Nicolette

“My intention in making music (apart from the pure, pure unadulterated joy of expressing myself) is to change people’s lives by helping them fall in love with themselves, or if they already are in love with themselves, to make them fall in love with themselves even more deeply.” - Nicolette

Singer, songwriter, producer, DJ and label owner, Scots-Nigerian Nicolette has had a long and exciting adventure in music-making. She has also been lucky enough to work with some outstanding music-makers, including Shut Up and Dance, Massive Attack, Alec Empire, Plaid, and many, many wonderful others. Nicolette first came to the music world’s attention in 1990, when her collaboration with Shut Up and Dance led to her first single ‘School of the World/Single Minded People’ becoming a smash, followed by several more dance floor hits and finally the 1992 release of her seminal first album ‘Now Is Early.’ She was then approached by Massive Attack, which resulted in her singing on and co-writing two singles ‘Sly’ and ‘Three’ on Massive Attack’s “Protection” album.

 Nicolette was then signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label, releasing the seminal ‘No Government’, the first single from her new album, followed by the album “Let No-one Live Rent Free In Your Head”. In between times, Nicolette collaborated with various wonderful artists (amongst them Plaid), on their own projects, released a DJ mix album on Studio K7 ("Nicolette DJ Kicks"), and started DJ-ing worldwide.

After some time with Talkin’ Loud, Nicolette left to set up this label, Early Records. Following several singles and one EP (“Just In Time”), her third album, “Life Loves Us”, came out on Early Records, and since then all her music has continued to be released through the label; singles, videos, and two further EPs, “Wholesome” and “Modern Stories”. The journey continues as her fourth album THE INFINITIVE is out very shortly. Musicians from all over the world have played on this latest album, making it an interesting hybrid of various cultural influences and Nicolette’s own idiosyncratic style.

Nicolette’s mellifluous voice, which has been described as “Billie Holiday on acid”, continues to be the linking factor in her hybrid sound of electronic light, vibrant play, and LOVEISALL.