My influences are.. firstly and most importantly Jeff Buckley ever since I dreamt of him on my birthday May 29th... he has always been my muse.
Also Nina Simone, Lou Rawls, Quincy Jones,
Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Betty Davis, James Brown,
Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Etta James, Sam Cook, Sarah Vaughan, Minnie Riperton, Chaka Khan, Rufus, Philly Jo Jones,
George Benson, Roy Ayers, Kool and the Gang, The Roots,
Wah Wah Watson, Neptunes, Muddy Waters, Sly Dunbar,
A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, The Beatles, Hendricks, Muddy Waters, TY, KRS-ONE, Bootsy Collins, Eric Benet, Roots, Isley Brothers, Jackie Wilson, Jill Scott, Soul II Soul,
Arrested Development, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, The Meters, Teddy Pendergrass, Smokey, Earth Wind and Fire,RUN-D.M.C., DJ Jazzy Jeff, Simon and Garfunkel, Roots Mauva, Parliament,
Duke Ellington, John Hodges, Parliament, India Arie, Busta Rhymes,
D'Angelo, Bobby Womack, Wynton Marseillis, Branfors marseilles, Tony Royston Junior, Jeff Buckley. . . I could go on and on. .
......Oh had to mention 'The Mighty Boosh' which I recently discovered, probably one of the funniest things to come out of England in years.. pure genius.. please check out the clip...
On the Movie front; Kevin Spacey,
Meryle Streep, DeNiro, Pacino, Edward Norton, Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker...
Movies... hmmm, . . . Patch Of Blue – (Sidney Poitier), The conversation – Francis Ford Capolla, Pulp Fiction - Quentin, One True Thing - Carl Franklin, The Dictator – Charlie Chaplin, Dr Strangelove - Peter Sellers, An Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore, Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock, Lost highway, Stalker (Russian), Breathless (French), Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont, The Producers, The French Connection - William Freidkin, Brief Encounter – Noel Coward, Harder They Come, Baadasssss, The 7th Seal, Get Carter, La Dolce Vita, Secrets and Lies – Mike Leigh, Jean du Florette, . . on a lighter front, 40 Year Old Virgin, The Jerk, Anchorman, Young Frankinstein, Somethings Gotta Give, Stir Crazy, Forest Gump, Squid and the Whale, Spinal Tap, anything with Will (I need more cowbell) Ferrell...
Sophie Capolla, Shola Lynch, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Luc Besson, Roman Polanski, Frances Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Mr Van Peebles for Baadasssss of course.
After the release of her debut album 'Through My
Eyes', and last year 'All About The Funk' with The
Heavies, Nicole is now writing and recording her next
solo album.
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Blessings
Nicole.
Born in London, Nicole was raised in Wembley. Her Father, who worked with the likes of Quincy Jones, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Lou Rawls and Frank Sinatra, went to LA in the 60s where he signed an album deal with CBS and his album was received with glowing reviews.
Inspired by the performances she had been witness to from such a young age, Nicole began playing the piano at four and was writing songs by the age of eight. Finding she had a flair for music she turned her hand to playing the drums at twelve and then, for a couple of years, took up playing her Fathers old Hawkes XXth Century Saxophone.
Having begun singing at church at ten years old, it was only 3 years before she was singing backing vocals professionally for Pauline Henry of the Chimes and Coolio. At 16 Nicole was offered her first record deal by a Major, which she chose to decline as she was determined not to go down the obvious pop route into music.
In 1999 Nicole met Eg White. Eg, having been an artist himself had gained cult success after the release of his first album, 24 Years Of Hunger as one half of Eg and Alice. On their very first meeting, Eg and Nicole wrote You Might Be Wrong, which later became the first single from Nicole debut album, Through My Eyes.
In 2000, Whilst writing with Eg, Nicole was approached by Telstar Records and made the decision to sign her first album deal. After Nicole and Eg had finished producing, writing and recording her debut album, its release was met with much critical acclaim. She toured through Europe and Japan promoting the release of her first single and Album throughout 2002.
It was at the beginning of 2003 that Nicole was asked to write a song for The Brand New Heavies by their management. She presented the song 'More', which she had written over a jam session they had all picked out, and soon after, Nicole was asked to join the band as lead singer, co writer & co produce for their next album.
Nicole Russo and The Brand New Heavies began a short tour of Japan and Korea in the summer of 2003 and had finished writing and recording their album 'All About The Funk' by Autumn 2004, which they then licensed to Hed Kandi Records new label OneTwo Records. The first Single Boogie was released and then the second single Surrender and album All About The Funk were released in February 2005.
After almost 3 years of writing and performing, and then touring and promoting their album together, Nicole decided once more to pursue her solo career after finishing there tour at the end of 2006. After leaving The Brand New Heavies in 06, Nicole finished off writing for two newly signed artists abroad and has now returned to the UK to continue writing and recording for her next solo album.
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Out of the shadows of the night the PHOENIX rises from the ashes of the past to stretch his wings and glide across vast lands no soul has ever seen or known
What it do to all my myspace friends/family. I know it's been awhile
since I've stopped by any ones page and left you a message. Sorry, I'm
more on facebook than myspace. All is well on my end. I've been doing a
lot of writing on my screen plays...my passion in life! I'm still here
in Korea and i can't wait to get back to the states in Jan 2010. Oh
yeah, I'm still a bit pissed-off after watchin freakin Paranormal
Activity...another Blair Witch movie that had potential but once
again... No Ending. All of you have had made such a huge impact in my
life. Your Fitness & beauty inspires me...keeps me in the gym...no
joke! Holla Back @ Me Soon! Tell Me What U Been Up to! OUT!
hi there...how are you? Check out my new Tiesto remix Knock You Out (Angelos Nightfall) and Vote for Me but only if you like it...i think it is interesting enough hehehe! the link is:
hi there...how are you? Check out my new Tiesto remix Knock You Out (Angelos Nightfall) and Vote for Me but only if you like it...i think it is interesting enough hehehe! the link is: