Creator

Origin

Creator: Origin

It started in GIMP at twelve, making YouTube banners and avatars for whoever needed one. By fourteen the work looked like ad graphics for gaming brands, self-assigned and unpaid, made to learn how the real ones were built. Cinema 4D came next for motion, and with it the first client intros and small brand videos. Then my passion for music got started by FL Studio, turning into a side-hustle selling beats and running studio sessions worldwide in the world of EDM and Trap beats.

SESSIONS

From the age of 14 to 21 I went all-in with producing music. Beats became projects, projects became albums. By 2023 the sessions were happening in Los Angeles. From Universal Studios to Rick Rubin’s American Recording in Burbank. My thoughts started to manifest in melodies. This time was crucial in maturing my vision, now wanting to not only build the beat, but build the artist and everything around them. Slowly pulling back at the roots I started from.

FULL CIRCLE

Almost a decade in entertainment later, the path bends back to the start. Technology, design and childlike creativity. This portfolio is part of that return, now assisted with state of the art AI to fully encapsulate my vision. If anything, it has always been about catching the sparks in my mind, transforming them into something physical, audible or visible. The way I see it, the most appropriate way for defining all of it at once, is as a Creative Technologist. I do that from Munich, for teams across Bavaria and Germany.

Noa Katana is a creative strategist, creative director and creative technologist, born in Baden-Württemberg and raised outside Munich. He directed GAME for Yung Palo and Sony Music, took FiggDasGeld from the underground to a BMG signing with his partner, has produced music since 2020, and builds open-source tools: argmin, kleinhirn and Socratic Workshop. Based in Munich, he takes on creative direction, strategy, product marketing, AI automation and web projects across Bavaria and Germany.