Guitarist muso question : the Nile Rodgers sound

Is Nigel Chicman related to Roger Zappman?

Ph nice---and see release info at end of this:

WARNER BROS. RECORDS SIGNS RENOWNED COMPOSER, PRODUCER, GUITARIST NILE RODGERS AND HIS MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING BAND CHIC TO GLOBAL RECORDING CONTRACT

WBR ALSO ENTERS DEAL WITH RODGERS' AND MICHAEL OSTIN'S

LAND OF THE GOOD GROOVE LABEL

February 2, 2015 - Burbank, CA - Warner Bros. Records (WBR) announced today that it has signed a global recording contract with Grammy-winning composer, producer, arranger, guitarist Nile Rodgers and his multi-platinum selling band CHIC. In addition, WBR has entered into a deal with Land of The Good Groove, the label formed by Rodgers and veteran music executive Michael Ostin. WBR will handle all distribution and label services for artists signed by Rodgers and Ostin, who will act as the imprint's creative supervisors.

"Nile Rodgers' influence on the course of modern music cannot be overstated," said Cameron Strang, Warner Bros. Records Chairman & CEO. "For the past four decades, his visionary work as a songwriter, producer, bandleader, and musician has reverberated across genres and generations. From groundbreaking guitarwork, to an uncanny hitmaking instinct, to shaping the sound of countless artists, he has created a phenomenal musical legacy. Nile has never stopped moving forward, so I am thrilled to welcome him into the WBR family as he begins a dynamic new chapter of his extraordinary career. And I'm doubly thrilled that Michael Ostin will be returning to the WBR fold as Nile's label partner."

"My relationship with Warner and Michael formerly started with 'Like A Virgin.' The album is Double-Diamond, just like our friendship is," noted Nile Rodgers.

"Nile and I have had a long rich history as creative collaborators and close friends," said Michael Ostin. "To be partnering with him during this exciting chapter of his career and to be back in Burbank at Warner Brothers, a building that served as my second home since childhood, is an unimaginable dream come true."

Rodgers has remained culturally relevant throughout his 40-year-career by constantly traversing new musical terrain and successfully expanding the boundaries of popular music. The co-founder of CHIC, Rodgers pioneered a musical language that generated chart-topping pop hits like "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love," sparked the advent of hip-hop with "Good Times," and gave Sister Sledge the smash "We Are Family." His work in the CHIC Organization and his productions for artists like David Bowie and Madonna have sold over 200 million albums and 50 million singles worldwide, while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Avicii, Disclosure, and Sam Smith reflect the vanguard of contemporary music. Fueling four decades of pop anthems with more than 200 production credits to his name, the scope of Rodgers' peerless influence is undeniable. Rodgers reflected on his extraordinary life and career in his 2011 self-penned autobiography Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny, which Rolling Stone chose as one of its "23 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time."

Rodgers' signing with WBR represents a sort of homecoming for the icon and innovator. He released the album CHIC-ism on Warner Bros. Records in 1992 after reforming the group with Bernard Edwards. It is also a return for Michael Ostin, who, from 1988 to 1996, served as WBR's Senior Vice President, overseeing the day-to-day U.S. operations of the creative department as well as creative coordination of the careers of such artists as Madonna, Prince, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Van Halen, B-52s, Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Seal.

On February 3rd, "Le Freak" will be inducted into the 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame andRodgers will receive the President's Merit Award during the Recording Academy's 8th Annual Grammy Week Celebration for the Producers & Engineers Wing of NARAS. He'll also appear on the new PBT series Speakeasy for a 60-minute interview with Valerie Simpson. Rodgers is currently finalizing the first new CHIC album in nearly 25 years, with the first single scheduled to drop on March 20th, followed by the album in June.

Nile on new album
http://nilerodgers.com/blogs/planet-c-in-english/3047-it-s-about-time

http://nilerodgers.com/images/stories/wopc-578_02.jpg

So who plays on this? Love Nile, but not sure what he's done as a writer, as opposed to producer/session dude, in eons.

that snippet sounds wonderful but i'm trying not to get my hopes up

sounds better than the daft punk record

He said on Twitter that he finally got his hands on unissued Chic masters from waay back, an album's-worth maybe, and has been tweaking that material, maybe recording w current Chic too (and def. something with Nona Hendryx). He's been cagey about it. We shall see.

this sounds great, can't wait to hear the vocal version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blkk3rrRXiE

Yessss

He gives the backstory---still not sure if incl. any of the recent recordings mentioned on twitter (not mentioned here), but either way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AqXaZUlAu8

tight

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153038464586878

a truly magnificent Rodgers/Michael Portillo reaction shot featured from 7:10 here

(bunch of videos here too)
http://mofidelity.co/7-lessons-we-learned-from-nile-rodgers-london-electronic-arts-festival-06-03-15/

that i'll be there clip has me excitedddd

I hope that between "I'll Be There" and "Sugah Daddy" dubby space horns become a big thing

no one thought that ‘Get Lucky’ was going to be the insane hit that it was. In fact, the predicted big hit from ‘Random Access Memories’ was supposed to be ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’. ‘Get Lucky’ was intended in a way as the ‘opening act’ for ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’, hence the latter’s higher production values.no one thought that ‘Get Lucky’ was going to be the insane hit that it was. In fact, the predicted big hit from ‘Random Access Memories’ was supposed to be ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’. ‘Get Lucky’ was intended in a way as the ‘opening act’ for ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’, hence the latter’s higher production values.

this is hilarious

sorry, nile rodgers' meddling with time has caused my posts to loop.

that is crazy

Lose Yourself to Dance is the better song, makes sense to me

it's a better song to play with Stevie Wonder at the Grammys

that makes sense. LYTD is clearly richer in structure, sound, production. It's heavier and sounds more "important".
but then "Get lucky" is more simple, lighter and more fun. perfect for the spring/summer vibe.

I like the idea of Get Lucky as an intro to LYTD though !

Actually when I think about it though, LYTD just doesn't seem like a good tempo to be the big single

well, not so much the tempo but the gravitas, almost darkness, of the track make it less mainstream, I guess.

Yeah, if anything, LYTD seems like a perfectly designed third single.

Is there an unstoppable ubiquitous summer jam on the rise for this year, by the way ?

the "robots" parts in LYTD might be the best of the whole album... or even their best ever !

Is there an unstoppable ubiquitous summer jam on the rise for this year, by the way ?

I Really Really Like You?
Bills?

song is out; video drops in 2 hours

i love "back in the old school"

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/nile-rodgers-chic-ill-be-there-video.html

nice tune. video is uuuuuuh

CHIC retweeted
BANG Showbiz ‏@BANGShowbiz 8m8 minutes ago

Chic + @nilerodgers are putting on an incredible show at @RoundhouseLDN! #IllBeThere #EverybodyDance

4:26 PM - 20 Mar 2015 · Details
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAkhJPSWsAAx7C2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt-kw2EkfU

i really wish that whole documentary were available with english subtitles

― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 16:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the documentary is pretty cool, yeah.
from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !
I didn't even know he had made an album for her...
I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:32 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:33 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Am I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.

― The Reverend, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:03 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.

― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:14 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Surely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !
I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.

Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.
With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.
A bit like a kid bragging.
Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.

(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:40 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the interviews are in english but they're inaudible because of the dubbing!

"I'll Be There" is at the top of the Billboard dance charts.

Duets added, also re Freak Out Festival:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6612809/nile-rodgers-chic-album-interview?utm_source=twitter

Lots of younger/other artists I'd like as guests, but these are mostly people he's known and performed with live and/or on their own records, ones he's comfortable with, so (maybe occasional stage colleague Prince will get in there too? NR's still working on tracks!)

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/nile-rodgers-goes-busking-london-south-bank

Chic’s Nile Rodgers treated passersby to some of his classics beside the Thames – and kept his guitar case open for donations.

Initially unrecognisable in a wooly red hat, multicoloured scarf and camel jacket, he drew a modest crowd when he started singing Le Freak.

So no Londoners here saw him busking, I guess...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/fashion/mens-style/nile-rodgers-still-chic-after-all-these-years.html

He is helping to score Hugh Jackman’s new one-man show, and it’s going to be “insane.” Coachella called him and booked Chic to perform at the festival for the first time next spring, right around the time he is due to hit 64

...
Last month, Mr. Rodgers was on deadline to deliver tracks to Mr. Jackman, to Mr. Urban and to Stargate, the Norwegian producers behind many of Rihanna’s and Katy Perry’s hits.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/may/18/nile-rodgers-my-greatest-mistake

The single biggest mistake of my entire life was not taking Miles Davis seriously when he said: "Write me a motherfucking 'Good Times'". We had done an Issy Miyake photoshoot together and become friends, but I still couldn't believe that he would ask me to help him make a hit record. This is a great man who changed my life – and he wanted me to help change his. The same thing happened when I first met David Bowie and he wanted a hit record: I thought he was joking.

oh my god

o_O

CHIC
@CHICorg

RT nilerodgers "Thrilled to announce that as part of the BBC’s Glastonbury Experience weekend (June 25th-29th), you’ll be able to watch the nilerodgers & CHICorg 2017 set on the Pyramid stage on BBCFOUR and BBCiPlayer. More details about the weekend … " To follow, I hope.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eat0pe0XsAAewNw?format=jpg&name=medium

We Are Family played on a wah pedal. I played it this way so folks can hear the voice leading and substitutions. The G11 I play as a D-9 at times pic.twitter.com/RA67DduGP5

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 20, 2020

This was a surprise to me!

Attending the #funeral of a Panther’s baby. I’m the skinny 16 year-old brother on the right. Sub-section leader of Lower Manhattan Section, Harlem Branch. We were so filled with love. pic.twitter.com/qyewOg59PI

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 4, 2021

love him even more now

So great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRERgcQe-fQ

I had so much joy in the past 15m and that’s only halfway TY