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Los Angeles, CA 90012

Artist: Nicolay
Album: Here [LISTEN]
Label: BBE Music
Street Date: September 5th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3, vinyl

Nicolay - “I Am The Man” feat. Black Spade [DOWNLOAD]

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Producer/musician NICOLAY has started his own record label on which he plans to release several new projects. The new label, a partnership with Premium Blend Music Productions (GmbH), will bear the same name as his production company, NICOLAY MUSIC.

NICOLAY is best known as the producing half of THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE (with Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), who’s debut album Connected (BBE; 2004) made a huge impact on the underground hiphop and soul scene, garnering praise from listeners, critics and peers alike. THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE was featured on MTV, VH1, BET and NPR, while Connected quickly reached #1 on CMJ’s Hip Hop chart. In 2005, NICOLAY was one of URB Magazine’s Next 100. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I, remixed tracks for Roy Ayers, Bob James, Candy Dulfer and many others, toured the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan, and released several albums under his own name, most notably City Lights Volume 1.5 (BBE; 2005) and Here (BBE; 2006). NICOLAY currently lives and works in North Carolina.

Artist: Nicolay
Album: Here [LISTEN]
Label: BBE Music
Street Date: September 5th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3, vinyl

Nicolay - “I Am The Man” feat. Black Spade [DOWNLOAD]

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Thanks to Ultra-Vybe, INC (Japan) & Bad News Records (Japan), Nicolay Music presents the Nicolay & Curse Japanese Prize Pack Contest.

* If you email CONTEST@NICOLAYMUSIC.COM by Thursday February 1 2007 with the subject line as Japanese Prize Pack, you will be automatically entered to win 1 (one) prize pack

* There will be 2 (two) winners for this contest
* Each prize pack will come with:
– Nicolay - Here (Japanese Edition with Bouns Disc)
– Curse - Sinnflut (Japanese Edition with Bouns Disc) (features “U Know Me” produced by Nicolay)

Each winner will be notified via email after February 1 so get signed up already

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Nicolay - “I Am The Man” feat. Black Spade [DOWNLOAD]

November, 18 2006
w/ Curse @ Colors Studio in TOKYO
B3F barbizon27 2-25-23 Nishi-Azabu,
Minato-ku, Tokushima

November, 26 2006
Nicolay’s Soulful Sundays : Episode II w/ Stevie Mack
the Purple Party | An Evening of Prince @ Bella Festa
127 Princess Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403
Cost: $6 cover, $3 if dressed in something Purple

Buy it @ UGHH | Virgin Mega | iTunes |

Artist: Nicolay
Album: Here [LISTEN]
Label: BBE Music
Street Date: September 5th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3, vinyl
Tour Dates: Website | Myspace | World’s Fair

Heads up all you west coast headz - Nicolay, your favorite producer’s favorite producer, is finally coming on down to blow up your spot!

• Oct 5 @ The Agenda Lounge: Universal Grammer, San Jose, CA
• Oct 6 @ Poleng Lounge: FutureClassic, San Francisco, CA
• Oct 7 @ Grand Star Jazz Club: Boombox, Los Angeles, CA

Nicolay’s posted some archival footage of Foreign Exchange on his YouTube profile - check it out.

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CMJ Hip Hop - #10 (debut) PEAK *#1 Highest Debut*
CMJ Hip Hop Adds - #5 Most Added

Don’t sleep on the smoothest, soulfullest hip hop record of the year!

Show & prove:

Nicolay - “I Am The Man” feat. Black Spade [DOWNLOAD]

It’s confirmed - live show is off the hook! Nic is taking a breather at his new home in NC, and will be back on the road for the West Coast real soon so get ready to get crazy up in here:

Sep 22 @ Bella Festa, Wilmington, NC
Oct 5 @ TBA: Universal Grammer, San Jose, CA
Oct 6 @ Poleng Lounge: FutureClassic, San Francisco, CA
Oct 7 @ Grand Star Jazz Club: Boombox, Los Angeles, CA

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Pics from Nicolay’s launch party at Canal Room are up on iMeem:

Phonte Coleman, Darrien Brockington and Purple St. James of Foreign Exchange in full effect:

Favorable reviews for Nicolay’s “Here” are pouring in:

“Former Netherlands resident Nicolay is now a North Carolinian. It should be a prosperous move for the producer-instrumentalist, as his first legit solo disc explodes with hypnotic swaths of harmonies. Even when his collective of upstart guest singers and rhymers talk of trouble, Nicolay’s soul-infused jams often remain optimistic.” - Urb.com

“It’s rare in 2006 that an album can be labeled incredible. It is even rarer to call an artist a genius. … You need to buy this album. Why? Because at 11 tracks deep of pure perfection this is a Hip-Hop …scratch that, musical classic in every sense of the word.” - HHN Live

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Alice Smith, Nicolay, J Dilla, Hugh Masekela, Midlake and Read Yellow are all featured in September’s Edition of iRiver Music America, powered by your good friends at Brandracket. There are free downloads to enjoy so grab ‘em while you can!

Vote for your favorite artist and you will be entered to potentially win a free iRiver Clix mp3 player!

“Here” is out in stores now! Check out this awesome review in this month’s Urb:

“Former Netherlands resident Nicolay is now a North Carolinian. It should be a prosperous move for the producer-instrumentalist, as his first legit solo disc explodes with hypnotic swaths of harmonies.” — Craig Smith

Nicolay is scheduled for an in-store at the UGHH: Underground Hip Hop store in Boston at 7pm Wednesday, before the show at The Modern.

Buy it @ UGHH | Virgin Mega | iTunes |

Artist: Nicolay
Album: Here [LISTEN]
Label: BBE Music
Street Date: September 5th, 2006
Formats: CD, mp3, vinyl
Tour Dates: Website | Myspace | World’s Fair

Reminder for Tuesday @ Canal Room - it’s gonna be off the hook! Get your tickets webbed, or $15 @ Door for an exclusive line-up of the hottest underground rap from all over the USA, backed by the solid DJ / production skills of Nicolay.

Nicolay was recently featured on All Hip Hop - click to read the interview.

Nicolay - “I Am The Man” feat. Black Spade [DOWNLOAD]

Nicolay - “Give Her Everything” [STREAM]

Nicolay - “I Love The Way You Love” feat. Darien Brockington [STREAM]

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