Mere Notilde
Biography
Mere Notilde is an American electronic music producer and DJ from Boston, Massachusetts. His music is rooted in future funk and French house and is built largely on sampling, with additional elements of plunderphonics, vaporwave, disco and, more recently, breakbeat and UK garage. He is the founder of the label and collective Notilde Tapes and the host of the Boston event series Rabbit Crimes.
Background and influences
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Mere Notilde has been active since around 2015 and has also released music under the names Mere, Mere~ and Mere (Notilde). His early releases include the album Bird (2017) and the albums Rotti and Solanin (2018), as well as the soundtrack MochiMochi (OST) (2018). He has also issued DJ mixes (MereMix I, 2018, and Meremix II, 2019). According to his label Montaime, his sound draws on the Ed Banger Records scene, including artists such as SebastiAn and Justice.
Career
His album Sample Heaven appeared in 2020, followed by the singles "Our Melody", "Boris", "Sweet Baby!" (November 2020), "Unlimited" and "Mono" (January 2021). "Boris" was included on Majestic Casual's compilation music to drive to at night. His album Now That I Have You was released on Montaime in February 2021 and includes a title track featuring Tyler Keller. Other releases from this period include the Cool Songs EP (December 2021), "Love Is Gonna Getcha" and "Miss You" (2022).
Over the years his music has been released on labels including Neoncity Records, Montaime Records and Business Casual, and on his own label Notilde Tapes, which describes itself as a collective focused on upbeat future funk and plunderphonics. Its roster has included Mélonade, Pop Up!, Strawberry Station and Doktor Plekter, among others. He has also co-founded Cerise Records. He has collaborated with artists from the future funk scene such as ev.exi, Mélonade and Pop Up!, and contributed music to video game projects, including the Riot Games Music compilation Sessions: Star Guardian Taliyah (2022) and the soundtracks to MochiMochi and Sunset Blade.
His later releases include the album Notilde (July 2023), a contribution to Montaime, Vol. 3 ("If Your Heart Stopped Beating", January 2024), a remix of Raw Man's "Number Seven" (October 2024) and the single "Fooled By Your Love" (December 2024). In 2026 he released "Stay With Me" (February), "Soul Seek" (March), "Down Bad" with FIBRE and Alex Gråey (April) and "Party Junkie マタタビ" with Nucome Soseki. Promotional CDs with unreleased tracks were sold at the MAGFest convention in 2025 and 2026, and "Soul Seek" is also the title of an upcoming album.
Live
Since 2026 Mere Notilde has hosted Rabbit Crimes, a monthly rave series at the Cloud & Spirits venue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he also plays DJ sets. He has also performed at events such as Bunny Rave at the Middle East (ZuZu) in Cambridge and at other club nights in the New England area.
Selected discography
Bird – 2017
Sample Heaven – 2020
Now That I Have You – Montaime, 2021
Cool Songs (EP) – 2021
Notilde – 2023
"Stay With Me" / "Soul Seek" / "Down Bad" (singles) – 2026
Links
Official Bandcamp
Notilde Tapes
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.