Nevada Base

Nevada Base

Nevada Base is a UK group made up of Albert on vocals and guitar, Andy on bass, guitar and vocals, Gus on synthesisers and vocals, and Jay on synthesisers, drum machines and more cowbell. Their music draws on a wide set of influences from 1980s synthpop and electronic music, with references to artists such as the Human League, Depeche Mode, New Order and Kraftwerk, as well as Talking Heads, the Cure, Joy Division and Gang of Four.

Style and influences

The group’s sound combines songwriting rooted in pop and new wave with electronic textures. It also takes in early 1980s Italo disco, early 1990s sampling approaches and elements of late 1990s trance. Their songs are written about subjects including noise-control officers, mental illness, robotics, geographical obstacles, mysterious women from space, electricity, love and the importance, or otherwise, of timeliness.

Musical approach

Nevada Base aims to make thoughtful dance-pop intended to work both as listening music and as something for the dancefloor. The group’s writing and arrangement bring together guitar-led pop, synth-based production and rhythmic electronic elements.