NSJ first came about in the mid 1980s with the purchase of an early cassette port-studio, a borrowed mono synth and drum machine, not to mention a variety of ropey effects. Influenced by early 80s synth pop, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire and other early innovators of electronic music, the sound gradually developed with a steady stream of equipment along with new influences such as EBM, Industrial and the early 90s dance sounds of Orbital, Underworld and the like.
The current work of N-S-J attempts to fuse the melodic sensibilities of 80s electronica with the more in depth sound of subsequent artists in the electronic music field, hopefully creating an interesting and varied hybrid of the two?

NSJ is influenced by...

Kraftwerk, Orbital, Solvent, Lowfish, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Ultravox, Soft Cell, Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, Severed Heads, Vince Clarke, Daniel Miller, Jean Michelle Jarre, New Order, Vector Lovers, O.M.D, Devo, Fad Gadget, Front 242, Blancmange, John Foxx, Frontline Assembly, Autechre, Underworld, Leftfield, VNV Nation, Nitzer Ebb, Elektric Music, John Carpenter, Clock DVA, Delerium, Conjure One, Haujobb, Psyche, Delia Derbyshire, Tomita, The Radiophonic Workshop, Salt Tank, I Start Counting, Komputer, Legowelt, Travelogue, Joy Electric, L.F.O, Karl Bartos, Richard H Kirk, The Prodigy, Delayscape, Black Turtleneck, Aphex Twin, Fortran 5, Japan, Howard Jones, Heaven 17, Hard Corps, The Future Sound of London, Mesh, Ladytron, Havoc, Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby, Goldfrapp, Sillicon Teens, Tears for Fears, Arpanet, A1 People, Visage, Alphaville, Rex the Dog, Long Range, Perspects, Freezepop, Abfahrt Hinwil, Skanfrom, Covenant, The Hacker, Goudron, Minisystem, Plastik Kettle, Adult, Trademark, Unit Black Flight, Node, Intermix, Johnson Engineering Co, Solar Enemy, The Grid, D.A.F, Chris Carter, Orgue Electronique, Giorgio Moroder, Landscape.