Here's a favorable TheFindMag.com review of Nicolay's City Lights Vol. 2 by a man simply known as Craig. Check it:
We’ve all had those days. Usually falling on a lazy weekend or possibly a lacklustre holiday. When you’ll be hitting a club later on but until then your schedule is distinctly on the baren side. Either the rain is too fierce or the heat is too intense for any reasonable shopping journey to be worth the effort. Grabbing a bite would be an obvious choice, if last nights self catered extravaganza hadn’t rendered the fridge an empty vessel.
Preview: Nicolay – Lose Your Way
Daytime TV (as usual) plays its hand of predictability. While mainstream radio follows the same path once those 20 tracks begin their recycling phase. You try to find a classic to help pass the time but even Illmatic doesn’t quite cut it because this day, doesn’t feel like a Hip Hop day. So.. Shibuya.
Proof that Nicolay, truly is a beatsmith who can fill many voids. A Jack of all trades who for once can profess to be a master of all of them. 99% of Instrumental albums, whatever the genre, are simply a collection of beats that may or may not have been picked up by one artist or another if their producer had so chosen. Volume 1.5, as good as it is, falls under this beat collection mantra thanks to its Hip Hop backbone. Shibuya is one of the few that are created with a purpose from the outset. The key to this albums appeal is its constantly changing landscape. There’s a hint of everything from Electro to Nu Jazz and almost everything in between.
The varying of sounds is superb and, as with Time:Line, each track always acts as a precursor for the next. Thus the smooth transition between each make it a lot harder to press the pause button. The vocal tracks are also well placed and serve not to alienate the Leave It All Behind newbies to the Nicolay experence. A far more adventurous outing than it’s predecessor, Volume 2 is a testament to the man who created it.-- [ SOURCE ]
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