Nicolay talks Hip-hop, Bastian and meeting Phonte | Red Bull Music Academy

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Born Matthijs Rook in the Dutch city of Utrecht, Nicolay spent his early life studying music at university and playing in funk and soul bands.
In his lecture at the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, the Dutch producer discussed his move to North Carolina and explained how to make sweet, soulful music in a digital age.
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Then he dropped out of school, discovered J Dilla and began posting his own beats on the Okayplayer message board. It was there that Nicolay found Little Brother’s Phonte, a rapper with whom he began swapping rhymes and instrumentals via email. In 2004, the fruits of this transcontinental partnership were released, in the form of the Foreign Exchange’s debut album _Connected_.
TOPICS:
0:26 - Meeting Phonte
8:10 - Bastian
14:08 - Hip-hop
16:44 - America
27:01 - Selling a feeling
35:48 - Work ethic
MUSIC:
13:59 - Foreign Exchange - “Raw Life” • The Foreign Exchange -...
23:08 - Nicolay feat. Kay & Sy Smith - “My Story” • Nicolay - My Story fea...
32:17 - Foreign Exchange feat. Muhsinah - “Daykeeper”
51:14 - Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington & Muhsinah - “Something to Behold” • The Foreign Exchange -...
53:49 - Roy Ayers - “A Funk in the Hole” (Nicolay remix) • Roy Ayers - Funk In Th...
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You can read more on Nicolay here... www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/nicolay-killing-em-softy

[@pandroidigital]

Big shout out to Nicolay. I played City Lights Vol. 1 back to back for months. Further inspired me to be a producer.

[@Moonbeingstrandedonearth50]

He and I are now 46. I heard The Foreign Exchange yesterday on Pandora.

[@bijounjordan3339]

Responding from the year 2024, when a Nas and DJ Premier album is *happening* / 20 years since Connected dropped / Icing on the cake: Every time I came back to this interview, put my Bluetooth headphones in, and they said, "CONNECTED."

[@ndujamz]

Nicolay is one of my favourites. Redbull must do Embee from Looptroop