Nicolay (musician)

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{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Nicolay

|image = Nic train.jpg

|caption =

|image_size = 300

|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

|birth_name = Matthijs Rook

|alias =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}

|birth_place = Zwijndrecht, Netherlands

|origin = Utrecht, Netherlands

|genre = Soul, electronic, instrumental, hip hop

|occupation = Producer, musician

|instrument = keys, guitar, bass, Pro Tools

|years_active = 2000– present

|label = The Foreign Exchange Music

|associated_acts = The Foreign Exchange, Phonte, Nicolay & Kay

|website = {{URL|http://www.nicolaymusic.com}}

}}

Nicolay (born Matthijs Rook in 1974) is an electronica, R&B and hip hop record producer from the Netherlands, better known as one half of The Foreign Exchange. Due to his work, Nicolay now resides in the United States.

In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper,"{{cite web|url=http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/daykeeper.php |title=The Foreign Exchange - Daykeeper feat. Muhsinah |publisher=Theforeignexchangemusic.com |date=2008-09-08 |accessdate=2015-07-14}} from their second album, Leave It All Behind.{{cite web |url=http://grammys.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |title=GRAMMY.com | The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night |publisher=Grammys.com |accessdate=2015-07-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206120022/http://www.grammys.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |archivedate=December 6, 2009 |df=mdy-all }} Nicolay is the fourth Dutch person to be nominated.{{cite web|url=http://www.statemagazine.nl/state.php/article?data%5Barticleid%5D=6586 |title=BNN.NL |publisher=Statemagazine.nl |date= |accessdate=2015-07-14}}

Discography

The Foreign Exchange

Connected (2004, BBE)
Leave It All Behind (2008, Foreign Exchange Music)
Authenticity (2010, Foreign Exchange Music)
Love in Flying Colors (2013, Foreign Exchange Music)
Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey (2015, Foreign Exchange Music)

Nicolay & Kay

TIME:LINE (EU Release: February 1, 2008 & US February 12, 2008, Nicolay Music Recordings)

Nicolay & The Hot At Nights

Glaciers (2018, Foreign Exchange Music)

Solo

Remix for Roy Ayers: "Funk in the Hole (Nicolay Mix)" (Roy Ayers Virgin Ubiquity Remixed) (2004, BBE)
City Lights Vol. 1 (2005, BBE)
Dutch Masters Mixtape V. 1 (2005, HardBoiled)
City Lights Vol. 1.5 (2005, BBE)
Here (2006, BBE)
City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya (2009, The Foreign Exchange Music)
City Lights Vol. 3: Soweto (2015, The Foreign Exchange Music)
Nice Chops: The Dutch Schultz Tapes (2004-2008) (2023, The Foreign Exchange Music)
Terra Firma (2024, The Foreign Exchange Music)