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Nicole Alicia is a 23 year old producer and songwriter living in Minneapolis, MN. She released her debut album Involution/Evolution ↓↑ on February 22, 2012. Each track was written and produced by Nicole herself. Previously she has worked with Gigamesh, singing on the track “People in the World.” She also was the singer and co-collaborater in the electro-pop band Waxx Maxx. Nicole spends most of her time writing music and learning about production. She went from no knowledge of production to full on production during the course ofInvolution/Evolution.

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She draws her inspiration for sources both musical and non. Previously her music was inspired by the spiritual concept of involution and it’s opposite evolution. She spent much time alone writing and reading books of others who shared a similar solitary state- such as Diderot’s “La Religieuse.” During this time she also spent weeks alone in a small cabin in the woods producing her music. She listened to pop music, French art music & classical composers at this time, but preferred silence and writing.

Presently Nicole is still influenced by pop music (top 40 artists & K-pop) and classical music (Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Debussy). She’s also a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac and Billy Joel. Aside from music, Nicole is inspired from living a happy life. Anything that makes Nicole happy helps to write amazing music: love, graphite drawing, painting, ballet, film, dogs, meditating, reading french novels, reading (in general) and writing are all very important. Presently Nicole lives near a lake in Minneapolis. She is working on her second album.