Jordan Orcaz
Script error: No such module "AfC submission catcheck". Jordan Orcaz,[1] known by his stage names No Mana and isqa,[2][3] is an American musician and DJ.
No Mana | |
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| Birth name | Jordan Orcaz |
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| Genres | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | ihavenomanas |
Early life[edit]
At a young age, Orcaz began taking piano lessons, however he stated that "it isn’t relevant because I really don't remember anything from that time".[4] Prior to getting into music full time, he was "washing dishes, bussing tables, and attending school".[5]
2013–2014: Origins[edit]
In 2013, Orcaz self-released his debut album as isqa, titled Tetraform, on June 30.[6] The following year on June 9, Orcaz released his first EP as isqa, Melancolor, on Belgian label DUSTLA.[7] He followed it up with the EP Sleeper later that year on October 3.[8]
He released the song OMW on SoundCloud as the first song from his second project, No Mana, on November 29.
2015–2019: No Mana, [Redacted], and (Cloaked)[edit]
On March 12, 2015, Orcaz debuted on deadmau5's label mau5trap as No Mana with the EP 1UP, the first in a long running series of "UP" EPs that would continue into 2019.[9] No Mana, a project influenced by electro house, trance, and techno, marked a significant departure from the more dubstep-focused sound of isqa. The 2UP, 3UP, and 4UP EPs were released on April 10, May 7, and August 6, respectively.
Orcaz's second album as isqa, [Redacted], was self-released on August 18.[10]
On September 5, Orcaz played his first live show at the Allentown Fair in Allentown, Pennsylvania as the opening act for deadmau5.
The 5UP EP was released on December 11.
Throughout 2016, the 6UP, 8UP, 9UP, and Game Over EPs were released, with the seventh "UP" EP noticeably being skipped.
On February 13, 2017, Orcaz released the third isqa EP, (Cloaked). The 10UP, Above The Blue, and 11UP EPs were additionally released throughout the year. Psycho, a collaboration with labelmate Rezz, was released on December 1.[3]
2018 saw the release of the No Mana EPs 12UP, Assorted Repetitions, 13UP, and Melted Candy, as well as a self-released techno remix of Knife Party's Sleaze with longtime friend i_o.
In 2019, the final entry in the UP series (as of October 2023), 14UP, was released on January 22. Three days later, a remix of a mashup Orcaz had made as isqa sometime in 2015, SSUPTETSUADLLYDFRA (Stylishly Sugary Uptown Queen That Earned To Shut Up And Danced Loudly Like You Do For Real Again), was released by British bass musician Chime. On April 8, Orcaz released an isqa remix of American producer Eprom's 2013 song Hurricane.[upper-alpha 1] Several other No Mana singles were released through the year.
2020–present: Current activity[edit]
— Orcaz, on his Twitter page
On February 14, 2020, Orcaz released his debut album as No Mana, Secret Level.[11] A companion EP of additional material titled Secret, Secret Level was released on October 16.[12]
In 2021, Orcaz organized a compilation album, titled Electromag, which was released on September 10. "I gathered a bunch of friends and idols to forge a hammer that beats a dead horse that is electro house AKA 'best genre.'"[13]
After almost 3 years of inactivity, Orcaz announced his return as isqa in the summer of 2022 after REZZ played his 2014 song Ghosts during her show at EDC.[14] Later that year on October 12, Orcaz debuted a 31-minute mix of unreleased music, as well as new versions of past songs, titled i should've been dead.[14]
On November 28, the fourth isqa EP, i 4ove you, was announced. It was released on December 8 on REZZ's label, HypnoVizion Records, with it being the label's first release from someone other than REZZ herself.[15][16] The EP contained two new songs, as well as two reworked versions of previously released songs; all four were debuted in his i should've been dead mix two months prior.
On May 12, 2023, Orcaz played his first live show as isqa at The Untz Festival in Browns Valley, California.
Orcaz released his first solo single as isqa since 2015, always running, on June 30. On the same day, he posted a statement to his Twitter page celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the project, as well as explaining his reasons for having deleted much of his discography over the years and why releases had been so sparse.
He played his second show as isqa on September 1, opening for REZZ at her Red Rocks show.[17]
Name[edit]
On the topic of the name "No Mana" in an interview, Orcaz stated, "To Polynesian culture, ‘mana’ is the spirit or supernatural things, like power and effectiveness. To games, it's the shit that allows you to cast a fireball. To me, it's a name that I can hold onto for creative purposes. To my listeners, it's whatever you want it to be."[5]
Influences[edit]
Orcaz has cited artists like deadmau5, Eric Prydz, Above & Beyond, Joe Harston, Wolfgang Gartner, Justice, Proxy, The Bloody Beetroots, Phonat, Xilent, and "all the super cool 2010-era electro stuff that sits on SoundCloud and never made it to the surface" as influences for No Mana.[5]
His influences for isqa include Culprate, 16bit, Sorrow, Xilent, and KOAN Sound.[4]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
| Artist | Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| isqa | Tetraform | June 30, 2013 | Self-released |
| [Redacted] | August 18, 2015 | ||
| No Mana | Secret Level | February 14, 2020 | mau5trap |
Extended plays[edit]
| Artist | Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| isqa | Melancolor | June 9, 2014 | DUSTLA |
| Sleeper | October 3, 2014 | ||
| No Mana | 1UP | March 12, 2015 | mau5trap |
| 2UP | April 10, 2015 | ||
| 3UP | May 7, 2015 | ||
| 4UP | August 6, 2015 | ||
| 5UP | December 11, 2015 | ||
| 6UP | April 15, 2016 | ||
| 8UP | May 13, 2016 | ||
| 9UP | June 10, 2016 | ||
| Game Over | September 2, 2016 | ||
| 10UP | January 27, 2017 | ||
| isqa | (Cloaked) | February 13, 2017 | Self-released |
| No Mana | Above The Blue | March 17, 2017 | mau5trap |
| 11UP | June 23, 2017 | ||
| 12UP | March 16, 2018 | ||
| Assorted Repetitions | June 15, 2018 | ||
| 13UP | August 21, 2018 | ||
| Melted Candy | December 4, 2018 | ||
| 14UP | January 22, 2019 | ||
| Secret, Secret Level | October 16, 2020 | ||
| isqa | i 4ove you | December 8, 2022 | HypnoVizion Records Inc. |
Singles[edit]
| Artist | Title | Album / EP | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| isqa | Witch Cave | Non-album single | May 10, 2014 | Self-released |
| Ghosts | August 17, 2014 | |||
| Push | Sleeper | September 26, 2014 | DUSTLA | |
| No Mana | OMW | Non-album single | November 29, 2014 | Self-released |
| isqa | No Matter What | January 26, 2015 | DUSTLA | |
| No Mana | Tell Me | October 16, 2015 | mau5trap | |
| Claws | November 20, 2015 | Armada Music | ||
| No Mana & Cafcat | Lethargy | August 19, 2016 | mau5trap | |
| No Mana & Winnie Ford | Constellations | Above The Blue | March 10, 2017 | |
| No Mana | Laser Beam | We Are Friends, Vol. 6 | March 24, 2017 | |
| No Mana | Metronomes For Pulsars (Monstergetdown Remix) | Non-album single | April 28, 2017 | |
| Clear (Rezz Remix) | May 26, 2017 | |||
| isqa & Rezz | Psycho | December 1, 2017 | Self-released | |
| No Mana & Colleen D'Agostino | Other Side | Assorted Repetitions | June 1, 2018 | mau5trap |
| No Mana, i_o, & Fay | Bad Things | Melted Candy | November 27, 2018 | |
| No Mana & Jessica Ess | Tell Me Most | We Are Friends, Vol. 8 | January 4, 2019 | |
| isqa | SSUPTETSUADLLYDFRA (Chime Remix) | Non-album single | January 25, 2019 | Self-released |
| No Mana & Winnie Ford | House of Cards | Non-album single | March 29, 2019 | mau5trap |
| No Mana & Jessica Ess | Panic | June 7, 2019 | Anjunabeats | |
| No Mana & EDDIE | Untitled Forever | June 21, 2019 | mau5trap | |
| No Mana & Jantine | Strangers | Secret Level | January 14, 2020 | |
| No Mana & Voicians | The Same Way | Secret, Secret Level | August 14, 2020 | |
| No Mana & Fay | Badder Things | Non-album single | September 25, 2020 | |
| No Mana | Illegal Screenshots | We Are Friends, Vol. 10 | February 12, 2021 | |
| No Mana & Tommy Trash | Can't Say No | Electromag | June 18, 2021 | |
| No Mana & James Egbert | Alive | September 10, 2021 | ||
| No Mana & Uppermost | Example | |||
| No Mana | Toys of Violence | |||
| Yesterday | Non-album single | September 2, 2022 | Monstercat | |
| Out of the Dark | October 4, 2022 | |||
| No Mana & ill-esha | Space | November 22, 2022 | ||
| No Mana & Olivera | My Way To You | May 26, 2023 | OH2 Records | |
| isqa | always running | June 30, 2023 | Self-released | |
| No Mana & Voicians | Justify | September 28, 2023 | Monstercat |
Remixes[edit]
| Artist | Song | Remix | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protohype & Alina Renae | Fly | isqa Remix | September 3, 2013 | Firepower Records |
| deadmau5 | There Might Be Coffee | February 13, 2014 | Cynical Records | |
| Armanni Reign & Mark Instinct | Brother's Keeper | February 17, 2015 | Uplink Audio | |
| Alison Wonderland | Run | July 17, 2015 | Self-released | |
| Michael Woods & Andrea Martin | Sleep | No Mana Remix | December 21, 2015 | Diffused Music |
| PatrickReza & Jilian | Take Me Away | isqa Remix | May 6, 2016 | Self-released |
| deadmau5 | Strobe | No Mana Remix | December 2, 2016 | mau5trap |
| Svrcina | Island | August 25, 2017 | Self-released | |
| deadmau5 & Colleen D'Agostino | Stay | October 20, 2017 | mau5trap | |
| Feed Me & Kill the Noise | Crazy Maybe | November 10, 2017 | ||
| Gabriel & Dresden & Jan Burton | Waiting For Winter | August 31, 2018 | Anjunabeats | |
| Knife Party | Sleaze | No Mana & i_o Remix | October 26, 2018 | Self-released |
| Eprom | Hurricane | isqa Remix[upper-alpha 1] | April 8, 2019 | Self-released |
| Kiiara | Bipolar | No Mana Remix | September 13, 2019 | Atlantic Records |
| Above & Beyond & Zoë Johnston | There's Only You | September 16, 2019 | Anjunabeats | |
| deadmau5 | invidia (ov) | October 4, 2019 | mau5trap | |
| Whethan | I Miss You | December 20, 2019 | Atlantic Records | |
| Jason Ross & Melanie Fontana | Shelter | May 8, 2020 | Ophelia | |
| KLOUD | Disconnect | March 29, 2021 | NIGHTMODE | |
| EDDIE | Shine | July 9, 2021 | mau5trap | |
| Motorcycle | As The Rush Comes | December 3, 2021 | Virgin Records |
Footnotes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "isqa Returns From Hiatus with Massive New 'i 40ve you' EP on HypnoVizion". This Song Is Sick. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ seradopa (2022-12-08). "isqa Re-Awakens to Say 'i 4ove you' on HypnoVizion » Electric Hawk". Electric Hawk. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "REZZ x Isqa Drop a Spooky Surprise With "Psycho" | EDM Identity". edmidentity.com. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Staff, Your EDM (2014-06-12). "Interview with Isqa on "Melancolor EP"". Your EDM. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 theelvee_w2oe3m (2015-09-05). "An Interview with No Mana, Opening for Deadmau5 at the Allentown Fair Tonight – The El Vee". Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ Isqa – Tetraform, 2013-06-30, retrieved 2023-10-09
- ↑ Isqa – Melancolor, 2014-06-09, retrieved 2023-10-09
- ↑ Isqa – Sleeper, 2014-10-03, retrieved 2023-10-09
- ↑ Small, Liz. "No Mana Announces Debut Album and Tour". Relentless Beats. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ Isqa – [Redacted], 2015-08-18, retrieved 2023-10-09
- ↑ "No Mana's Debut Album 'Secret Level' is a Flawless Release on mau5trap | EDM Identity". edmidentity.com. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Stack, Chris (2020-10-21). "No Mana releases EP follow-up to debut album, 'Secret, Secret Level'". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ "No Mana Ushers In the Return of Electro House With "Electromag" Compilation". EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 findyoursounds (2022-12-11). "Experimental Bass Producer/DJ isqa Releases 'i 4ove you' EP on HypnoVizion REZZ Enlists Long-Time Friend for First External Release on Her Label". FindYourSounds. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ "REZZ Taps isqa For First External Release on HypnoVizion | EDM Identity". edmidentity.com. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ seradopa (2022-12-08). "isqa Re-Awakens to Say 'i 4ove you' on HypnoVizion » Electric Hawk". Electric Hawk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ "Here's a List of Every Electronic Music Show at Red Rocks In 2023 – EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists". EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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