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Nik Ammar

hot rox nicky nox a.k.a. the mincestel

About Me


As well as writing my own music, I write/play/perform/produce on a number of other interesting musical ventures:

Guitarist, vocalist, producer and writer in Oi Va Voi

Double bassist in The Rohan Theatre Band

Guitarist and writer in Kitt

Guitarist / Kazooist in duo Dr Asperger's Klezmer Tonic
We played for The Queen once in St. James' palace and as she approached she did a little boogie for us...really!!! The Queen rocks!!! :-)

Remixes/Animation/Film music Producer/co-writer of an adaptation of 'A Rom And A Home' by Taraf De Haidouks for the compilation album Electric Gypsyland 2

Producer/writer of a remix of 'Istanbul 1:26am' by Orient Expressions
Currently working on the next Voi album plus other tunes for various bands/people/projects so watch this space!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/25/2005
Band Members:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

VOI UK TOUR DIARY

Tues 13th Nov - The Junction, CambridgeUber-promoter and (vocalist to boot) Gil once again had done us proud. we played to a fantastic singing and dancing cambridge crowd, and we had the most amazing ...
Posted by Nik Ammar on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:16:00 PST

reviews for oi va voi

here are some of the reviews i've found so far.Manchester Evening NewsThe SunThe Guardian...
Posted by Nik Ammar on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:55:00 PST

Glastonbury 2007

Well, it was a gruelling journey back from Glasto, braving mudslides, near head-on collisions, flash flooding and KFC on the way. My 1917 naval stage jacket has been put into quarantine to protect o...
Posted by Nik Ammar on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:03:00 PST

My story so far....

I started playing guitar when I was about 8 - I had a couple of classical guitar lessons at primary school was became hooked....my first experience of playing in a band was during my last year of seco...
Posted by Nik Ammar on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:18:00 PST