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Dan Nicholls
Dan has studied Indian classical music, worked with dance, and produced projects with film and visual art. He has performed at music festivals in Berlin, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Malmo, London, Birmingham and Cheltenham as well as venues throughout Europe. Dan has also performed at various film and dance festivals including Bath Film Festival, Risk Reclaim Copenhagen and Edinburgh Mela.
Current projects include... Mirror + ByramArt A collaborative project with the visual artist Stephen Byram with guitarist Matt Calvert (Three Trapped Tigers) and drummer Dave Smith (Robert Plant, Juju, Fofoulah).
Strobes A duo project with drummer Dave Smith, working with West African Sabar rhythms, electronics and sample-based composition.
Other projects... Dice Factory, Brass Mask, George Crowley Quintet, Noose
Awards
Take 5 Scheme, 2013-14 Jerwood Foundation Jazzlines Fellowship 2013-14
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Agile Experiments: Alive In The Empire
by Ian Patterson
The clue is the name. Take a handful of musicians, place them in front of an audience and say “ready, steady go." Since starting Agile Experiments in 2015, multi-instrumentalist Dave De Rose has marshaled dozens of musicians for his sonic experiments, whereby small combos play entirely improvised one-hour gigs. Alive in the Empire, the fifth release in this vinyl/digital-only series, captures four of contemporary music's most progressive figures in a concert at the Empire Bar, Hackney, during the 2019 London ...
read moreDan Nicholls e il Questionario di Proust
by Paolo Peviani
Il tratto principale della mia musica Tutti i musicisti che si sentono smarriti! ... Seriamente, penso che il ritmo e la ripetizione siano le fondamenta di tutto quello che faccio. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Che abbiano una loro individualità. Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice Quando un mio studente di pianoforte di sei anni ha fatto la sua ...
read moreDan Nicholls: Ruins
by Bruce Lindsay
Ruins is the debut release from keyboardist and composer Dan Nicholls. Nicholls is based in London, where he is a member of the ever-fascinating Loop Collective. He's declared that his music is inspired, at least in part, by “prevalent issues" such as the Arab Spring--a quick check of the song titles, or a glance at the cover design, suggest that there are some pretty heavy prevalent issues under consideration here.The themes may be heavy, but the music is ...
read more"A unique and immersive experience that when listened to from start to finish is a fantastic piece of contemporary art...a treasure to behold." Phil Meadows, Jazz UK
"A major statement...Ruins represents an ambitious and brilliantly realised début." Ian Mann
"Beautifully atmospheric." All About Jazz
"Apocalyptic samples-laden futurist electroprog" Stephen Graham, Marlbank
“This music is always engaging but never obvious. Covering a broad spectrum from complex written material through to spacious improvisation which ranges from the muscular and strident to the subtle, understated and suggestive - truly jazz of the 21st century” Iain Ballamy
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Dan Nicholls
Location: London
Instrument: Synthesizer
Born: September 1, 1985
