Electronic Beats Tech Talk: Nadia Struiwigh on Production Processes and her Go-To Gear

Dutch artist Nadia Struiwigh steps into the spotlight for our latest Electronic Beats Tech Talk. The producer with roots in Rotterdam has become widely recognized for her unique spin on ambient, techno, electro and more, all instilled with her signature ethereal, melodious and dynamic production style. Her music has found a home on the some of the most prestigious imprints in this field of music such as Central Processing Unit, Nous'klaer, Dekmantel, Clone and InFiné among others, a striking sign of the quality embodied in her productions.
In this talk, Struiwigh shares with us some of her production processes and go to gear used in the making of her music and as a live performer.
Join us to discover more…
All music in this video from her latest album "Birds Of Paradise" released on Dekmantel.
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[@Wanderlust]

*Great video!*

[@lustersavage8986]

Hi Wanderlust

[@TheCALMInstitute]

Always happy to hear musicians discuss the important of ARRANGEMENT! 👏 that focus is the difference between electronic musicians and who make loops and those who make music! ❤

[@mitdemall]

Totally :) I can make some nice loops for hours, but arranging for even one hour is quite some work :D

[@DennisThePhantomMenace]

Nadia is someone with a very positive and wonderful personality. An inspiration who can motivate people to achieve goals just like her. As she says herself, music is not just making a structure but also bringing a story. The music she makes definitely contains a story. Keep up the good work because you are a great artist.

[@XenonOrion]

she's definitely inspiring me and motivating me to buy more T Mobile products

[@Manik530]

Nadia is a constant source of inspiration for me! Love this series and love this episode🙏🏽🫶🏽💜🤟🏽

[@nstruiwigh]

Ahw… my heart man x

[@JLongTom]

Love, love, love Nadia's stuff. Nice to see that she's cheery and lively minded, although of course I already knew that from her music.

[@SmallWorldBigThings]

Passion, passion, passion! I love it! I love to see so much of enthusiasm and happiness in words describing passion or hobby. 👍👍👍

[@nstruiwigh]

Big love! It is my oxygen hehe x

[@joooooooooooe]

one of the best interviews in a while! great approach and process. very inspiring!

[@nstruiwigh]

BIG SMILE! x

[@copperbeach6294]

No studio can be complete without a paintbrush

[@TilliKommunikation]

Very right 👍

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

These kind of brushes are a bit hairy. The Befaco Synth Duster is king.

[@nstruiwigh]

I need that! and yes this one is hairy, as it was from my old makeup thing HA :P

[@lordundhimself1310]

@@ElectronicBeatsTV You beat me to it. Befaco synth brush 4 lyfe 🤘🏿

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Boss brush www.thomann.de/de/befaco_synth_duster.htm

[@Abing-Gl]

Nice Artist Lady and Producer

[@nstruiwigh]

Big hugs!

[@Trovarsi]

Nadia is one of my favorite artists. Great interview. Thanks for featuring her!

[@electro-soma]

Love hearing Nadia's stuff on Instagram. Just noticed we share one piece of gear. Exactly the same brush to dust down our gear!

[@nstruiwigh]

Ah!!! love!

[@MrMichaelHeat]

Wow. I didn't know her before and I'm thrilled because she said 2 key sentences that, after more than 25 years, simply clarify where 2-20 knots had formed in my head. Thank you very much.

[@nstruiwigh]

X

[@JH-te1ct]

Love Nadia!!❤

[@nstruiwigh]

Love for all back :)!

[@KattKirsch]

I'm such a huge fan of her work, so it was really great to see her choices in tools and hear a litle more about her process. Thanks for this!

[@nstruiwigh]

Ahw big love, thanks for ur support

[@MarcoRatering]

Great interview and good insight and inspiration in your workflow. and loving your new album !

[@SlowpokeRodriguez80]

She definitely has the right attitude… I’ll keep my tabs on her for sure

[@nstruiwigh]

Ah... That's really nice to hear

[@sebastiennesp1978]

What a nice person! Her music my not be to my taste but wow, the passion!

[@nstruiwigh]

Big love mate !

[@josipvulic5471]

I had to skip to the 6 minute mark to get where this was going (insert wink face), this is the story of this video, I love what was said about arrangement and how it's so important to relay a story, which takes and so important when sending your music into the ether others to latch onto! love this video, thank your for sharing

[@SchlegelSoundLoop-td1tc]

Nice Artist

[@nstruiwigh]

:)!

[@Makebelieve123]

Nadia I’m so happy to see this from you. Keep the journey moving 🎉

[@nstruiwigh]

Thanks for ur support, means the world man x

[@Makebelieve123]

Ive been watching your journey from day 1, @@nstruiwigh i think im on year 35 myself and still have tough times...but when theres no pressure its so much more enjoyable! :)

[@andy-pandyman]

So glad i found your channel from watching 'bo beats' you tube channel. So many interesting bits over a wide range of music related subjects on your channel. I have to listen to my music with headphones (DT770pro) because it annoys the wife who is unfortunately not into synths. I am always annoyed when you get people say you got to listen to your music on a very expensive speakers in a studio like room, yeah, ok if you can afford it, music always sound good through my headphones, right down to the low end. Hey, one thing you got that the wife likes, and that is your patterned cover/material you use to cover your table of instruments up with and wrapping them when your mobile. Little things you said in previous vids like using more software and Daw stuff because of hardware issues, I thought it was just me, every time I switch on hardware it takes me ages to get it working again, then it just stops talking to anything. Can't wait for the next awesome Nadia post🎶🎧🎹

[@itsbone141]

Love the Korg EMX, my first piece of gear!

[@nstruiwigh]

IT is the best man!

[@martypants88]

ugh I miss my dx7 😢 great vid ❤

[@TheCALMInstitute]

It’s that BITE!

[@lorrenaelliott161]

6:10 👏 absolutely correct….

[@skmakka3166]

Amazing

[@antoniobarrios6335]

Very good

[@TilliKommunikation]

So inspiring! Why didn't I know Nadia before?

[@nstruiwigh]

Hehe, nice to meet you!

[@_c_y_p_3]

Lovely collection of gear , but she has a real good point about “telling a good story”! Huge inspiration the way she thinks. I like the perspective about monitoring what our work sounds like on what people listen to it on rather than what a few 1% of people listen on. I do use specific gear for tuning bass and making major adjustments because it will be like wack a mole game if using different speakers, but much of this as possible should all come at the end anyhow. Like she says, “the story” is the most important part. I needed to hear this JUST TODAY, cuz I spent all morning trying to select new headphones🤡

[@nstruiwigh]

Ah thanks for sharing!! Curious to what headphone you get?

[@nukedbunny8642]

oho.. added her on Spotify right away...love beats.

[@nstruiwigh]

I appreciate that!!

[@OperatoreDelMiniCalcolatore]

I'm a fan.👍

[@JSPR010]

amazing! Also love the slippers!

[@nstruiwigh]

Haha thanks jasper x

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

@JSPR010 We might do a little merch collection with her with Slippers, caps and synth brushes 😂

[@nstruiwigh]

@@ElectronicBeatsTV 😂I’m down

[@MickBenjamins]

Nadia! 💜

[@nstruiwigh]

MICKSTAR! x

[@gkeaoyrge]

Excellent! Also can Korg please remake the earlier Electribe's?!

[@chrisyoung9742]

Damn, good stuff

[@CausaliDox]

Go Nadia! = ) Hugs from Nijmegen!

[@geromeleturbo]

What stand is it for the Strymon FX unit. I never found such mini stands.

[@lorrenaelliott161]

5:00 100 💯 agree

[@iHOiD]

👏👏👏

[@pyshmusic]

great character ;) big up !

[@mgyb8269]

I understand what she says about arrangement and creating a story, but you could listen to an 8 or 16 bar Dilla loop for an hour and get lost in it. I think that's even more powerful

[@nstruiwigh]

Yea valid point! I do think in that case the audience fully creates its own story 💜 I meditate a lot on long pieces, then I get in a sort of trip 😂 x

[@mgyb8269]

@@nstruiwigh Hehe yes, creating your own story is a great way to put it! You also make a great point though, both ways have their place in music ie Kamasi Washington songs always having these crazy build ups and break downs that get more and more intense. Great music and vibe from you btw!

[@nstruiwigh]

@@mgyb8269 ah thanks big love

[@Bin909able]

Nice one! What's that little stand beneath the Big Sky?

[@nstruiwigh]

Mirai berlin! X

[@moodhay]

borrowed one of my sisters makeup brushes after this

[@SnakeyUk08]

😆😂👍

[@lorrenaelliott161]

7:46 I can’t believe this. I do the same and always thought it was some kind of producing sin

[@arjanpetersen]

Leuk! Je maakt mooie muziek

[@nstruiwigh]

Dankje Arjan!!

[@roy_funk]

dat kwastje is de tip van de week ❤ *op de fiets......*

[@mikaelzerai440]

I love Elecribe! But what is treatment?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Acoustics

[@SsgtHolland]

It's applying absorbing and deflecting materials to the walls of your room to change ('neutralize') sound characteristics.

[@asdifasi5379]

00:54 ; 02:17 epic !!! she is a nice woman and outstanding artist

[@sudbenzer6603]

i want her hat! where's that from nadia?

[@nstruiwigh]

Ah mate! I bought it somewhere in NL!! maybe google, BLUE HAT :P

[@sudbenzer6603]

@@nstruiwigh

[@Nosh_Feratu]

excellent video, especially the bit about arrangement and telling a story being the most important part. This is what concerns me about stems...ive been DJing and producing for 35 years, and great producers (for me, Kerri Chandler, Heard, Ron Trent, Huckaby, Kevorkian, Patrice Scott, MAW etc) are ALWAYS uniquely skilled arrangers...so the concept behind stems seems to completely ignore how important arrangement is. Obviously, stems suit certain styles of music more than others, like Techno, but I think there is a risk people could really lose the context that arrangement brings to the table....just my thoughts anyway 😉

[@nstruiwigh]

Thanks for YOUR "Story" !

[@Nosh_Feratu]

@@nstruiwigh haha thanks Nadia! I loved listening to your thoughts on this video, really interesting, I think you have a really great philosophy on production, all power to you!

[@ScottofOakland]

If going ambient means FM synthesis, i need to rethink how I work in synthesis. FM always means noisey clanky machine sounds for me. Not soft, lush, background ambient sounds.

[@XenonOrion]

wow T Mobile is C O O L now? i want to buy and spend everything

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Since 2000 😉

[@shannon5716]

🙂

[@fabiancortes6255]

Too short, surely that Big Sky was a bit dusty.

[@SsgtHolland]

Lieve Nadia, een patchbay zou je leven veranderen. Ik had het ook jaren uitgesteld, maar het werkt echt zooo fijn!

[@nstruiwigh]

Ik heb er 1! Staat niet in de video ❤️❤️

[@SsgtHolland]

@@nstruiwigh Haha, gelukkig! Je maakt hele mooie dingen, trouwens.

[@nstruiwigh]

@@SsgtHolland super lief! Thanks voor het meedenken x

[@petervoigtmann]

the cable crates are making me nervous :D

[@rmorvenbush5605]

You should get your self donner b1

[@asdifasi5379]

thats the point man! everybody in the goa/acid/techno scene should have a donner be1

[@Lonely3rrior]

Wer ist den. Die süße? She is like me.

[@PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy]

I get her Knowledge, but I never get her music.... to me so random music!!! I guess is not for everyone, a lease not for me, but she is ok!!!

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Music is always a matter of taste. And many sounds or styles from more experimental music often only find their way into "normal" club music or the mainstream much later. They are just different listening habits. We are happy about every artist who produces outside the norm, even if it is difficult fare for many at first. Fortunately, there is so much music that everyone can find what they like.

[@nstruiwigh]

💜 I always think, no one understood aphex twin either 😜 it’s indeed a “language” and there are so many out there!

[@tobiaswinkler6971]

She is like the one girl, that choose of a library instruments, sponsored by rich parents.

[@harryhill8543]

As interesting as these videos are I wouldnt suggest people new to production try to copy what they see here unless they have a lot of money to spend on gear and space to store and use it. The fact that you can simply add EQ, Delays, Reverb etc on every track in Ableton without much thought when if you were to copy this with hardware you will soon see why most people stick to software.

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

It's wonderful that everyone can find their own best way.

[@atommachine]

usb hoover almost more useful than Reverb 😇

[@roman13rooms]

Kids, just remember, all these crappy gear has nothing in common with music composing.

[@herr_rosen]

🔥🔥