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 If you've seen Nikki at a festival or somewhere & want to know where you can get her CDs......... Nikki's CDs are available secure online at Folk Trax - a specialist Internet shop based at the South Australian Folk Federation's Folk Centre or phone order Stairway to Kevin (world music. Leura NSW) - 02 4784 1244 -acoustic guitar and voice - Nikki says 'the simple fact that you can get a belly laugh from a baby with a game of peekaboo is compelling evidence that we have a profound talent for delight.' Described as - "a product of the suburbs but has more in common philosophically with Mose Allison, Tom Lehrer, Dan Hicks or even Frank Zappa. Classically trained originally, Nikki has a guitar chops that are a cross between Barney Kessel and Paul Simon, with a bit of Joni Mitchell thrown in. Her solo CDs are full of delicious licks and subtle and sly digs at a culture of having and getting more, of not caring whose little sand castle goes down in the wash of your jet ski." from:www.bmff.org.au Nikki's tasty new studio album Next of
Skin(rel. 2001) 'Next of Skin' begins with the title track - a bluesy, minor key take on relationships and the Law - Nikki says "9 parts love song, 1 part voter disaffection". In 'Summer Rain', the 'gene pool's staying open late again' - voyeuristic intimacy from fingerstyle guitar against a persistent pedal. The tempo lifts with some seriously dysfunctional picking in 'The Damned Machine', 'Such a beautiful man' and 'The 8th Day' - a straight 8, ska driven fingerstyle post-creationist mini-epic which fails to discover if belief systems are a health hazard beyond their 'use-by' date. Nikki finally goes the chill with lunch at the zoo in 'South of the Heart' - a loopy two-chord disposable on the populate and perish theme, and takes the 'big decisions with a little extra chilli on the side' in the closing 'Fascinating Stranger'. Faced with the the 'nowhere to hide' intimacy of an elemental form like fingerstyle acoustic guitar and voice, the characters in Nikki's songs emerge surprised and naked in the curious light of 20/20 hindsight. What people are saying - "cool" - Al Ward. "cold" - D Velvet, Tdaatec. Tracks
the Nikki Madden sampler Seven Songs - live (rel. 1999) 'Light on finesse, long on verve, these performances were recorded at the Clarendon Cabaret Room, Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, before an audience of 100 or so drunks, divorcees, hippies, mortgage slaves and other gentle folk, mid 1998, and presented to Nikki as a fait accompli live-CD by the visionary venue owner. After token reassurance as to the technical merit of the performances, Nikki agreed to release the recordings because she (not very) secretly, really likes the music.' Tracks
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