Cary Nokey

It’s difficult to describe Cary Nokey with the language ofcontemporary music. Cary Nokey isn’t so much a band as amusical collective, a rave-esque rotation whereinthe only constant is the electricity each member sparks.Born out of late nights in karaoke bars, Cary Nokey is thespace where high intensity electronic dance musicintersects with emotionally-charged rock, a hybrid of grit andglam. “I think of it as if Kurt Cobain had been a DJ,” says theman at the center of the collective, the multi-hyphenatemusical ringleader 8bit.T he idea to restructure the musical experience came to 8bit(named for a type of distortion, a production effect thatwarms a sound by lowering its fidelity) a short time into CaryNokey’s musical life. Making music shouldn’t have a format.Instead, why not reimagine Cary Nokey as a platform,featuring carefully curated