{"id":740615,"date":"2026-07-24T00:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-an-obscure-tape-label-discovered-nirosta-steels-my-skyscraper\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:30:32","slug":"how-an-obscure-tape-label-discovered-nirosta-steels-my-skyscraper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-an-obscure-tape-label-discovered-nirosta-steels-my-skyscraper\/","title":{"rendered":"How an obscure tape label discovered Nirosta Steel\u2019s MY SKYSCRAPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af750f48717f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af750f48717f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-an-obscure-tape-label-discovered-nirosta-steels-my-skyscraper\/#No_one_wanted_to_release_Nirosta_Steels_breakout_album_Then_ULYSSA_Records_stepped_in\" >No one wanted to release Nirosta Steel\u2019s breakout album. Then ULYSSA Records stepped in.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_one_wanted_to_release_Nirosta_Steels_breakout_album_Then_ULYSSA_Records_stepped_in\"><\/span>No one wanted to release Nirosta Steel\u2019s breakout album. Then ULYSSA Records stepped in.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282763\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_2308_qtqoyp\/nirosta-steel.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How an obscure tape label discovered Nirosta Steel\u2019s &lt;i&gt;MY SKYSCRAPER&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Nirosta Steel.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      via the artist.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282757\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            A month ago, very few people knew the name Nirosta Steel. But on June 29, when the 69-year-old singer, producer, and guitarist  released his sprawling, omnivorous new album <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i>, something h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Steel, born Steven Hall, was a mentee of beat poet Allen Ginsberg and a collaborator of Arthur Russell, and has spent much of his life <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing the globe. <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i>\u2019s 17 songs trace Steel\u2019s journey over the past five decades, spanning songs he recorded from the 1980s to 2025. Bridging such disparate genres as dub, funk, disco, Balearic house, balladic pop, and Mandarin opera, to name a few, it offers snapshots of the New York Downtown scene of the \u201970s and \u201980s, and plenty of other scenes besides.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Steel has been making music for a half-century, but his work has received little attention before now. His 2014 debut LP <i>COOL FIRE\/\u9177\u5152\u6b6a\u6b4c<\/i>, a live album recorded at a queer bookstore in Taiwan, went virtually unnoticed, as did its follow-up, 2017\u2019s <i>DRY ICE<\/i>. He expected a similar reception for <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i>, despite its more intentional layout and smoother feel. \u201cWe had no idea that this was something that people were listening for,\u201d Steel tells The FADER on July 23.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282762\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1586516707\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ulyssa.bandcamp.com\/album\/my-skyscraper\">MY SKYSCRAPER by Nirosta Steel<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282758\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Within days of its release, <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i> vaulted Steel from relative obscurity to an unprecedented level of microcelebrity: minor stardom on \u201cGay <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,\u201d a 9.0 from <i>Pitchfork<\/i> (the site\u2019s highest rating since 2024), and four near-instantly sold-out shows at Nightclub 101 in New York City. It\u2019s also been a dramatic change in fortune for ULYSSA Records, the little-known label behind its release.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cThree weeks ago, ULYSSA had $15 in the bank, and it&#8217;s different now,\u201d says Eric Deines, who co-founded the label during COVID with fellow tape enthusiast John Williamson. \u201cI\u2019m scared to death right now.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Deines and Williamson are calling in from Bloomington, Indiana and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, two and a half weeks after the release of  <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i>. The duo had no clue Nirosta Steel\u2019s newest record would sell better than anything else they\u2019d released in the past half-decade: The two A\/B singles they dropped led to just 14 pre-orders, and the PR email they sent around collected dust in the inboxes of music journalists around the world. They treated the album no differently than they had their past projects, all of which they\u2019d sunk immeasurable amounts of energy into, even when they couldn\u2019t afford to release them in physical form. \u201cPeople weren\u2019t even buying enough tapes to make it worth spending $450 on 100 cassettes,\u201d Williams says. Despite the precarity, the pair invested $1,000 to press 200 vinyl LPs the day before <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i> dropped.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282766\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2312_zosh8c\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2312_zosh8c\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2312_zosh8c\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 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750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2326_yeynay\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2326_yeynay\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2326_yeynay\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2326_yeynay\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/IMG_2326_yeynay\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"How an obscure tape label discovered Nirosta Steel\u2019s &lt;i&gt;MY SKYSCRAPER&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282759\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            From the label&#8217;s inception, the ULYSSA boys have committed themselves to promoting artists whose songs are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly unknown beyond their family and friends. Through <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/libanswers.snhu.edu\/faq\/8739\">boolean<\/a> Spotify searches, Williamson has found thousands of albums that exist outside the algorithm. Many of the artists they\u2019ve discovered have zero monthly listeners, often because their songs were uploaded to the DSPs, unbeknownst to them, in the 2000s, when the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/notnoise.co\/blog\/umg-owns-cd-baby-what-it-means-for-indie-artists\">then-indie distributor<\/a> CD Baby began to add much of its physical stock to streaming. \u201cIt&#8217;s pure flotsam, neglected little islands,\u201d Williamson says. \u201cIt felt like being the first person to show up at a flea market.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Since September 2020, ULYSSA has released 42 albums on Bandcamp. These include a Duwap Kaine loosies tape and a collab album between eccentric pop auteur LUCY and untested Minnesota producer i.v. But much of their catalog is populated by collections of oddities \u2014 some exclusively bearing tracks with less than 1,000 plays \u2014 and exhibitions of singular artists excavated from the junkyard of forgotten media. There\u2019s Mississippi Delta polymath and human skull collector David Michael Moore, Indiana glitch-funk-house grandma Inga McDaniels, 66-year-old Alabamian Christian-Jungian blogger-singer-producer John R. Brusseau, and many more unlikely stars in the making.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Deines became aware of Nirosta Steel through Chanel Beads\u2019 Shane Levers, whom he was courting at the time in his role as Director of A&amp;R at the Secretly Group. (One could be excused for thinking Deines might have wielded this position to gladhand <i>MY SKYSCRAPER<\/i> into the limelight, but consider the fact that very few of ULYSSA\u2019s 41 previous releases broke even). When he heard <i>COOL FIRE<\/i>, he was instantly smitten. \u201cI have a vivid memory of being at my in-laws\u2019 lake house and looking out at the lake and listening to it, thinking, \u2018I&#8217;ve never heard a live record like this in my lifetime,\u201d he says. \u201cI was like, \u2018I am for him and he is for me.\u2019\u201d Deines initially tried to sell the Secretly team on signing Steel, but the timing wasn\u2019t right. When he pitched Steel the idea of releasing a project with ULYSSA instead, Steel was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282769\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Craziest reverse image ever seen on an album 10\/10 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZgzERBXxyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZgzERBXxyC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harry Tafoya (@gaykatemoss) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gaykatemoss\/status\/2071639919353610322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282761\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Steel\u2019s leap from obscurity to critical stardom is an enigma from every angle. With no apparent industry backing, no astroturfed social media campaigns, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelineofbestfit.com\/\">only one piece of pre-release press<\/a>, <i>MY SKYSCAPER<\/i> emerged from the fog without warning. ULYSSA\u2019s founding fathers chalk up the success of the album to a confluence of factors. They credit Gay Twitter, especially writer-at-large Harry Tafoya, for lighting the fuse; upon the album\u2019s release, he took to social media to call its back cover, \u201cthe craziest reverse image ever seen on an album.\u201d Featuring an artful photograph of all-male intercourse, the titillating image sparked a chain reaction of music heads across the globe. But it was more than that: Steel attributes his glow-up to a, \u201ccombination of good luck\/good timing and good music, as well as a \u201cnostalgia for the freewheeling and free-loving \u201980s, mostly from people who didn&#8217;t live through that period\u2014otherwise they would have to acknowledge the casualties of those thrilling and edgy encounters.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Does critical approval translate to commercial success? \u201cNot enough to quit your day job,\u201d Williamson says, \u201cbut I&#8217;ll tell you this: We\u2019ve made more in the last two weeks than we&#8217;ve made in the five years we\u2019ve been a label.\u201d He and Deines plan to use this minor windfall to invest money, as well as time and effort, in the projects they believe in. \u201cAll we&#8217;ve ever wanted this to be is a self-propelling art engine,\u201d he says. \u201cWe talk, half-jokingly, about ULYSSA Pictures. We talk about making art books. We&#8217;ve talked about all sorts of things. Basically, we want to get our hands on everything we think is cool.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            As for Steel, Deines claims he\u2019s been acting like a diva since he became music media\u2019s indie darling du jour. Steel doesn\u2019t deny it. \u201cMy husband calls me a \u2018slubrity\u2019 \u2014 a combination of slut and celebrity,\u201d he says. \u201cHe jokes (or maybe not joking) that my head might explode if it gets any bigger. Fortunately I have him to keep me in my place, and an opportunity to apply the lessons I learned as a student of [Buddhist master] Chogyam Trungpa about silent and expressed gratitude informed by the grace with which to know the difference, like when to shut the fuck up and just enjoy the ride!\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-282767\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/IMG_3372_skt1ec\/nirosta-steel-ulyssa-records-interview-my-skyscraper.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How an obscure tape label discovered Nirosta Steel\u2019s &lt;i&gt;MY SKYSCRAPER&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Then ULYSSA Records stepped in. Nirosta Steel. \u00a0 via the artist. A month ago, very few people knew the name Nirosta Steel. But on June 29, when the 69-year-old singer, producer, and guitarist released his sprawling, omnivorous new album MY SKYSCRAPER, something happened. 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