Nick Mulvey
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nick Mulvey |
| Born | 4 November 1984 |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, Hang |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Associated acts | Ben Howard, Portico Quartet |
| Website | nickmulvey.com |
Nick Mulvey (born 4 November 1984) is an English musician, singer and songwriter who studied music in Havana, Cuba. He played the Hang as a founder member of 2008 Mercury Prize nominated band Portico Quartet, until 2011 when he left to pursue his career as a singer-songwriter[1] releasing the EPs The Trellis (2012) and Fever to the Form (2013) and his studio album First Mind in 2014 which received a Mercury Music Prize nomination.
Beginnings
At the age of 19, Mulvey moved to Havana, Cuba to study music and art. On returning to the UK, Nick enrolled at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies to study Ethnomusicology. Before that, he attended Chesterton Community College in Cambridge.[2]
Portico Quartet
While studying Ethnomusicology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Mulvey met the other members of Portico Quartet. The band consisted of Jack Wyllie (soprano and tenor saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (drums), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), and Keir Vine (Hang and percussion) who replaced Nick Mulvey after his departure from the band in January 2011. Their debut album Knee-deep in the North Sea, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize[3] alongside Radiohead, Elbow, and Adele in 2008. The album's title was mentioned in the closing words to Alt-J's song Dissolve Me. Portico Quartet released their second album Isla on 9 October 2009 through Real World Records.
Solo career
After leaving Portico Quartet, Nick Mulvey started to focus on a solo career. Some critics noted his change in style,[4] Mulvey states that his style of music stays consistent. "I'm always drawn to the same principles in music. Beneath each genre, at a certain level, they hold the same principles".
As a solo artist, Mulvey released his first EP The Trellis in November 2012, and his second, Fever to the Form in July 2013. On his autumn 2013 tour with Laura Marling, he performed in symphony halls across the UK, naming Marling as a great influence to his solo music.
In 2014, Nick Mulvey played Wonderfruit in Thailand.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | BEL (Vl) [6] |
FR [7] |
NED [8] |
SCO | |||
| First Mind |
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10 | 127 | 196 | 58 | 10 | |
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Trellis |
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| Fever to the Form |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SCO [12] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Nitrous"[13] | – | — | First Mind | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Cucurucu" | 26 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "News from Portico Quartet".
- ↑ http://chestertoncc.net/week-ending-april-25th/
- ↑ "Mercury Music Prize 2008 Nominations".
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/08/nick-mulvey-first-mind-review
- ↑ Resident Advisor https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25952. Retrieved 13 August 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Nick Mulvey discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "Nick Mulvey discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "Nick Mulvey discography". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ iTunes – Music – First Mind by Nick Mulvey
- ↑ iTunes – Music – Fever to the Form – EP by Nick Mulvey
- ↑ iTunes – Music – Fever To the Form – EP by Nick Mulvey
- ↑ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Cucurucu": "Chart Archive > March 15, 2014". Official Charts Company. 15 March 2014.
- ↑ iTunes – Music – Nitrous – Single by Nick Mulvey