Nicholson's work revels unrepentant in the beautiful and the universal - bridging worlds and celebrating human spirit.
Originally from Melbourne Australia, now based in California, Nicholson is a visionary recording artist, composer and producer with an unmistakable spiritual depth pervading his expansive work.
Dedicating his life to the cultural power of music from an early age leading guitar bands, Nicholson has spent three decades since developing and refining his unique, ecstatic and often breathtaking musical language, with a plethora of collaborators all over the world.
Grounded in a mysticism gritty, subversive and ecstatic - his highly diverse compositions are woven together by a "clear, authorial voice" (Wire).
His music "stretches the ethereality of dream-pop into blissout" (Pitchfork, 8.2) and has been described as "reverent, expansive, magical realist folk music” (Uncut).
His original compositions are featured internationally in film, TV & the arts - and sprawling albums revered by diverse music lovers of planet earth.
Since early days in The Golden Lifestyle Band in Australia, through leading the Function Ensemble around the globe, living in ashrams, becoming involved in screen composition and moving to Los Angeles - Nicholson's music has evolved radically, without losing its raw edge.
Ongoing collaboration with longtime friend and collaborator Dominic Johnson has manifested "Authority Figurines" - an ever changing electro-acoustic ensemble based between Chicago and Los Angeles around a string quartet, event series and community of artists.
Forthcoming works include:
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson / MLN duo LP
Echoes of Starlight / MLN duo LP
Function Ensemble / lost works LP
Golden Lifestyle Band 1997 LP
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