muzycy:
with Hector Zazou, Chris Brann (aka Ananda Project, Wamdue, P'taah etc), Lenny Ibizarre, Echo & Sounds From The Ground/ Andy Gangadeen (drummer with Massive Attack, Faithless, M People) and Michael J Ade


Artists:
Nicola Hitchcock: Vocals
Ellen Blair: Group Member
Hector Zazou: electronics, Sounds
Damiano Puliti: Cello
Chris Brann: Piano, Keyboards
Charlie Casey: Guitar
Ollie Parfitt: Moog Bass
Gill Morley: Group Member

Technical Credits
Hector Zazou: Arranger, Producer, Instrumentation
Michael J. Ade: Arranger, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Instrumentation
Jean-Michel Reusser: Executive Producer
Chris Brann: Arranger, Programming, Producer, Atmosphere, Guest Appearance
Fergus Gerrand: Programming
Lenny Ibizarre: Arranger, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Instrumentation
Nicola Hitchcock: Vocal Producer
Streaky: Mastering

Chris Brann - "All Or Nothing" & "Heart"
Mandalay split in early January 2002 following a crazy 9-day whistlestop tour of the US (LA, San Francisco and NYC) in the Summer of 2001, including live in-store appearances: one sitting on a counter top in the tiny independent record store called Rebel Rebel on Bleaker St NYC, a corporate appearance for the record company in a cold strip-lit office at midday, a diva remix live vocal performance at 2 a.m. in a gay nightclub in san Francisco and a simple acoustic set. just guitar and voice, resulting in a standing ovation in an intimate - and very sweaty - bar club in NYC in the middle of a 30 degree plus heatwave.



It was during this visit to New York that I first met Craig Roseberry, manager of Chris Brann (aka Ananda Project, Wamdue, P'taah etc) and was asked if I would like to contribute vocals to his forthcoming album. I'd heard the hit single "King Of My Castle" and when Craig introduced me to Chris' more mellow, leftfield music I immediately felt a connection.



The first backing track sent to me was for what became "All Or Nothing". I worked a vocal to it sitting in a room on the third floor of a converted warehouse looking out onto a grey housing estate in North London. I thought the music was quite beautiful - the sparse beats and plaintive piano - and the vocal and lyric was finished in a few hours. "All Or Nothing" was released shortly afterwards on the "Seven is Seven is" compilation and Chris and I went on to work on several more tracks together. Strangely I've never met or spoken with Chris to this day - according to Craig, he's quite shy and reclusive.

Sounds From The Ground - "I Forgive Me" & "Moving Into A New Space"
The record store Rebel Rebel, that I mentioned above, was where Brion Vytlacil worked part-time. He helped set up some of Mandalay's NYC dates and was always a huge source of inspiration and faithful supporte.......
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Portishead, Lamb, Massive Attack czy też Everything But The Girl to zespoły, które z powodzeniem można wymienić jako siostrzane dla tej trip-hopowej wokalistki.
Nicola Hitchcock to założycielka duetu electro Mandalay, debiutancka płyta tego zespołu �Empathy" odniosła wielki sukces, szczególnie w krajach anglosaskich. Krążek wyprodukowany przez Guy'a Sigswortha (producent m.in. Bjork, Madonna, Bebel Gilberto), nagrany wspólnie z perkusistą Japan - Stevem Jansenem i trębaczem Jonem Hassellem (Brian Eno, Harold Budd) w Rosji sprzedawany był jako nieznana płyta Portishead "Pearl", zarówno zespół jak i przedstawiciele wytwórni płytowej Go! Beat wydali w tej sprawie oświadczenie, w którym stwierdzają, że produkt rozpowszechniany w Rosji nie ma nic wspólnego z grupą. Okazało się, że nieznana grupa wydała debiutancki album, który nawet fanom Portishead sprawił problem z rozpoznaniem autorstwa (kiedy krążek pojawił się na rynku, pierwsze domysły w tej sprawie dotyczyły skradzionych i zbootlegowanych taśm).
Kolejna płyta "Instinct" została wyprodukowana przez Andy'ego Bradfielda (Everything But the Girl, Future Sound of London, Bjork) i Yoad Nevo (Jem).
W 2005 roku Nicola Hitchcock powołała do życia swoją własną wytwórnię Tempted, gdzie jako pierwszą wydała płytę "Passive Aggressive" pomyślaną jako zestaw inspirujących kolaboracji tej kapitalnej wokalistki z prawdziwymi osobowościami sceny nowobrzmieniowej, wystarczy wspomnieć Hectora Zazou, Ryuichi Sakamoto czy Lenny Ibizarre by poczuć przedsmak muzycznej uczty.


Chris Brann - "All Or Nothing" & "Heart"
Mandalay split in early January 2002 following a crazy 9-day whistlestop tour of the US (LA, San Francisco and NYC) in the Summer of 2001, including live in-store appearances: one sitting on a counter top in the tiny independent record store called Rebel Rebel on Bleaker St NYC, a corporate appearance for the record company in a cold st.......
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