I'm playing a part in the movie "The visitor" by Tom Mc Carthy feat.Richard Jenkins of 6 feet under-It's playing now in theater in New York and L.A.
The 2 first songs here on my space are from my band called THYS-- everything you hear is me,instr/vocals/writing and zeke zima(recordengineer and a. prod.)
3rd one(lucky loser) is from the"nicolas Thys and the 68 monkeys" project featuring Chris Cheek(sax)Ryan Scott(guitar)Jon Cowherd(piano)me(ac.bass+comp), Dan Rieser(drums)
the last one(cirlce vamp) is part of a bass solo project-recording soon to be released
Influences
ok... here we go...pour your self a drink and relax, it might take a minute....
gospelmusic,music from the soul(the only real one), the beatles,charles mingus,john coltrane,stevie wonder,elvis costello,ray charles,earth wind and fire,the 3 B's(Brams,Beethoven,Bach),robert johnson,burt bacharach,chris withley,marcus miller,miles davis,spirituals,abe laboriel,mose allison,randy newman,d'angelo,curtis mayfield,genesis,mozart,music from zaire,central africa,shuggie otis,me'shell n'degeocello,michael jackson,stevie winwood,duke ellington,madness,kassav,bill evans,james brown,keith jarrett,marvin gaye,nat king cole, wayne shorter,the gap band,ornette coleman,eighties funk /r'n'b,milton nascimento,level 42,paco de lucia/carlos benavent,bill carrothers,J.DEE.,sufi music,dave holland,all the musicians i played with,my father,my mother,the friends i grew up with musically,my wife, my daughter,my familly,charlie haden,the Paul's(chambers,mc cartney,jackson),hall and oats,priiiiiiince,jimmy blanton,the funk brothers/james jamerson,bird,hank jones,and his brothers too,augustus pablo, bob marley,toots thielemans,silence,wind,kool &the gang,laughter,jocelyn brown,abbey lincoln,shirley horn,monk,weather report,bill withers,supertramp,chet baker,hair(the musical),grand master flash and the furious five,heavy d,common,al green,trojan records,stax,impulse,
deep purple,david bowie,maze,jaco,beethoven,timbaland/missy,pablo cassals,django,skip james,gnawa music,braziiiiiiiill,indian classical music,arab music,ibrahim ferrer,blues brothers(1),the clash,elton john,sonny rollins- this is fun ,i could go on forever......
Sounds Like
me... after having processed all the above influences and so many more......
I didnt just borrow their sound, i stole it and made it mine
born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, lived in Amsterdam for a while, in NYC since 1999....and loving it=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=--(back in Brussels and loving it-since january 2007;-)
play mainly electric and acoustic bass(jazz,soul and groove stuff)=-=
but also guitar,piano,drums,vocals(check out babybabybaby-i play everything on that track, except cello,violin,backing vocals,pedal steel)=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=---=--=-
I play music professionally since hmmm...i played with a lot of different people in a lot of different places,featured on about 50 different recordings.
from Mal Waldron to zap mama, lee konitz to brazilian girls,bill carrothers to mark turner.... from japan to africa,the concertgebouw in amsterdam to nublu in NYC and blah blah blah...........................................................................................................................................................
I'm now the proud father of a beautiful little girl named EvaRose,and that's the ultimate high..period.It just brought my music and my spirituality to a whole different level, life(and therefore, music)is more intense.
zaaaapppppp====now over a year later, I'm the proudest father of a second blessing(read baby girl) called Elisheba...I'm just twice as happy, more babies, more life...more music
============================================================things that i love=================================
my family, my wife, my daughters,God,our planet,food,monty python,steve mc Queen,nice watches, doing sport,hanging out with friends, playing music,walking in the rain,laying in the sun, reasoning with spiritual people(N.B.people who have spirit....funny people),play Bach on my upright bass with the bow my grandma gave long time ago,going new places,Ghandi,bruce Lee,shaolin kung fu,vintage fender basses,good books,see friends feeling better than last year,people smiling in the train,people that give me hope,Borat,courteous people, conan(O'Brian),woody Allen,incense,good movies,nice clothes,hanging out home with my wife and my daughter for 4 day straight in between jobs,seeing people connect regardless of their age,race,colour or religion,being silly,getting a big check,make people laugh,waste my time on myspace,locking it down with a drummer(nothing like it),playing with a great female singer(nothing like that either)..................all right , guess what.... i actually have to get up and do things right now...............................................................................................................................
drop a line if you feel like it and i'll see you around.
my website is www.nicolasthys.com,old and not updated, but there's some info on there,so if you really have more time to waste........
booyakashaah
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Greetings from The Dynamics!!!
Thanks for looking and listening! We are playin in your area!
Chameleon Festival, Turnhout Belgium, July 4!!
Hope to see you there...
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-flab
thought you would like to know: Charlie Haden will be playing @ Jazz Middelheim this summer!!!!(16/08) (and hopefully @ the jamsession afterwards as well)
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