO, FROM LOOPS TO FULL ORCHESTRATION.
WITH SUNO STUDIO, I CAN NOW SEPARATE EVERY INSTRUMENT, MIX AND MASTER EACH TRACK LIKE A TRADITIONAL RECORDING SESSION.
EVERY BASSLINE, VOCAL, AND DRUM HIT IS CAREFULLY CURATED — CRAFTED TO FEEL ALIVE.
SUNO IS MY STUDIO — AND THE SOUL MACHINE IS THE UNIVERSE I’VE BUILT WITHIN IT.
THE ARTISTS
MEET THE SOULS WITHIN
EVERY ARTIST IN THE SOUL MACHINE IS A REFLECTION OF A TIME, A SOUND, AND A FEELING I NEVER WANTED TO LOSE.
THEY AREN’T CHARACTERS — THEY’RE ECHOES OF WORLDS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN.
EACH ONE LETS ME EXPLORE A DIFFERENT TIMELINE OF SOUL, FUNK, AND R&B —
NOT TO COPY THE PAST, BUT TO CONTINUE IT.
JORDAN NAKAMURA
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JORDAN NAKAMURA ✦
JORDAN NAKAMURA
JORDAN NAKAMURA IS MY IMAGINATION OF WHAT THE SOUND OF THE 80S COULD HAVE BECOME IF DISCO NEVER DIED.
HE LIVES IN THE GLOW BETWEEN NOSTALGIA AND TOMORROW — WHERE NEON MEETS LOVE, RHYTHM, AND SPACE.
I CREATED JORDAN TO CHANNEL THAT CINEMATIC, TIMELESS GROOVE — MUSIC THAT FEELS LIKE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY AT NIGHT WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN.
HE’S THE ROMANTIC DREAMER IN ME, THE PART THAT BELIEVES LOVE SONGS STILL MATTER.
MUSICMAN
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MUSICMAN ✦
MUSICMAN
MUSICMAN WAS BORN FROM MY LOVE OF 90S NEO-SOUL — THE SOUND THAT MADE EMOTION FEEL SOPHISTICATED.
HE’S RHYTHM AND REFLECTION — QUIET CONFIDENCE, ANALOG WARMTH, AND LATE-NIGHT GROOVE. HIS MUSIC REMINDS ME OF THE WARM SOUND OF THE VINYLS MY FAMILY BOUGHT AND PLAYED ON LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOONS IN THE YEARS AFTER THE WALL — THAT GENTLE CRACKLE THAT MADE THE WORLD FEEL SLOWER, SOFTER, MORE HUMAN.
THROUGH HIM, I CAN EXPRESS THAT DEEP, MATURE SIDE OF R&B — SONGS ABOUT SELF-LOVE, CONNECTION, AND THE KIND OF CALM THAT COMES AFTER CHAOS.
HIS WORLD FEELS HUMAN — CLOSE, IMPERFECT, BUT FULL OF HEART.
GLACE GOLD
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GLACE GOLD ✦
GLACE GOLD
GLACE GOLD IS MY PERSONAL LOVE LETTER TO THE WOMEN OF SOUL — THE POWER, THE GRACE, THE EMOTIONAL FIRE.
SHE EMBODIES MY FEELING OF GLAMOUR OF THE 70S AND THE EMOTIONAL TRUTH BEHIND EVERY NOTE.
IT’S THE MUSIC MY FATHER PLAYED, BUT MY MOTHER LOVED — THAT RARE SOUND WHERE RHYTHM MET ROMANCE, WHERE FEELING MET ELEGANCE.
GLACE EXPLORES MY EMOTIONAL SIDE OF SOUL — TENDERNESS, VULNERABILITY, AND QUIET STRENGTH THAT LIVE INSIDE EMOTION.
HER MUSIC FEELS TO ME LIKE A WARM, NOSTALGIC MEMORY OF MY CHILDHOOD — FAMILIAR, LOVING, AND TIMELESS.
MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS
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MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS ✦
MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS
I LIVE IN L.A. NOW — A LIFELONG DREAM COME TRUE.
FROM ARRIVING AT LAX WITH TWO SUITCASES TO EATING HOT DOGS IN CRENSHAW, THE MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS REFLECT MY LOVE FOR LOS ANGELES THROUGH THE MUSIC I GREW UP WITH. THEY’RE THE ADULT-ME EXPRESSION OF MY CONNECTION TO THIS CITY OF ANGELS – THE PLACE I NOW CALL HOME.
THEY CARRY MY FEELING OF CRUISING THE CITY AT NIGHT – THE SMELL OF STREET TACOS DRIFTING IN, THE WINDOWS DOWN, THE MUSIC UP — THAT MIX OF FREEDOM, RHYTHM, AND QUIET JOY THAT ONLY LOS ANGELES CAN GIVE.
THEY’RE, TO ME, AN ECHO CHAMBER OF THE STORIES OF HOW THIS CITY CRAFTED THIS MUSIC — AND HOW ITS ARTISTS CRAFTED THE CITY BACK AGAIN.
FROM LITTLE KIDS IN THE 90S EATING AT TAM’S BURGERS TO DR. DRE TEACHING MY DAUGHTER IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE SPIRIT OF LA STILL MOVES THROUGH EVERY BEAT.
THE MIDNIGHT HUSTLERS ARE MY PERSONAL LOVE LETTER TO THIS CITY — TO ITS DREAMERS, CHASERS, AND MAKERS, TO THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE MOVING TO THEIR OWN RHYTHM UNDER THE SAME MIDNIGHT SKY.
FOLLOW
THE SOUL MACHINE
THE SOUL MACHINE IS MY PERSONAL WAY OF SHARING THE MUSIC I’VE ALWAYS CARRIED INSIDE ME — MEMORIES, EMOTIONS, AND STORIES TURNED INTO SOUND.
I STILL GET AMAZED KNOWING THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, SOMEONE’S LISTENING.
IF THE MUSIC SPEAKS TO YOU, I’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU — DROP ME A DM, LEAVE A COMMENT, OR JUST HIT FOLLOW.
EVERY CONNECTION, EVERY MESSAGE, TRULY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
THANK YOU
CONSTANZE TRAN
GET IN TOUCH
I’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WHETHER YOU’RE A LISTENER, A FELLOW CREATOR, OR JUST SOMEONE WHO STUMBLED INTO THIS WORLD OF SOUL — YOUR MESSAGE MEANS A LOT TO ME.
TELL ME WHAT YOU FELT, WHAT SONG MOVED YOU, OR JUST SAY HI.
I READ EVERY MESSAGE THAT COMES THROUGH THIS FORM MYSELF.