Biography
Pennsylvania electronic musician Tatiana Triplin issues material under several aliases, among them Nondi_. Her solo work blends elements of techno, footwork, IDM, and U.K. bass into hazy, distorted textures that retain a dreamy and playful character. Triplin established the netlabel HRR, whose catalog has focused chiefly on releases by her own projects and aliases such as Yakui, B.G.S., and the experimental ambient duo Crushing Union. Since 2020 she has reserved the Nondi_ name for her primary solo output, a catalog that includes the 2023 Planet Mu album Flood City Trax.
Triplin grew up in Johnston, Pennsylvania, the modest industrial community situated east of Pittsburgh. Her brother, hip-hop artist Eem Triplin, has supplied production for rapper $not. In the early 2010s she began circulating music online, principally under the Yakui moniker, and those glitchy, D.I.Y. tracks attracted listeners drawn to abstract electronic music and vaporwave. A handful of recordings, among them the 2016 ambient album Pillars/Other Heart Tracks, appeared in limited cassette editions on small labels. That same year she inaugurated HRR—short for Horrible Recordings—describing it as “a collective that specializes in Web Folk, Nightcore, and Dubst.” Eat Dis issued her 2019 album Imni, and she paired with the label’s founder tchan (aka DJ Girl) for the single “She Tracks”/“Sappho Erotica.” She also formed the darker ambient/drone duo Crushing Union with Laura Cliff.
By 2020 Nondi_ had become Triplin’s central solo vehicle, its sound shifting toward a hybrid of juke, breakcore, and outsider techno. Planet Mu released Flood City Trax in 2023, combining selections from earlier Nondi_ material with new recordings.
Triplin grew up in Johnston, Pennsylvania, the modest industrial community situated east of Pittsburgh. Her brother, hip-hop artist Eem Triplin, has supplied production for rapper $not. In the early 2010s she began circulating music online, principally under the Yakui moniker, and those glitchy, D.I.Y. tracks attracted listeners drawn to abstract electronic music and vaporwave. A handful of recordings, among them the 2016 ambient album Pillars/Other Heart Tracks, appeared in limited cassette editions on small labels. That same year she inaugurated HRR—short for Horrible Recordings—describing it as “a collective that specializes in Web Folk, Nightcore, and Dubst.” Eat Dis issued her 2019 album Imni, and she paired with the label’s founder tchan (aka DJ Girl) for the single “She Tracks”/“Sappho Erotica.” She also formed the darker ambient/drone duo Crushing Union with Laura Cliff.
By 2020 Nondi_ had become Triplin’s central solo vehicle, its sound shifting toward a hybrid of juke, breakcore, and outsider techno. Planet Mu released Flood City Trax in 2023, combining selections from earlier Nondi_ material with new recordings.
Albums
Singles
