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MY STORY

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A new and upcoming talent to come out of Essex.

 

Showing her interest in the Arts at a young age, Nicki attended Rhodes Theatre School where she got her first taste of the spotlight.  Not content with just performing, Nicki also turned her hand to music and writing at the age of fourteen, arming herself with the guitar to aid her learning and creativity. 

Being exposed to the ever many styles, genres and origins that music has to offer, Nicki honed her skills and musicality by entering into the world of producing.  Not one to be pigeon holed in one genre, the early stages of the 'Nicki Shakes Sound' came from the smooth marriage of electro pop and acoustic sounds. This style is reflected in her first unreleased EP “Unpopular” which boasts a good mix of tracks dealing with easily relatable topics, such as “Tattoo’s ‘n’ Piercings”, an honest portrayal of someone locked in denial over a relationship with a ‘bad boy’ lover and the fun and comical “Must Have Been A Good Night” which explores the ‘morning after the night before’ syndrome and the regret of too much indulgence.

Since the production of ‘Unpopular’ Nicki has maintained her passion for new music and has devoted countless hours to her writing process, regularly tapping into her own experiences for inspiration. You can always hear the latest creation from any one of Nicki’s social media sites (Instagram, twitter, YouTube, SoundCloud etc) as well as in person at various open mic nights in and around London. These regular live performances have led to welcomed positive attention, networking opportunities and invites to guest at numerous events.

In more recent years Nicki has matured not only with age but with music, turning her hand to the Country/Rock/Pop sound; telling stories of heartbreak and woe.

Delving more in to the Country music genre and taking note of such artists as Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Jennifer Nettles has been the driving force for Nicki Shakes’ first released EP, ‘Time to Face the Facts’ which was launched November 2016. The EP offers up a mix of tracks displaying this new-found Country influence built on top of a foundation of Pop melodies that pay homage to the likes of Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson. Whilst effortlessly tackling a wide range of topics the one consistent factor throughout all of Nicki Shakes’ music is her gift for an infectious, big belting chorus and this is evident from the new EP’s rocking front runner “It’s Not Love”. What is also more apparent from the new EP is how Nicki has matured in her lyrical style and as a result more tender moments can be found within the EP’s only ballad “Fool” about love and self-realisation.

The near future will see Nicki concentrating on her upcoming album ‘Rise’, which is due for release 2020.   

 

2019 saw the release of Rise's first single‘Band of Gypsies’ on Spotify, iTunes and many more online platforms. It gained a great writeup feature on Reignland Magazine's online website, was featured on two new upcoming styled Spotify playlists and was even played on a Norwegian indie radio show.

 

March 2020 marked the release of 'Bruised'. A simple but effective piano ballad.  The song grabbed the attention of BBC Essex producers and was featured on their Upload shows.

Whilst in Lockdown Nicki released 'Long Way to Go!' a song about struggling with depression and anxiety but also the realisation that you are not alone in this constant battle.  Again this song grabbed attention not only by BBC Introducing but also KBBP indie radio in LA.

 

As the unfortunate events of Covid 19 kept continuing and no definite end was in site, we thought long and hard about more releases and are happy to announce that Nicki's debut album 'Rise' was released on February 7th 2021.


A sound piece of advice would be to familiarise yourself with the name Nicki Shakes, you may be hearing a lot of it in the future!

**Unfortunately due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, live performances have been put on hold but be sure to check out Videos on Youtube or Nicki's Site nickishakes.com.**

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