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Nicky Evans

About Me


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Started writing songs aged 7. At 18, signed to a Hong Kong label SEA Music and later recorded an album produced by Charlie Jones (bass player from Page and Plant, and now with Goldfrapp). Then off to Leeds university and later joined Doctor Octopus, a live funk/house/drum n bass/reggae outfit that stormed the Leeds scene. Also worked with Lazersonic on a track they co-wrote called "Open Your Eyes", has recently recorded a new demo with pianist Ian Beetlestone and provided vocals for a film track called Closer with Joel Bird.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/05/2006
Band Website: www.nickyevans.com
Band Members: Nicky Evans - singer, songwriter, guitarist
Influences: Influences came about as a postscript to my own music; it was more a case of "you sound like" rather than "I like". However, singers and writers I love to listen to include Randy Newman, Ben Harper, Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, John Martyn, Sandy Denny and so many more.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Rockit Music Festival

So, at the very last minute, the lovely people at Rockit pulled together an acoustic tent, well not so much a tent, more an outdoor space, but hey, I'll take it. Instead of writing this, I better get...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:15:00 GMT

Rockit Audition at Amensia

The final auditions for Hong Kong's annual Rockit music festival (www.rockit-hk.com) were last night. I was the first one up - just me and the guitar. This is the first time I have done an acoustic ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:37:00 GMT

Writing

This is all new. A blog. Background: I had a huge fall out with music a few years ago on the back of Doctor Octopus breaking up and a couple of kids breaking into my flat and stealing my prized colle...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:44:00 GMT