Mark Nicholas
Total fans: 64
Mark Nicholas is a Detroit-based electronic musician, well known in the Synthpop community as the man behind the band Cosmicity. Cosmicity was active from 1994-2003, selling tens of thousands of albums during that time. Now recording under his given name, Mark has shed the confines of pristine, 80’s-influenced Synthpop for a vocal-driven, industrial-influenced electronic sound.
There’s nothing pristine or elegant about the sound of the synthesizers and drum machines you’ll hear on Mark’s debut album “Duchess 33” (released February 6th, 2007). In fact, everything’s just a little bit filthy, from the production straight through to the lyrics. Distortion-washed… clipped… crushed… and divine.
One track from the album, “Backlash”, garnered significant early attention after being selected as one of only 3 finalists in the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Electronic category. Other early favorites include “Green”, “Perverse”, and “Two Sandwiches“, the latter of which is an electro house-influenced song laced with twisted dialogue samples recorded live during one of Mark’s frequent online video game sessions.
“Duchess 33” has drawn early comparisons to Prodigy and Depeche Mode, but, like most satisfying new music, it’s generally difficult to categorize. A recent fan e-mail to Mark probably says it best:
“Dude, seriously… the new songs kick ass! …this has elements of Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails, and even DM, yet it sounds very unique.”
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/marknicholasmusic
CD BABY: http://cdbaby.com/cd/marknicholas
iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=215303504
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/cosmicity
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