From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicole Willis
Nicole Willis
Nicole Willis (born 1963, New York City) is an American in Finland, and Erasmus studies at Sir John Cass Depart-
singer/songwriter and painter. Willis lives and works in ment of Art, London Metropolitan University in the Unit-
Helsinki, Finland. ed Kingdom, in 2009. Willis’ concentration in her studies
were oil painting, time-based media and performance.
Biography Willis collaborated with artist Sophie Calle for her instal-
lation Take Care Of Yourself with a performance in time-
Willis contributed vocals in London, United Kingdom in based media in 2007, which exhibited at the French Pav-
1985 with Washington Week In Review. Prior to that she ilion of the Venice Biennale in 2007. Willis also contrib-
was a member of The Hello Strangers and Blue Period uted vocals to time-based media performance Rinologia of
with performances at Munson Diner and Danceteria’s No Barcelona based artist group Los Rinos whom are artists
Entiendes, based in New York while working at night clubs Marcel.lí Antúnez, Pau Nubiola and film director, Sergio
Berlin and Danceteria. She then toured with The The as Caballero. Rinologia was performed at the BEM Fesival in
a back up and lead vocalist in 1989. Nicole Willis was the Burgos, Spain in March 2007.
lead vocalist of the nu-soul group Repercussions. Singles On Sähko/Puu Recordings, Willis released her first
and albums were released on Mo’ Wax, Reprise/Warn- solo albums Soul Makeover 2000 and Be It 2003.[2] On those
er Brothers USA, Pony Canyon Japan. Producers of those solo records Willis collaborated with producers and song
records include Nicole Willis, Gary Katz, Daniel Wyatt, writers such as Dharma One, Ercola, Nuspirit Helsinki, Ji-
Genji Siraisi, and Gordon Clay. The single Promise Me Noth- mi Tenor and Maurice Fulton. Willis and Tenor remixed
ing from the debut album of Repercussions LP Earth and Op*l Bastards single Funking in 2001 on Form and Func-
Heaven, peaked at number 6 in the Hot Dance Music, Club tion Records. In 2005 Willis collaborated with the Soul
Play chart of Billboard magazine on 18 March 1995. The Investigators and released Keep Reachin Up on Helsinki’s
single "Promise Me Nothing" also reached No. 1 pop ra- Timmion Records,[3] produced by Didier Selin. The LP
dio hit in Japan, certified Japanese Gold Record Award. Keep Reachin’ Up was critically acclaimed and sold over
Together with the legendary Curtis Mayfield, the band 30,000 records world wide. The album has been since
recorded a version of Mayfield’s "Let’s Do It Again" in released in the United Kingdom on Above The Clouds
which Willis sings a duet with Curtis Mayfield in 1994 re- Records, France, Benelux, Denmark, Spain and Italy on
leased on Reprise/Warner Brothers Records. Willis has Differ-ant, USA and Canada on Light In The Attic Records.
collaborated with Leftfield singing and writing lead vo- Their song "Feeling Free" was chosen 2006 Worldwide
cals for "Swords" on the Rhythm and Stealth LP in 1999 on Winner on the Gilles Peterson’s BBC show.
Hard Hands/Higher Ground/Sony BMG Records,[1] which
was also featured on the soundtrack for the film Go re-
leased 1999. The LP Rhythm and Stealth received a Plat-
Discography
inum Sales Award in the United Kingdom. Willis has sang
lead vocals to the track Call Of The Wild on the Jimi Tenor References
album Out Of Nowhere in 2000 on Warp Records. Willis col-
laborated with Nuspirit Helsinki, with writing and vocal [1] Potts, Diana "Nicole Willis Biography", Allmusic,
on the track Honest from the self titled album Nuspirit retrieved 2011-07-23
Helsinki released 2002 on Guidance Recordings. Willis also [2] Potts, Diana "Soul Makeover Review", Allmusic,
wrote and sang vocals on the track Are You Ready To Party? retrieved 2011-07-23
with Mr Comicstore in 2006 on Mamushi Records. Willis [3] Hoffman, K. Ross "Keep Reachin Up Review",
has contributed lead vocals to the Shawn Lee track Jigsaw Allmusic, retrieved 2011-07-23
featured on the album Soul In The Hole released in 2009 on
Ubiquity Records. She has also sung vocals on the track External links
A Little Bit Of Soap on the new album from Pizzicato Five’s
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Yasuharu Konishi solo project titled Pizzicato One. The
• Discogs discography
album titled One And Ten Very Sad Songs is set for release
on May 25th 2011 on Universal Music in Japan. Persondata
Willis graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Name Willis, Nicole
her studies at Lahti Institute of Fine Arts, Lahti Univer- Alternative names
sity of Applied Sciences with professor Markus Heikkerö
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicole Willis
Year Album
1995 Earth and Heaven, Repercussions
1997 Charmed Life, Repercussions
2000 Soul Makeover
2003 Be It
2005 Keep Reachin Up, with the Soul Investigators
Short description American singer-songwriter Date of death
Date of birth 1963 Place of death
Place of birth New York City
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