Nick Welsh has written, played and produced with artists like Bad Manners, Busters Allstars, The Selecter, Selecter Acoustic, Prince Buster, Dave Barker, Rhoda Dakar, King Hammond, Longsy D, Laurel Aitken, Judge Dread & Rico Rodriguez.He collabarated with singer/songwriter Jennie Matthias (Belle Stars) in the band Big 5 who released 3 CD's In the 90's. Nick is the singer/ songwriter/ producer in the band Skaville UK (named after the song he wrote that Bad Manners released as a single in 1989).They have released two CD's the debut "1973" and the follow uo "Decadent!" both on the Moon Ska World label. He also writes music that has been used for T.V. ( Peep Show, The Osbournes, Malcolm in the Middle, Gay,Straight or Taken, LA Ink, Date My Mom, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Pimp My Ride), Computer games (Smackdown versus Raw 2006, Day of Reckoning 2) and the Big screen (Domino, The Magic Roundabout). In 2002 Nick won a Grammy award for his work on the Lee "Scratch" Perry album "Jamaican ET" and was the MD on the live DVD "The Ultimate Alien". Nick is currently recording the album "The Soho sessions". The CD is an acoustic mixture of new songs and re-workings of some of Nick's older material. He is no stranger to the acoustic world having recorded albums with Selecter Acoustic ("Unplugged for the Rudeboy generation", "Requiem for a Black soul") Rhoda Dakar ("Cleaning in another womans kitchen") & 3 men & Black ("Acoustic") who featured J.J Burnel (The Stranglers), Jake Burns (S.L.F), Bruce Foxton (The Jam) & Pauline Black (The Selecter). "The Soho sessions" is scheduled for a September 2008 release on the Moon Ska World label. To promote the release Nick will be touring the UK.
Sat night was class, really enjoyed it, and not being wasted made it even better, lol, the bird really enjoyed it too, CD is mega, and the skaville one too! Look forward to seeing you again soon, now putting the photo's from the night up too!! p. s your sons set was good, top lad!
Sat night was great with some great friends , THank you. Also liking the new tracks. Hope we catch up soon. Also were is my scarf..lol. Take care Denise & Ian x
Hey Nick Really disappointed that I couldn't make the launch party. The new CD sounds fantastic. Thought we'd got a great result in the studio, but Tom's mastering really is the icing on the cake. See you on TOTP ;-) Truck on Tyke Soho Steve
Hi Nick It was great to have met you last Friday @ The Adam & Eve, I'm a big fan of Bad Manners too. Hope to catch you guys again soon? Onwards & Upwards..!! Darren
hey i reli liked the gig the other day it was good .. sorry we left straight away .. i had to get up early because we were going to southampton the next day. ive listned to the cds and i think there great.
james (beavis) computer keeps crashing so he cant upload the photos atm or get on myspace.
Hi Mate Hope the cd launch went well. From Jennie's pics looks like it was a good night. Shame I couldn't make it down. All the best...see you at Rios Richard
