NICHOLAS GUNN

原名：Nicholas Graham Gunn

生日：1968年 5月 30日

星座：双子座

生肖：猴

国籍：英国

出生地：肯特郡

语言：英语

职业：创作歌手，制作人

音乐类型：世界音乐，新世纪

经纪公司：Real Music, Gemini Sun Records, Spring Hill Music

代表作：F**k You

乐器：风管，打击乐器，鼓，键盘，电子合成器

活跃年代：1992年至今

长笛家NICHOLAS GUNN是一位很早就进入新世纪音乐圈的音乐家

从长发潇洒的Nicholas富有激情的The Sacred Fire到留一头精神而时尚的发型显得更有魅力的Crossroads，到现在简单的不能再简单的造型，留了一小撮胡子的Nicholas从岁月里看出了沧桑。

从艺历程：作为一个非常洒脱而充满灵犀动感的作者和演奏者，Nicholas Gunn一贯给了我们所永远可以随时品味和享受的音乐，而无需考虑当时的心情是阳光或者乌云的，因为Nicholas Gunn的音乐就是那样的流澈，清涓而仿似不沾染一丝人间的俗气，永远是那样的脱俗，干净而充满灵性。无论是耀眼的阳光下，他仿佛为一杯清凉而爽口的冰镇乌梅汁，可以舒服的更加感受阳光心情的快乐；也可以在乌云密布的悲哀失望时，更似一味心灵鸡汤，给你振奋，给你鼓励，不断的冲刷中，过滤掉许多的烦恼和忧愁，仿似站立在悬崖峭壁，神臂展望四周般的心血澎湃。作为一贯的Nicholas Gunn的清澈的音乐风格，贯穿在作者的所有作品中，或许这种灵感来自他亲临美国西南部的大峡谷后，但是，他几乎每张专辑都有其独有的个性和内涵，激动的，温存的。

2001年推出了个人的首张精选辑，浓缩自己今年来所有专辑的精华，并加以融合改变让其成为一张富有整体感的全新专辑。

Nicholas Gunn的长笛永远是我最陶醉的乐器之一，略带涩音笛管里所发出的阵阵优美让人向往。作为一代Newage音乐大师的他由圣火一炮而红，大峡谷让他家喻户晓，十字街头更是让人流连忘返。每个成功音乐家都有自己的特点，Nicholas的音乐总是有着固定的节奏，一定音场范围，它属于自然，属于广大的空间。对于一直处于钢筋森林里的人们是一剂很好的绿色调味酒。滋润心灵的良药。

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

独奏事业：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.