Nicolay & Kay - "The Gunshot" feat. Chip Fu / Video Guide to TIME:LINE Part 3 / Album Release now 2/19/08
02.11.2008
New audio stream & video documentary segment released
The Song:
Representing one of the chapters in the life of the narrator of TIME:LINE (a concept album based on the lifecycle of pre-life, life, and death), "The Gunshot" depicts the anguish that a mother goes through after her son is murdered by a random passerby. Musically, the song opens with a notable contrast: a syncopated, meandering guitar line on top of a dreamily layered vocal hook. This quickly leads to the chorus, which adds a catchy dance-hall vocal hook and a driving hip-hop beat to the previously established mix, courtesy of beat-man Nicolay. Immediately after the chorus, Kay's laid-back and still assertive rhymes unveil to the listener the darker facets of reality with lines such as "Mary Magdalene, a tragic scene." Kay's rhymes trade off with the memorable chorus throughout the track, satisfying listeners who are eager for both catchy, thought-out songs as well as cerebral hip-hop lyrical delivery.
Get it here: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Nicolay/Nicolay-The_Gunshot.asx
The Video:
In anticipation of the release of TIME:LINE, Kay has been busy making a four-part documentary-style video in which he breaks down the album song by song. Follow Kay from his Houston-based home studio to different landmarks in the Texas city.
Part 1 includes the songs: "TIME:LINE", "The Blizzard" and "The Lights."
Part 2 includes: "Through The Wind", "What We Live" and" I’ve Seen Rivers" with a "Tight Eyes" teaser.
NEW: Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHKLROOpW8
Also, please note that TIME:LINE will now be released in the US on 2/19, not tomorrow as previously reported.
The Background:
Nicolay is best known as the producing half of The Foreign Exchange (with Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), whose debut album Connected (BBE; 2004) made a huge impact on the underground hip hop and soul scene, garnering praise from listeners, critics and peers alike. In 2005, Nicolay was one of URB Magazine's Next 100. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I, remixed tracks for Roy Ayers, Bob James, Candy Dulfer and many others, toured the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan, and released several albums under his own name, most notably City Lights Volume 1.5 (BBE; 2005) and Here (BBE; 2006), as well as started his own label. Kay Jackson has been one of Houston's most promising emcees ever since forming his first group Example with longtime best friend DJ Cipher, in 1996. Nicolay & Kay present TIME:LINE, which is scheduled to be released February 2008 on Nicolay Music Recordings.
Streams:
Nicolay & Kay - "The Gunshot feat. Chip Fu"
http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Nicolay/Nicolay-The_Gunshot.asx
Nicolay & Kay present: The Making of TIME:LINE part 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kfg74jhP_c
Nicolay & Kay present: The Making of TIME:LINE part 2/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ807Bq_HM0
Nicolay & Kay present: The Making of TIME:LINE part 3/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHKLROOpW8
Bio, pictures, and streams available here:
http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Nicolay/
Nicolay's MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/nicolay
Kay's MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/kayofthefoundation
Nicolay's imeem page:
http://nicolay.imeem.com/
Nicolay's Official Site:
http://www.nicolaymusic.com/
Please contact Michelle if interested in talking with Nicolay and Kay.