Nicolay (musician) explained

Nicolay
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Name:	Matthijs Rook
Birth Place:	Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Origin:	Utrecht, Netherlands
Genre:	Soul, electronic, instrumental, hip hop
Occupation:	Producer, musician
Instrument:	keys, guitar, bass, Pro Tools
Years Active:	2000– present
Label:	The Foreign Exchange Music
Associated Acts:	The Foreign Exchange, Phonte, Nicolay & Kay

Nicolay (born Matthijs Rook in 1974) is an electronica, R&B and hip hop record producer from the Netherlands, better known as one half of The Foreign Exchange. Due to his work, Nicolay now resides in the United States.

In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper,"^[1] from their second album, Leave It All Behind.^[2] Nicolay is the fourth Dutch person to be nominated.^[3]

Discography

The Foreign Exchange

• Connected (2004, BBE)
• Leave It All Behind (2008, Foreign Exchange Music)
• Authenticity (2010, Foreign Exchange Music)
• Love in Flying Colors (2013, Foreign Exchange Music)
• Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey (2015, Foreign Exchange Music)

Nicolay & Kay

• TIME:LINE (EU Release: February 1, 2008 & US February 12, 2008, Nicolay Music Recordings)

Nicolay & The Hot At Nights

• Glaciers (2018, Foreign Exchange Music)

Solo

• City Lights Vol. 1 (2005, BBE)
• Dutch Masters Mixtape V. 1 (2005, HardBoiled)
• City Lights Vol. 1.5 (2005, BBE)
• Here (2006, BBE)
• (2009, The Foreign Exchange Music)
• City Lights Vol. 3: Soweto (2015, The Foreign Exchange Music)
• Remix for Roy Ayers: "Funk in the Hole (Nicolay Mix)" (Roy Ayers Virgin Ubiquity Remixed) (2004), (BBE)
• Nice Chops The Dutch Schultz Tapes 2004-2008 (2023, The Foreign Exchange Music)

Singles

• "I Am the Man" (2006, BBE)
• "I Love the Way You Love" (2006, BBE)
• "Lose Your Way" (2009, The Foreign Exchange Music)

See also

• Dutch hip hop

External links

• The Foreign Exchange Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Foreign Exchange - Daykeeper feat. Muhsinah . Theforeignexchangemusic.com . 2008-09-08 . 2015-07-14.
2. Web site: GRAMMY.com | The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night . Grammys.com . 2015-07-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091206120022/http://www.grammys.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx . December 6, 2009 . mdy-all .
3. Web site: BNN.NL . Statemagazine.nl . 2015-07-14.