Nicolette Suwoton is a UK singer/songwriter of Nigerian parentage. Currently living in London, UK, she was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and has lived in Nigeria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium. Her music, although falling broadly into the field of electronica, is characterised by myriad influences, including, jazz, classical, blues, folk, and African. This has resulted in a highly individualistic sound due in part to the extremely diverse variety of music her father played and taught her as a child. Known for her distinctive sensual, childlike voice, she has been described as "Billie Holliday on acid". She has released three solo albums, as well as a DJ mix album for the DJ-Kicks series, and featured on 'Three' and 'Sly', two songs on Massive Attack's 1994 Protection album. She has worked with a host of other distinguished collaborators in the electronic music field, such as Plaid, Alec Empire, and 4 Hero. In 1999 she set up her own record label, Early Records, upon leaving Talkin’ Loud to release interesting, quirky pop anthems. According to Nicolette, Early Records' music policy is: "innovative pop music."[1] Nicolette's 2005 album, "Life Loves Us", was released through the label. In 2007 Nicolette's cult hit "No Government" was re-released and remixed by Tocadisco and Makossa & Megablast. Nicolette is currently in the studio working on a follow up to 2005's "Life Loves Us" album, to be released in 2008.
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Discography
Albums
- Now is Early (1992)
- Let No One Live Rent Free in Your Head (1996)
- DJ-Kicks (1997)
- Life Loves Us (2005)
- New Studio LP TBA (2008)
Non Album Tracks
- I'm Raving (With L.A. Style) 1993
- Sly (With Massive Attack) 1994
- Three (With Massive Attack) 1994
- Extork (With Plaid) 1997
- Contradictions (With Bang Gang) 2003
- So Loud (With Phui) 2007
- Communication (With Filewile) 2007
References
- ^ "Nicolette Interview". Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
