Nick Coler
| Nick Coler | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Nicholas Coler |
| Also known as | Coler |
| Born |
10 April 1952 Redhill, England, UK |
| Genres | Pop, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, trombone |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Labels | Bronze, Beggars Banquet, Universal, A&M, Warner Bros, BMG |
| Website | mrmagus |
Nick Coler (born 10 April 1952) is an English musician, producer, composer and songwriter. He has been nominated for and won awards for songwriting and music production and has written, produced and played on hit songs for diverse acts ranging from Goldie, KLF, and Alice Cooper to Girls Aloud, Sugababes, and Gabriella Cilmi.
Coler was born in London and was educated at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Nunnery, Redhill, Surrey (where he was thrown out), Alexander road, infants, Woodhatch, St. Johns, Primary, St Mary's preparatory and choir school, Balcombe road Horley, Reigate art school.
His first music-related job was working as a session player for Bronze Records in 1978 after being scouted by producer Martin Smith while recording the band he was in, "Why Worry.” During this time he worked with and appeared live with such bands as Goldie and The Small Ads amongst others. In 1979 Nick was signed to Warner Bros. Music with the band The Tigers.
Then was signed to A & M Records in the USA, during this time he worked with bands such as The Dynamites, Tokyo Blade, Ya Ya, Angel Witch and the Cutting Crew, The JAMS, Zodiac Mindwarp, Alice Cooper, The Timelords, and The KLF.
Nick rented a studio with Hans Zimmer and was an integral creative part of the cult band The KLF. In the book "The Manual" Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond write – "Our programmer, Nick Coler, is a genius. He can play on the piano every piece of music ever written, his left hand a blur of fumbled bass notes, while his spectacles slide down his perspiring nose. His cathedral choir boy sense of fun has never left him and he sports a line of strange hand knitted jumpers. Is continually trying out new haircuts. Drives second hand Audi's. He plays keyboards with The Rubettes.”
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