Notre Dame operates at the intersection of intuition and ambition. In just three years, the Parisian producer has gone from unknown to fielding collaboration requests from industry heavyweights like Bob Moses, performing on some of the world’s biggest stages, and building PARANORMAL, a multimedia ecosystem where anime-inspired visuals, hand-crafted collectible art toys, and emotive melodic house converge. The trajectory has been rapid, but there’s an intentionality beneath the momentum: a clear artistic vision that treats music as a gateway into worlds, emotions, and visual memories rather than simply tracks to be released and forgotten.

His latest collaboration with Canadian duo Bob Moses, ‘On My Mind,’ distills this approach perfectly. The track spent months earning its keep in club sets before its official release, building anticipation organically across festival stages and intimate dancefloors. It pairs Bob Moses’ signature brooding production and soulful songwriting with Notre Dame’s cinematic melodic sensibility. For Notre Dame, it marks his most high-profile collaborative single to date, arriving during a year that’s already seen him deliver his debut Essential Mix, launch the PARANORMAL webshop, and continue his prolific remix output for artists spanning from Max Styler and WhoMadeWho & Tripolism to Nelly Furtado and Röyksopp.

But beneath the collaborations and milestones lies something more fundamental: an artist who understands that longevity comes from staying grounded in intuition rather than chasing every trend. Whether he’s refining tracks in the studio, performing across continents, or curating the visual universe around PARANORMAL, Notre Dame operates with the confidence of someone who knows exactly what he’s building, even as the pieces continue to take shape around him. 

We caught up with Notre Dame to discuss ‘On My Mind,’ what’s next for his label PARANORMAL, and how he stays grounded amid the noise of a breakout year.

WWD: Hi Notre Dame! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us and congrats on the release of  your collab with Bob Moses, ‘On My Mind!’ You’ve been teasing this gem on the dancefloor for months ahead of its official release. What’s it like watching a track take on a life of its own in that liminal space between the booth and the official drop?

There’s something magical about that in between phases. When you play an unreleased track, it belongs purely to the dancefloor. You can feel people discovering it in real time, without context or expectation. Over the months, I watched it evolve, small reactions turning into hands in the air, phones coming out, people asking about it after the set. By the time it was officially released, it already had a story and a memory attached to it.

WWD: Bob Moses reached out during their production sessions for their late 2025 album ‘BLINK’ as longtime fans of your work. How did you approach collaborating with artists who’ve been in the game for over a decade while you’re still relatively early in your journey?

I approached it with a lot of respect but also with confidence in my own perspective. Bob Moses has a very strong identity and emotional depth in their songwriting, which I admire deeply. The collaboration felt more like a conversation than a hierarchy. We focused on what each of us could bring emotionally and sonically, rather than how long we’ve been in the game.

WWD: PARANORMAL has evolved from a label into this whole multimedia universe: anime videos, collectible art toys, and gallery pop-ups. When did you realize you wanted to build something bigger than just a platform to release music?

I think it happened naturally. Music was always the starting point, but I’ve never experienced it as something purely sonic. I see music as a gateway into worlds, emotions, and visual memories. As the project grew, it felt obvious that PARANORMAL could exist as an ecosystem, where sound, visuals, objects, and physical spaces all contribute to the same narrative.

WWD: Does the visual world you’re creating around PARANORMAL influence how you produce music or are those two creative processes totally separate for you?

They definitely influence each other. Sometimes a texture or atmosphere in a track suggests a visual world, and other times an image or aesthetic direction pushes me toward a certain sound palette. I like when music feels cinematic, when you can almost “see” it. That dialogue between sound and image is central to the identity of PARANORMAL.

WWD: You’ve remixed everyone from Nelly Furtado and Röyksopp to, more recently, Max Styler and WhoMadeWho. When you’re approaching such diverse artists, how do you keep your sound distinctive while still honoring what made the original special?

For me, a remix is a balance between preservation and transformation. I try to identify the emotional core of the original, the element that makes it resonate, and then rebuild the environment around it using my own language. If the essence remains intact but the perspective shifts, then the remix feels meaningful.

WWD: Paris clearly plays a huge role in your identity, from decadent to host the PARANORMAL pop-up in Le Marais to the French Touch influences often found on your productions. Does the city push you creatively in ways other places don’t, or is that sense of home more about grounding yourself between all the touring?

Paris is both a source of inspiration and an anchor. There’s a cultural density here, art, architecture, history, nightlife, that constantly feeds creativity. At the same time, it gives me a sense of grounding between travels. No matter where I play, returning to Paris reconnects me with my roots and with the emotional core of what I create.

WWD: Your Essential Mix aired in January – congrats, that’s a massive milestone! How did you approach curating two hours of music? Did it feel different from the freedom you have in a club setting?

Thank you. It was a very special experience. Unlike a club set, where you react to the room in real time, the Essential Mix is about storytelling. I approached it like a journey, shaping emotional arcs and transitions with intention. It gave me the freedom to explore moods and textures.

WWD: With everything happening in 2026 – the webshop launch, major collaborations, constant touring – how do you stay grounded in your own artistic vision? Do you have rituals or practices that help you tune out the noise?

I try to protect moments of silence and disconnection. Spending time in the studio without external input, walking through the city, or simply listening to music without analyzing it helps me reconnect with intuition. When things accelerate, returning to simplicity and to the reasons why I started keeps the vision clear.

WWD: Sounds perfect! Thanks for the chat 🙂

Thanks!

‘On My Mind’ is available here.