NICHOLAS GUNN

原名：Nicholas Graham Gunn

生日：1968年 5月 30日

星座：雙子座

生肖：猴

國籍：英國

出生地：肯特郡

語言：英語

職業(yè)：創(chuàng)作歌手，制作人

音樂類型：世界音樂，新世紀(jì)

經(jīng)紀(jì)公司：Real Music, Gemini Sun Records, Spring Hill Music

代表作：F**k You

樂器：風(fēng)管，打擊樂器，鼓，鍵盤，電子合成器

活躍年代：1992年至今

長笛家NICHOLAS GUNN是一位很早就進(jìn)入新世紀(jì)音樂圈的音樂家

從長發(fā)瀟灑的Nicholas富有激情的The Sacred Fire到留一頭精神而時尚的發(fā)型顯得更有魅力的Crossroads，到現(xiàn)在簡單的不能再簡單的造型，留了一小撮胡子的Nicholas從歲月里看出了滄桑。

從藝歷程：作為一個非常灑脫而充滿靈犀動感的作者和演奏者，Nicholas Gunn一貫給了我們所永遠(yuǎn)可以隨時品味和享受的音樂，而無需考慮當(dāng)時的心情是陽光或者烏云的，因為Nicholas Gunn的音樂就是那樣的流澈，清涓而仿似不沾染一絲人間的俗氣，永遠(yuǎn)是那樣的脫俗，干凈而充滿靈性。無論是耀眼的陽光下，他仿佛為一杯清涼而爽口的冰鎮(zhèn)烏梅汁，可以舒服的更加感受陽光心情的快樂；也可以在烏云密布的悲哀失望時，更似一味心靈雞湯，給你振奮，給你鼓勵，不斷的沖刷中，過濾掉許多的煩惱和憂愁，仿似站立在懸崖峭壁，神臂展望四周般的心血澎湃。作為一貫的Nicholas Gunn的清澈的音樂風(fēng)格，貫穿在作者的所有作品中，或許這種靈感來自他親臨美國西南部的大峽谷后，但是，他幾乎每張專輯都有其獨(dú)有的個性和內(nèi)涵，激動的，溫存的。

2001年推出了個人的首張精選輯，濃縮自己今年來所有專輯的精華，并加以融合改變讓其成為一張富有整體感的全新專輯。

Nicholas Gunn的長笛永遠(yuǎn)是我最陶醉的樂器之一，略帶澀音笛管里所發(fā)出的陣陣優(yōu)美讓人向往。作為一代Newage音樂大師的他由圣火一炮而紅，大峽谷讓他家喻戶曉，十字街頭更是讓人流連忘返。每個成功音樂家都有自己的特點(diǎn)，Nicholas的音樂總是有著固定的節(jié)奏，一定音場范圍，它屬于自然，屬于廣大的空間。對于一直處于鋼筋森林里的人們是一劑很好的綠色調(diào)味酒。滋潤心靈的良藥。

主要作品：(1993) Afternoon in Sedona

(1994) The Sacred Fire

(1995) The Music of the Grand Canyon

(1996) Crossroads

(1998) Passion in My Heart

(1999) Return to Grand Canyon

(2001) The Great Southwest

(2002) Through the Great Smoky Mountains: A Musical Journey

(2002) A Christmas Classic

(2003) Journey to Yellowstone

(2004) Breath

(2006) Beyond Grand Canyon

(2007) Encanto

(2012) Thirty-One Nights

(2013) Twenty Years of Discovery

獨(dú)奏事業(yè)：After learning as much as possible from the recording sciences, Gunn found himself immersed in a passion for recording his own instrumental style of music. Gunn shunned the term New Age, and the connotation associated with his own music, preferring the term Instrumental or World Music. After many unsuccessful attempts to obtain a recording deal from demonstration tape submissions, Gunn self-released his debut recording Afternoon in Sedona in 1992. With national radio starting to escalate and CD sales starting to occur, Gunn received interest from nature retail chain Natural Wonders, which led him to a record deal with Sausalito, California-based instrumental music label Real Music.

Re-released under Real Music in 1993, Afternoon in Sedona became an instant best seller at national retail chains such as The Nature Company and Natural Wonders.[1] It was his second album, The Sacred Fire, released in 1994, that first landed Gunn on the Billboard charts for New Age Album, where it ran for five weeks and peaked at number ten.[2]

Taking part in Real Music's "National Park Series", Gunn's third album, The Music of the Grand Canyon, was released in 1995 and sold over 100,000 copies its first year.[3] Once again Gunn found himself Top Ten on the Billboards and charted for fourteen weeks.[2] Outside of Real Music and the "National Park Series", Gunn has gone on to release numerous albums influenced by the beauty of Americas landscape and parks, such as Return to Grand Canyon (1999), The Great Southwest (2001), Through the Great Smoky Mountains (2002), Journey to Yellowstone (2003), and Beyond Grand Canyon (2006). Beyond Grand Canyon was also released as a DVD, in which Gunn paired his musical compositions with photography of the Grand Canyon taken by Michael Fatali, creating a unique audio-visual experience.[4]

In Crossroads, his fourth album released in 1996, Gunn began to incorporate a Latin influence into his sound, a theme which has subsequently embraced a number of his other albums, most notably Breathe (2004) and Encanto (2007), on which he collaborated with award winning Latin guitarist Johannes Linstead. His latest release and 14th album to date, Thirty-One Nights, heavily incorporates this Latin influence. Inspired by his trip to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula,[5] the album features flamenco guitar and a Spanish spoken word. Released on 11 September 2012, Thirty-One Nights charted No. 8 on the Billboard Chart its debut week.[6] It was also chosen by John Diliberto and Echoes as one of the Top 25 Albums for October 2012.[7]

Since 1991, Gunn has sold millions of copies of his nine albums, an especially impressive feat considering that the marketing of his albums have mostly bypassed the traditional route of radio and mainstream outlets,[8] finding large success through niche retail chains such as the Nature Company, Natural Wonders, and gift stores throughout the National Parks.

As of 2012, Gunn began producing for a new act called (We Are) Nexus with singer/song writer Carmen Rainier under the shortened name Nick Gunn. Their first release, a cover of Soniques 1998 Trance hit It Feels So Good charted on Billboards Dance/Club Play Chart its second week out, peaking at No. 14.

Gunn broke a three year hiatus from releasing any Nicholas Gunn tracks in 2015 with the release of "Beauty" on December 18 from the series, Under the Influence of Music. Combining his new electronic experience with his instrumental roots,[9] Under the Influence of Music shows Gunn moving into an Ambient / Electronic space.