nicola

Originaire de Rennes, NICOLA a été, dès son plus jeune âge, bercé par la pop music (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones). C’est en écoutant des artistes comme Palace Music, Pavement, The Boo Radleys, Emma, Katerine et Les Little Rabbits que NICOLA s’est décidé à se mettre à écrire.
Après avoir fait ses armes au sein de Frele, Alameda 4, Spiritual Karaokey, et deux albums avec SOPHA, groupe rennais dont il écrivit textes et musiques avec Olyfen, NICOLA nous livre aujourd'hui un premier opus autoproduit, J'ai envie qu'on soit deux , pour lequel il joue la quasi totalité des instruments. Publié par le plus que micro label maison simpaticomusic, l’album enregistré et mixé sur une période d'un an ½, se compose de dix compositions originales dans un style pop intimiste et d'un délicieux titre, Je Glisse & Je Frissonne, écrit et composé par OLYFEN et sur lequel celui-ci tient la guitare. On y trouve une collaboration avec LOTUS, le très "Gene Kelly" Les Matins Fragiles. A noter aussi la présence à ces sessions de Cédric Derouet (saxophone sur deux morceaux), Elizabeth and Stéphanie (chant, choeurs). Actuellement, NICOLA travaille à de nouveaux titres.
English Version :
NICOLA was born and raised in Rennes, a city of north-western France, in the east of Brittany. He was reared with the sound of Pop Music (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones) in a city that plays a large part in France Pop Music since nearly 25 years. Numerous fellow artists such as Marquis de Sade, Etienne Daho, Kalashnikov, Arnold Turboust, Niagara, put the city to the front of the popular music scene in the early 80’s, and more recently with artists such as Jack O’ Lanternes, The Married Monk, Yann Tiersen, Olivier Mellano, Aïwa. The city keeps on playing a large part in France Pop Music since these times. Nicola started to write songs as about 1996 as he would listen to Pavement, Palace Music, Emma, The Boo Radleys, Katerine and The Little rabbits.
After having made his debut in several bands among which Frele (1997), Alameda 4, Spiritual Karaokey, and after two albums with SOPHA - in which he would write lyrics and music with Olyfen - NICOLA today releases his first own self-produced demo album, J’ai envie qu’on soit deux (I want that one is two), on which he played nearly all the instruments. He also recorded and produced it on his own. The sessions were recorded and mixed over a one year and a ½ period, and the album is made up of ten original innermost pop songs and another, the delicious Je Glisse & Je Frissonne (I Slip & Shiver), whose songwriter OLYFEN plays the guitar. LOTUS joined NICOLA in the studio for some weeks of collaboration. As a result, the very like Gene Kelly, Les Matins Fragiles (Blue Mornings). Other participants included Cédric Derouet (saxophone on two tracks), Elizabeth and Stéphanie (vocals). Published by the home demo label Simpatico Music, J’ai envie qu’on soit deux is his first work as a solo artist. Nicola is now working on new songs. Simpatico music has its page on Myspace. You can find there material and articles about all the projects from this home demo label. If you wanna know more about the lyrics, just e-mail.
NICOLA 2008