When Nora En Pure stepped up to the carnivalesque decks at Tomorrowland in 2019, the crowd were taken gently by the hand: rather than the buzzsaw Technicolor riffs of mainstream EDM, Nora En Pure opened her set with a lilting, simple piano track, building into a deep house set of pretty melodies, woodwind hooks and warm, low-rumbling bass. The Swiss-South African DJ and producer is known for her emotive style of songwriting — her videos are set on mountains and in woodlands. “I always like to have a strong nature focus, using sounds of wildlife or organic instruments that create a sense of wanderlust while keeping it crisp and tight,” she once said.
