Tim Nelson (American musician)
Timothy Lawrence Nelson,[1] known professionally as Karma Fields and TimFromTheHouse, is an American musician, DJ, and record producer from Santa Barbara, California, currently based in Los Angeles.
Later that month, on February 24, during the 47th episode of the Monstercat Podcast, the livestream appeared to be hacked,[5] with a trailer for the music video of Karma Fields' debut song, Build The Cities, featuring Estonian singer Kerli, interrupting the stream.
Later that month, a series of remixes were released by various artists, including fellow labelmates Tristam, Grabbitz, and Project 46, among others.
To commemorate Build The Cities' music video reaching one million views, stems for the song were released on October 24.
[19] The article declared that Karma Fields was the "world's first AI artist" and that a machine had been behind all the music (excluding vocalists).
[19] After posting various gifs of visuals throughout July, a trailer for Karma Fields' live debut was uploaded on August 2.
A competition was announced September 9, where people could submit videos of themselves playing either classical versions of Stickup or Build The Cities.
On September 27, a thirteen minute preview of Karma Fields' live show, The HEX, was uploaded to YouTube.
[20] The preview shows Nelson performing inside of a hexagonal structure, with synchronized visuals projected onto all six sides.
[24][25] Three days later, as a way of promoting the upcoming show, a recording of the live version of Scandal (a collaboration with American actress and singer C.C.
It was written in collaboration with Millennial Serial Killer, the solo project of Lauren Pardini of Pr0files, who Nelson had remixed as Betatraxx nearly four years prior.
On September 5, Nelson uploaded a video detailing how The HEX was constructed, with a then-unknown song playing in the background.
On February 19, 2019, Nelson uploaded a trailer for the second Karma Fields album, BODY RUSH, with a release date of March 15 being given.
[34] The trailer contained real-world footage of social unrest, robots, and numerous clips from news stations such as FOX, CNN, and MSNBC, depicting the rise of the "Body Rush procedure" and the ensuing societal polarization.
A day after the announcement, Nelson uploaded a video in collaboration with Control Forever, where he explains how The HEX works and further elaborates on the meaning behind Karma Fields.
That Emotion, a collaboration with Alex Hosking and Nelson's first song post-BODY RUSH, was announced on November 11 and released four days later.
[41] On January 9, 2020, Nelson released a Karma Fields edit of French electronic duo Sabrina & Samantha's song Khéops.
A new HEX show, UPLOADED, was announced for March 14 at Wisdome LA, an "immersive art park" inside of a dome-shaped room.
On April 2, a second edit was released, this time of American folk band Bon Iver's 715 - CRΣΣKS.
Several months later, on September 18, a cover of Culture Club's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me was announced, with frequent collaborator Shey Baba on vocals.
The visuals for the song hint at a return towards the more computer-based aspect of Karma Fields, with the artwork containing several lines of code, which one user in the comments of the YouTube upload had discovered to be a part of the Linux kernel.
[29] The third single, a collaboration with Swedish singer Amanda Alexander, .me, was released on July 28, with Acid Stag referring to it as "...a true journey through a sonic odyssey with deepened instrumentation slowly bubbling away until we reach a lively climax".
[50] Nearly a full year later, Nelson returned as Karma Fields on November 16, 2022 with the announcement of It Girl, a collaboration with Nigerian singer Kah-Lo and supergroup Associanu.
"[51] A Karma Fields remix of Australian singer and labelmate PRICIE's BIG GIRLS was released on December 16, 2022.
On October 27, after teasing three unreleased songs a week prior, one of them, Pure Happiness, a collaboration with American pop-rock band Transviolet, was released.
The remaining two songs, a remix of Torren Foot's Candy, and the "original edit" of Icona Pop's Stick Your Tongue Out (which Nelson had helped write and produce) were both released on December 1.
[55] He also answered questions from the audience regarding why he decided to show his face (having been a faceless artist as Karma Fields from 2015 to 2022), his time working with Monstercat, how he met Raven Kwok, and more.
Credits revealed that Associanu is a group containing five members:[57][58] Their second song, Don't Forget To Breathe, was released on June 17, 2022.
Their third song, a collaboration with Nelson (as Karma Fields) and Kah-Lo, titled It Girl, was announced on November 16, and released on December 2.
The group stated, "'It Girl' is meant to capture an attitude – fun, sassy, badass, effortless charm – the sensation of walking into a party, feeling good about yourself, like ‘you are IT…girl.’"[51] Roughly around the time of the release of It Girl, extended versions of the previous two singles appeared on streaming services.
