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Nicolay bio

Nicolay is best known as the producing half of The Foreign Exchange (the other half being Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), whose debut album Connected (BBE Records, 2004) made a huge impact on the underground hip-hop and soul scene. The Foreign Exchange was featured on MTV, VH1, BET and NPR, and Connected quickly reached #1 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I and remixed tracks for Roy Ayers, Bob James, Candy Dulfer and many others. He has released several albums under his own name, most notably City Lights Volume 1.5 (BBE, 2005) and Here (BBE, 2006). Born and raised in The Netherlands, Nicolay was brought up with equal parts of Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, and Dmitri Shostakovich and his love of music drove him to seek a formal music education. A true multi-instrumentalist, Nicolay is proficient playing piano and keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums.