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"Everyone is a traveller always and everywhere." |
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| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Country: |  Germany |
| Last Login: | May 10, 2008 (605 days back) |
About Me |
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| NIC KORAY & BAND - "TRAVELLER" "Every single moment, every tiny bit of life is part of a journey--like it or not--this is, what fascinates me so much. Wherever you go, wherever you hide you ARE part of THE journey, moving forward through space and time, through the countryside, along the edges of your mind, into the corners of your heart, from face to face, from place to place, from highway to hiding places, whatever... I could go on like this for ages. At any given moment -each and everyone of us is a TRAVELLER.That drives me mad, makes me happy and drives me mad again!" That..s what Nic Koray said, when I asked her why she wanted to call the new album TRAVELLER. I knew that her life had been full of travelling right from the beginning. Born in Turkey, her parents soon split up, making Nic a baby traveller. The Journey had begun as she started travelling to and from between Turkey and Germany, where she had settled down with her mother. While on her stays in Turkey she lived on her father..s big boat, and father and daughter used to stay off shore, cross the sea, ride the waves, stumbling across the sandy beaches of lonely islands and being lost and safe, together and torn, smiling on a sad occasion--her words. As she grew older her visits to Turkey became more infrequent, but by now a new phase of the Journey had begun: music. She started singing and became the singer of YOUR FINEST DROPS, a German band which against the odds were successful, supporting the CRANBERRIES in 1997, winning the RUHRROCK Price 1998, releasing an album and touring. After the band split to personal reasons and a planned reunion in 2001 failed to take off, Nic helped out in several bands (e.g. LUNASTRIP) and joined some projects (e.g. IN CAMERA) but couldn..t really make herself feel at home. This basic musical homelessness combined with a very strong need to make music ("Music is alsways in me an I must let it out somehow--if not, I..d burst!") made her start to learn guitar, drums and a tiny bit of the piano and then on to the field of songwriting. "I don..t even write the songs, you know, I just let them drop by, they fall from the sky, and I just have to pick them up again--that..s it really." Anyway, her rich childhood experiences, the mixture of fear and fascination concerning bridging distances and of facing the haunting facts of being alive right now, right here, under these conditions, made her write songs that gather on the new album like vagabonds around a fire, and which come to creep into your heart, if you dare let them in that is. Almost every song deals with various images of travelling, e.g. POSTCARD, TRAVELLER, HIGH SPIRITS, ANGEL, CAROLINA..S TREE, WANDERING ANGUS, ABANDONED, BEGGAR&VAGABOND, CATCH A CLOUD ... (further informationlyrics) ... all mention it in some way, although we..re not always talking about conventional travels here. Initially Nic started to share these songs with audiences playing acoustic gigs in 2005, accompanied by Victoria Schier on double bass and Andreas Düsener on drums, before her old partner in crime from YOUR FINEST DROPS, MIRKO ADDEN returned to lend a helping hand to produce the songs, adding drums and writing bass and piano lines, arrangements and the like. The songs have turned out to be as fine yet subtle complex as Nic and Mirko wanted. They then set about putting a band together and finally found Andreas Wildenhain(guitars), Jörg Regner (electric and double bass) and Terry Gordon (backing vocals, piano). Now all aboard the TRAVELLER, they..re setting off for spreading good songs among the people and invite them on a journey that..s taking place right now, in each and every moment, always. Welcome on board! P.S. The album is ment to be released in March 2008--Nic and the band would welcome a helping hand from "above". Playing in various formations: SOLO-DUO-TRIO-AND BAND |
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Music:Member Since: 1/18/2007Band Members: NIC KORAY · songs, lyrics, production, acoustic/electric guitar, vocals MIRKO ADDEN · drums, production, arrangement ANDREAS WILDENHAIN · acoustic/electric guitar TERRY GORDEN · backings, piano JÖRG REGNER · bass, double-bass VIKTORIA SCHIER · double-bass, piano, backings: WE PLAY GIGS IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS: SOLO-DUO-TRIO-AND BAND : Influences: the life, the love, the boat, travelling , the world, all the sounds around,silence, faces, skin, nature, the state of being lost and found, belief and disbelief, wonder speaking through music, Suzanne Vega, Lou Rhodes, Kristin Hersh, Sinead O Connor, PJ Harvey, Record Label: we..re looking for support and a label--contact us! Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Pop / Indie / Acoustic) |
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Nic and Jan- MONOCULAR- made a new song"FALLING DOWN" |
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| Yesterday Nic and Jan (Monocular) recorded a new song all night long...
"Falling Down"--
Enjoy listening at MONOCULAR..s space (first friend among friendzzz of mine)
Nic ... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:13:00 PST |
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2008--the year of changes |
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will be the year of changes
silent bells ring at the door
of your mind to rearrange this
frozen water at your shore
wakening your deaf and blind heart
with the wildest waves of water
that yo... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:33:00 PST |
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MONOCULAR-new song up:"AMNESIA"---Debut Album:SOMEWHERE ON THE LINE |
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Jan and Nic have just finished the recordings of 12 songs for the Debut CD
"SOMEWHERE ON THE LINE"--
now they are about to make contact with some labels...
...any hints?!
A live... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:45:00 PST |
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new MONOCULAR song up: CONSEQUENCE |
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| We have created, recorded and mixed some more songs...listen to one of them--
CONSEQUENCE
Hope you can face the consequence joyfully...
;)
jan+nic Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:37:00 PST |
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New track by MONOCULAR: Black Scenes |
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| ...if you wanna share what I ´ve been through for the last months listen to Monoculars new song "Black Scenes" which mirror... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:23:00 PST |
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new song:------EVERYTHING----- |
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| have a listen to our new song EVERYTHING
which is kind of saying thanx for such a ringing singing beautious world:)
nic Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:24:00 PST |
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New Monocular Song:Water Shape |
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| Jan and Nic created a new song yesterday: WATER SHAPE
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enjoy!!
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nic
Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:31:00 PST |
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nic+monocular -- two new songs:abandoned---meanderings |
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| Yesterday monocular (Jan and Nic)recorded two new songs--
Baby Abandoned ( acoustic version on this site) was given a new face while the odd personality remained...
Meanderings was created out of an o... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:37:00 PST |
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new track Happy Birthday!! |
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| Listen to a new song of ours--HAPPY BIRTHDAY--
it will be among eleven songs on the debut album TRAVELLER
enjoy!
nic Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:42:00 PST |
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mix and mastering of the debut album TRAVELLER 2008 |
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| ...just to let u know..nic and band are busy with mixing and mastering the songs of the new album that hopefully will be released in spring 08..
we are looking for a label and any sort of support... Posted by Nic Koray & Band on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:05:00 PST |
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Monocular, Sven Kosakowski, David, INCONTROL, Folkfest - UMSONST & DRAUßEN, Viktoria, Janis Briscoe, Lou Rhodes, Coldplay, Suzanne Vega, Sinéad O Connor, Kate Bush Tribute Page, R.E.M., Björk, Interpol, Editors, STATELESS, The Notwist, iain archer, PJ Harvey, Frou Frou, KOSHEEN, IRELAND, W. B. Yeats, MOYA BRENNAN, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Paulo Coelho, Julien Boulier, Damien Rice, Jules, preeni, ilias vafeiadis (Ηλίας Βαφειάδης), Visible Breath, Steve Adey, 9a Music, Fastball Music Label, K7 Records, Ricardo, The Most, steyk, Klimt 1918, Silver Sound Tonstudio, Frédéric Paul, patrick k, Musik Festival Raben Steinfeld, Irish Folk Festival Volmarstein, KIND OF LOOP, KLANGEWALT, Pop-Rock Candy Mountain, andreas-wildenhain, stu grimshaw, henne, This Machine & Me, the merry andrews show, Woodheads, Löwenzahn, 2aT, Richard ... And The Guitar, Susie Ledge, Peggy Ratusz, Jason Pogue, ilEa, MAI is working on her first Album in Berlin, Mark Gillespie & Thomas Drost Support, ♫ Vagabond Tom ♫, rambazambajoe, Julio Gilberto, POPCONNECTION, Animasola, Emme Packer, HEL, The Dollendorf Experience
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