Nicolette (full name Nicolette Love Suwoton, born 1964) is a Scottish singer-songwriter of Nigerian parentage, residing in London for most of her life, and has also lived in Nigeria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium. Her music, although falling broadly into the field of

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, is characterised by many influences, including,

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, classical,

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Career

She has released three solo albums, as well as a DJ mix album for the '' DJ-Kicks'' series, and featured on "Three" and " Sly", two songs on

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album '' Blue Lines'' was releas ...

's 1994 ''

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'' album. She has worked with many other collaborators in the electronic music field, including Plaid,

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, and 4hero. She signed to the Talkin' Loud label in 1996. In 1999 she set up her own record label,

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, upon leaving Talkin’ Loud to release quirky pop anthems. According to Nicolette, Early Records' music policy is: "innovative pop music." Nicolette's 2005 album, ''Life Loves Us'', was released through the label. One single and a 6-track EP were released from the album in the following year. In 2007, Nicolette's "No Government" was re-released and remixed by DJ Tocadisco and Makossa & Megablast. In 2008, Nicolette contributed vocals to John Tejada's album ''Where'', she sings and co-wrote the track "Desire". She released a single called "Love" with DJ Cam in March 2010. More recently she worked with Samuel Yirga on his album and released an EP. She also acted in Solveig Anspach's film "Queen of Montreuil". Her latest album "The Infinitive" is coming out in 2023.

Discography

Albums

*'' Now Is Early'' (1992) *'' Let No-One Live Rent Free in Your Head'' (1996) *'' DJ-Kicks'' (1997) *'' Life Loves Us'' (2005) *'' Modern Stories EP'' (2012) *''The Infinitive'' (2023)

Non album tracks

* "I'm Raving" (with

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) 1993 * " Sly" (with

) 1994 * "Three" (with Massive Attack) 1994 * "Extork" (with Plaid) 1997 * "Contradictions" (with

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) 2003 * "So Loud" (with Phui) 2007 * "Communication" (with Filewile) 2007 * "Desire" (with John Tejada) 2008 * "Love" (with DJ Cam) 2010 * "Birthday" (with TJ Kong and Nuno dos Santos) 2010 * "Something Happened" (with TJ Kong and Nuno dos Santos) 2010 * "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun" (with Samuel Yirga) 2012 * "African Diaspora" (with Samuel Yirga) 2012

References

External links

https://www.earlyintime.love * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolette 1964 births Living people 21st-century Scottish women singers 20th-century Black British women singers Musicians from Glasgow British women in electronic music British women DJs Scottish people of Nigerian descent 20th-century Scottish women singers Scottish electronic musicians Trip hop musicians Breakbeat musicians Talkin' Loud artists Scottish songwriters Electronic dance music DJs