Year Year. Collection Collection. Creator Creator. Language Language. Disc 1 Intro Alive Again Fine Story Find Me Sound Of the Police! I Love You Start Beginning Sorry Call It Up!
Singing in Brighton now Sorry false start Helen Call It Up Fine Story Disc 2 Girls JCB Disc 2 Flooded Quarry Me and John have been writing songs since we were By now John was playing the double bass, and human beat boxing at the same time, making him an extraordinary one-man band, and Luke was playing the acoustic guitar. Nizlopi had one foot in the Irish folk sessions they had played in since childhood, and the other in their love for contemporary music, much of it black music Jazz, Soul, Gospel, Ska, and Hip-hop.
A cottage industry grew around them to act as a record label; a full-time indie run from the spare room. The freedom of being on their own label suited Nizlopi very well, and they later turned down offers from major labels in order to stay true to their music, and ethics.
Helped by the poignant online video , the single became a hit! Nizlopi got to take their music to people all over the world, meet and collaborate with their heroes [Benjamin Zephania, Danny Thompson, Rory Mcleod, Alastair Mcintosh, Damien Dempsey] and be seen in the mainstream. They counted people such as Daniel Day Lewis, Tony Benn, and Jamie Cullum amongst their admirers, and other young songwriters such as Ed Sheeran cite Nizlopi as a major influence on their music.
Their back catalogue of two albums and four EPs , contain riches far beyond their one mainstream hit song.
The rapid growth and intensity, however, were too much for a tiny label to handle, and by mid , amidst the stress and strain, Nizlopi and FDM Records decided to take time out.
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