Time really does fly when you are having fun… I wanted to mark today by re-posting my very first GFM posting from one year ago today as well as provide some links to a few of my favorite rants and reviews. (more…)
Wishing The Foreign Exchange the best for tonight’s Grammy Awards. To celebrate the great folks over at Quality Time Online have put together the ‘THE NICOLAYAWAY EP (A TRIBUTE TO NICOLAY)’. You can download it here.
Tracklisting
01. The Foreign Exchange ft. Muhsinah – Daykeeper (*Grammy genomineerd)
02. United Soul ft. Phonte & Yahzarah – Soul Clap remix
03. The Foreign Exchange – Nic’s Groove (Live @ Sirius/XM Radio)
04. Nicolay ft. Carlitta Durand – Lose Your Way
05. The Foreign Exchange/?uestlove – Purple Flip
06. Victor Duplaix – Electric love (Nicolay Vocal Mix)
The long awaited remix from Nicolay for Vikter Duplaix’s “Electric Love” is here and doesn’t disappoint. Cop your free download below.
From the official press release:
December 24, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA
Grammy® nominated producer Nicolay, fresh on the heels of his nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category celebrates the Holidays with Vikter Duplaix with a remix of Duplaix’s new single “Electric Love.”
The Netherlands raised / North Carolina based Nicolay, one-half of the artistic collective known as The Foreign Exchange, was nominated this year by The Recording Academy in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category. The Los Angeles based Duplaix, who hails from Philadelphia, is known in international circles as a Producer/Artist and DJ who earned Grammy® recognition in the same category in 2008.
As a celebration of the holidays, Vikter Duplaix and Nicolay are teaming up to offer the remix for free beginning Christmas day exclusively at http://www.VikterDuplaix.com.
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A few months ago I was casually perusing my twitter feed when a few buzzwords flashed upon my screen: Prince, ?uestlove, Purple, to say the least I was intrigued. Upon further investigation I was pleasantly surprised to hear (and download for free on nicolaymusic.com) an incredible take on the Prince classic “Take Me With U”. “Purple Flip” is a collaborative effort between the aforementioned
?uestlove, Nicolay, ZO!, Phonte and Carlitta Durand it was my first and brief introduction to The Foreign Exchange family. I filed a card in my mental rolodex and made sure to follow the tweeters in question. Fast Forward a few months and I have now added a new buzzword to my musical vocabulary: SHIBUYA.
City Lights Vol. 2: SHIBUYA is the latest offering from Nicolay, the multi-instrumentalist/producer/DJ and one half of The Foreign Exchange with rapper/singer/songwriter Phonte. This marks the fourth solo outing for Nicolay and is the third recording in a series of projects (Time: Line and Leave It All Behind) influenced by his first visit to Tokyo in 2006.
In the truest sense of the word City Lights Vol. 2: SHIBUYA is a story. This recording, like all great stories, has a definite beginning, middle and end. SHIBUYA should be listened to in the same manner as we experience a great story: front to back, cover to cover and beginning to end. To experience it any other you may run the risk of missing the big picture, because SHIBUYA is much more than a series of instrumentals with a few vocals sprinkled in for good measure.
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Dope, dope video from the incredible and extremely versatile Sy Smith.
In true 2009 techno-fashion, this video was conceived & created across the seas via the internet. Love the song and unique video. The song is from her 2008 album, Conflict
Be sure to support and follow Sy throughout SyberSpace, MySpace , FaceBook, on American Idol, in a city near you or on tour with Chris Botti.
Check out more from Sy after the jump, including the classic, “My Story“, from Nicolay and her latest single, the beautiful “Fly Away With Me“.
With the release of his highly anticipated project less than 2 weeks away, Nicolay has blessed us with another special treat: a free download of the Shibuya’ sampler!
The track listing for the sampler is below:
01 Shibuya Station
02 Crossing
03 Omotesando
04 Meiji Shrine
05 Shadow Dancing
06 Bullet Train
07 Saturday Night feat. Carlitta Durand
So, as you know by now, we’ve got nothing but love and respect for The Foreign Exchange and their whole extended family. It’s always a welcome treat when Nicolay drops a nugget from his extensive vault and shares it with the fans. Well, this month is an extra special treat that coincides with an iconic milestone for FE fans. Check it out:
In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the release of The Foreign Exchange’s debut album ‘Connected‘, we have a very special ‘Off The Shelf‘ installment for you today!
At the end of January 2005, on the heels of a sold-out performance at London’s Jazz Cafe, Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange (consisting of Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh, Nicolay, Yahzarah, Darien Brockington and DJ Flash) recorded a live-in-studio session for Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom). Originally, the BBC Radio 1 only aired the two Foreign Exchange tracks, ‘Come Around’ and ‘Sincere’, but we are now presenting this session in its entirety. Enjoy!
Thanks for listening,
Nicolay
Tracklisting:
01 Speed (Little Brother)
02 The Way You Do It (Little Brother)
03 Come Around (The Foreign Exchange)
04 Sincere (The Foreign Exchange)
Drop on over to their official website to get more jewels and the latest on their upcoming release, City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya, which drops on 9/15 but is available for pre-order here.
Nicolay (one half of the group The Foreign Exchange) has unveiled “Lose Your Way” from his upcoming album Shibuya (City Lights Volume II) which drops September 15th. The song features the newly signed Carlitta Durand who brings soft, smooth vocals to the song.
I’m really feeling the relaxed, sort of dreamy feel to it. Looking forward the upcoming CD, definitely keep an eye out for that one. Check out the song below — what do you think?
Nicolay says about the new album: “It truly is like stepping into a different world”, says Nicolay about his trip to the city. “What fascinated me most about Shibuya was the co-existence of ‘old’ and ‘new’ in seemingly perfect harmony. The most advanced technologies and innovations exist next to traditions that are rooted in thousands of years of civilization.”
