Meet Moises Godoy of NOISES in Downtown/Central

Today we’d like to introduce you to Moises Godoy.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Moises. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
Haha you know, I think about this question a lot and I can never really put my finger on an exact moment but I do remember the day that changed everything for me.

It all started in 2009. Me and my good friend at the time we’re hanging out at his house after soccer practice when he showed me this music video titled “Warp 1977” by The Bloody Beetroots. Everything about the video, the sound, captivated me in a way I couldn’t explain. The energy and noise I was hearing triggered an emotion that kept me looking for more. I was finding these amazing underground artists like Boys Noize, MSTRKRFT, The Toxic Avenger, Justice and many more who were making something soo different and so unique that I was addicted to finding new music to show ANYONE. From there, I was engulfing myself in what this “new wave” was all about and wanted to be apart of it every single step of the way.

As time progressed and my love for this grew bigger, I wanted to give a part of myself to this industry so I asked one of my uncles (who is an amazing open format vinyl DJ back home) where I should start since he had somewhat of an idea of what I wanted to accomplish. He handed me a very old version of FL Studio and told me to go home and try it out so I did exactly that. From that day on, I would come home right after practice and spend hours trying to make exactly what I loved listening to, but like everyone starting something new, I was terrible but it never discouraged me to always want to push myself to hopefully one day be as good as my influencers.

My father (who I credit a lot of my progression to) saw how dedicated I was to this dream and pushed me in that direction to pursue this so we emptied my very small room and fully converted it to a DJ/production station. As for my sleeping arrangements….a blue foldout futon. That is where the “shooting in the gym” really started. The neighbors did not like me and probably still soo glad I am no longer practicing at max volume and very odd hours of the night!

I’ll make the rest of my days a little quicker leading to now:
So from there I found an event group to work for (shoutout Justin Navalle) and started a small local residency spot at the House Of Blues San Diego, Played local raves with my friends who are now thriving in the industry today (Ookay, Hotfire, YDG) and playing my first big show which was one of the first Life in Color events at the San Diego Sports Arena with Showtek and Designer Drugs.

The DJing was fun and all but I always found myself leaning towards the production side more so around sophomore year of college, I took a break from playing shows and focused all my energy into just that. I moved to the valley and attended an audio engineering school to tighten up my craft. From there its all a blur just because I was always dipped into soo many projects with soo many people but it has lead me to an amazing place in my life with great people doing amazing things which I am grateful for every day.

I’ve had many people who’ve believed in my dream which has gotten to the place I am now. Never thought in a million years I would be working with the best upcoming artists around the world and releasing music on labels I’ve always looked up to!

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
I think it’s tough for anyone in this industry to really have a smooth come-up, especially when you have millions of kids gunning for the same spot you want but that’s what makes it fun for me. The thought of trying to perform at the highest level you possibly can just makes it that much more appealing to me. It’s all friendly though. I think that mindset just keeps me wanting progression.

But to answer the question, No.
I’ve struggled with countless years of nobody giving a crap about me and what I was trying to do. I mean yes, I had/have a handful of friends who never gave up on me but even at one point, my parents pushed me to quit because they wanted what they thought was best for me and my future. I was the only person in my area doing what I was doing and nobody understood it so having friends that would come to your shows or care about what you’re doing was VERY small. Nowadays you can catch everyone and they’re moms at HARD Music Festival. It’s crazy but I love it and now people are a lot more receptive to what I’m contributing.

So, as you know, we’re impressed with NOISES – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
WELL, I’m a music producer first and DJ second. I’ve been creating a catalog for the NOISES brand which I’m really excited to give to the public soon! I think what separates me from many of the producers today is I consider myself a one-stop-shop. I produce the songs, I write the lyrics and I record them myself from start to finish. I do the mixdowns and masters as well. Everything is organically me which makes my brand that much more special to myself and hopefully my listeners will get to hear that. As of right now, I am mostly credited and known for my vocal work that I have recently released on two established labels. I have released a record called “Buzzin” with the ever so talented Blossom on DJ Bijou’s new label Do No Duplicate Records this year in February and another record called “Medicine” with a great friend/producer Ekonovah on Insomniac Records’ House sub-label In/Rotation Records that came out early April of this year! Still a TBA date on the next release but I promise you’ve probably already heard samples of stuff at house shows in Phoenix.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
Wow, super random. Way to put me on the spot Voyage!

Ummm I would have to say my favorite memory as a child was going to Blockbuster with my parents every Friday to get two movies and a video game! If we were good, we could usually get some candy and a big bucket of that microwave movie popcorn. I remember there was a peter piper pizza across the street that sometimes we would go to before if we bugged my parents enough but it’s now long gone and almost positive that Blockbuster is now a vape shop lol. How times have changed. 2019 needs to bring back all the Blockbusters right away. I’m almost positive my dad still has his membership somewhere in the attic.

Contact Info:

• Email: noisesintl@gmail.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/noisesintl
• Facebook: facebook.com/noisesintl
• Twitter: twitter.com/noisesintl

Image Credit:
Sam Tooker
Tanner Perry

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