About the Record
Written by Nidal Eradi
Where it all started.
This was the very first record Burton and I released together as Resort46.
Bojan (Elmnt) pulled up to our studio apartment one afternoon, and we were genuinely hyped. We already knew he was a machine — a true OG. Running his own label (Free99), producing multiple artists, writing pop records for others, DJing some of the hottest venues in the city… and on top of that, hands down the best rapper I’ve ever met in person.
(Not high while writing this. Fully aware of what I’m saying.)
From the moment he walked in, you could tell how much he loved connecting with people. Curious, generous, deeply tapped into other people’s work. We started sharing music — a lot of it. Different genres, different worlds, all fire. One of those moments that makes you stop and think: yeah… there are levels to this.
We were supposed to make music that day. Obviously.
But we were having such a good time just hanging out that hours flew by. Bojan showed up around 2 PM. By 8 PM, we hadn’t recorded a single note — and somehow, no one was stressed about it.
Then out of nowhere, someone knocks on the door.
It’s Jonathan, our downstairs neighbor. He tells us he hears us jamming all the time and really loves the music. He’s from Chile, and as a thank-you, he cooked us a traditional Chilean dish. We were stunned. He didn’t stay long, just dropped the food and dipped.
We inhaled it in ten minutes flat.
I don’t know what was in that chicken… but something activated.
Suddenly, everyone was energized.
I grabbed my guitar and started messing around with this weird delay pedal Bojan had brought. Oh — small detail — he showed up to the first session with a full suitcase of pedals and percussion instruments. Who does that?
I played a riff that ended up becoming a subtle sample tucked way in the back of Sideways. Burton laid down that dirty, cassette-style beat. I added bass. Then Bojan stepped up to the mic and tracked the entire song in one take.
No exaggeration.
Our jaws hit the floor while he just laughed — like, “You kids never seen this before, huh?”
Seven hours of hanging out.
One hour of music.
And the record was already 80% done.
Later, we brought in Scott — an incredible violinist from the Montreal orchestra — to work out the string arrangements. Shortly after, the record was sent to mastering in New York. Done.
Sideways taught me something I still stand by today:
when the energy is right, execution becomes effortless.
Good times first.
Tracking later.