Nicola Hitchcock

Born & bred London, singer, songwriter, musician. Debut solo album “a bowl of chalk” released ‘93 on F Beat/Demon records. Formed Mandalay with Saul Freeman late ‘94, released 3 albums on V2 Records - “empathy” , “Instinct” and “Solace” .. (Solace released in the USA only, comprising a compilation of tracks from the two former albums). Encouraged by V2 a song sent to DJ Tiesto was remixed and released as part of his album of the same title “In My Memory”. Following Mandalay‘s split in early 2000 worked collaboratively and remotely with a number of artists including Hector Zazou & Ryuichi Sakmoto, resulting in the album “Passive Aggressive” including songs written and recorded at home. Around the same time a collaboration with Sleepthief led to the song “You Did A Good Thing”. In 2012 came an EP “Quarterbright” released digitally, comprising 3 sparse and meditative home recordings mixed by Jorg Surrey in Berlin. More recently a collaboration with Steve Jansen led to the track “Faced with Nothing” included on his album “Tender Extinction”. A new single “song for Rachel” was released digitally July 2020, produced at home with a string arrangement and mix by Steve Jansen.