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Brooklyn’s Nick Forte, a noise pop musician in the best sense of the word, is a master of everything from avant garde guitar to ambient textures to musique concrete to disorienting sound collages
Nick Holder rose to prominence in the late ’90s and early 2000s as one of the world’s most championed house producers, his voluminous output appealing to various camps of DJs, from techno to progressive house and everything in between
Nick Nicely’s 1982 single “Hilly Fields (1892)” is revered by some collectors and cult aficionados as one of the greatest post-1980 retro-psychedelic rock records ever released
Nick Warren became one of the first so-called “superstar DJs” in the mid- to late ’90s, holding down a high-profile residency at Cream in England, touring around the world, and appearing on several DJ mix albums before they became commonplace
Artist/producer Nico is the production mind behind No U-Turn Records and NUT sub-label Nu Black, whose releases by Ed Rush, DJ Trace, Spidernet, and under Nico’s own name have been closely associated with the steady darkening of jump-up and techstep-style jungle
Italian DJ/producer Nicola Conte’s loungey brand of acid jazz relies extensively on bossa nova, but is also heavily influenced by the swinging soundtracks of Italian films in the ’60s and ’70s, plus touches of ethnic music and easy listening kitsch reminiscent of Japan’s Pizzicato Five
In addition to working with such artists as Adam Clayton, Robbie Robertson, Sly & Robbie, and Howie B, Naked Funk have released several of their own recordings, including 1996’s Valium and 1999’s Evolution Ending
A revolving collection of artists led by songwriter Jay Denes, Naked Music NYC aligned itself with the so-called “New Soul” scene which also included Erykah Badu, Maxwell and D’Angelo
Engaging dance/R&B diva Nicole debuted in 1989 with an album for Portrait/Epic called What About Me? The album included her gold single “Don’t You Want My Love,” written by Aldo Nova and featured on the Ruthless People soundtrack
From rare-groove to rave to trip-hop and soul, Nicolette was one of the most eccentric dance vocalists of the 1990s, working with everyone from the one-shot rave act LA Style to electro futurists like Plaid