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morgan nicholls

Decatone Studio Owner , Record Producer/Engineer , Songwriter , Musician -Bass Guitar & Hammond organ … Cabasa

London . TW1
morgan.nicholls1@btinternet.com
07714098720

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Nicholls

https://www.facebook.com/morganicholls/

Born March 19th , 1971 .

Son of singer songwriter Billy Nicholls, http://www.billynicholls.com , grandson of Billy Nicholls SNR of The Squadronaires , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squadronaires

Morgan, from the age of 16 has been writing ,recording and performing professionally in bands , working up from touring small venues with the Senseless Things to Stadium tours with Muse…

MUSE (15+ yrs) -keys & guitar- Originally filling in Bass for Chris Wolstenholme on bass at V festival in 2004 , then continued on to perform keys/guitar/percussion on 5 world tours spanning 651 concerts and all associated Tv and award shows etc.. promoting the albums Black Holes and Revelations, The Resistance, The 2nd Law, Drones & Simulation Theory

Worked on the Muse/ Streets collaboration : Who Knows Who

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PIH6FVFfE4

A Muse fans compilation....

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

The Who, (London Olympics closing ceremony )- Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGQ8C64WlQ

The Streets (4 years promoting the first 3 albums : Original Pirate material etc ),-Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONDzHijH08Y

Gorillaz (Demon Days tour ),- Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wuPOY-TDk4

Lily Allen (Musical Director & Bass 2 world tours ) ,

Senseless Things (4 albums , all tours), - bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknawwD8T-E

Vent 414 (Tours/ 1 Album produced by Steve Albini ), - Bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqXbT8sEvU

Urge Overkill (Pulp Fiction Promo ),Girl you be a woman soon ( bass)

Delakota , Circle 60 ,Pearl Lowe, Death Nurse etc etc ... Bass

When lockdown paused touring Morgan setup a new recording studio in SW London, and concentrated his time recording and mixing ..

Decatone studio is based in St Margarets , located just behind Twickenham Film Studio’s…

Its a fully equipped professionally built soundproofed space , consisting of a large acousticly treated mixing room , looking through to a Drum room / Vocal booth..

The studio also has a separate recreational room that doubles up as a writing / rehearsal room…as well as a green screen option ready for basic video / Image work.

Decatone Soft launched in 2022, Morgan started working closely with the SW London charity: The Basement Door , who supports youth bands in the area and have recorded and produced many of their acts.

Decatone clients now includes:

The Streets , The Senseless things , The Dynatronics, Vent 414 , The Helmholtz Resonators, The Forty Fours, Kaiya Maxfield, Micheal Hill , Vixeny , Grizzlee , What Happened Next , Everything In Mono, Canine Gymkhana ,Ellie Avrey , Shut up Sally , The Gatlings, Arthouse ,Lauren Annabel, Spell, The Repertoire, Purple kong, The Veras , Circle 60 , Oak Royal, Invisible Threads, Jo and the Invisible apprentice , Billy Nicholls , Stu Jackson, Michael Ciancetta ,Alexander Lang

recent works include :

VENT 414 - Album / Tour .. may 2026

Alexander Lang - forthcoming Album

Ladies of London - Tv theme

The Dynatronics - forthcoming Album

The Streets - Archive 2004/ 2005 Dv Transfers

The Forty Fours : Album Pre production

The Senseless Things Live at shepherds Bush - Soundtrack

..The Senseless Things album - First of Two Many -anniversary edition , a full remix from the original multitrack tapes.

https://www.senseless-things.com/store/p/thefirstoftoomanycd

Mixed ' Travellers Joy' a Billy Nicholls track for the late Ronnie Lane’s band ‘Slim Chance’ featuring The Who’s Pete Townsend ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIPaIjgx-fI

Recorded Circle 60 album , Gods Of Dimension guest featuring Captain Sensible

Working along side Cass Browne- ( Senseless Things ,Gorillaz, Loup Garoux, Delakota ).....

Previous studio works include:

Recorded and wrote the theme for the 2022 Coco Pops Campaign ,

“Start The Magic” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=897EWpTbGFE

Recorded and recorded The Liverpool fc / Nivea campaign 'Never 'Alone'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2wB08VKGQ

The Veras -EP -Ladies First - Mixed & Produced

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

Nick Capaldi- ‘You and all the Seasons- Bass

https://nickcapaldi.com

Various youtube links to music Morgans written , spanning different styles over the years, etc.. plus a list of previous studio work..

Moonlihght Rhino- A track written to support the Save The Rhino Charity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXxkwhl50_o

The Masked Singer (FOX TV ) - Seasons 1, 2 & 3 - Stings/ Intro's etc..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-7DvQQKZsA

A theme track written and recorded for the Tv show : 'Breaking Pointe' -'En Pointe' -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Src4e2ne14

"Rock and Roll fucking lovely" - Indie Film Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XzWmcAx358

TV show- Ladies of London - Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l4plvR378U

Boxheads- Short film by William Nicholls -wrote & produced soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9OVthDCgOE

An Epk from his first album release..:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBF1uF6CyhU

A Britney Spears cover version recorded and engineered for Lily Allen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jOzuLsJIUE

A demo from a forthcoming album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvSyWwFHUhE,

( work in progress Vent 414 demo featuring Miles Hunt from the wonderstuff) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR09OX95LMA ,

A side project called Circle 60 ,

"Drive drive drive" a Morgan track from their vinyl album “Sawn Off Shot Gold”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6hZzTKM5Z8

https://www.facebook.com/Circle6o/

Joel Culpepper - Mr and Mrs Brown & Far From your average - Collaboration with Rich de Rosa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83EKW28tF0

Morgan Released 'Miss Parker on ZubiZaretta Records in 1999 featuring artwork by Jamie Hewlett

M-ORGAN : ' ORGANIZED' LP Released in 2000 on Source Records , featuring the single: Miss Parker .. remixes by the dust brothers and Phoenix can be found on YouTube.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7B36nmwG6EkNCJrj4Yz59P

and produced, engineered and performed on recordings including:

Shampoo- Girl Power -Bass

Still Crazy : Grammy nominated film featuring Billy Connolly , Bill Nighy , Stephen Rea and Timothy Spall, film soundtrack:- Hammond organ (Strange Fruit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Crazy#External_links

Queen Adreena - LP -Engineer

Embrace - Remix

Billy Nicholls - Penumbra Moon - LP -Mixed & Produced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_Ek_k6DWA

Adam Masterson - Clash cover for Uncut Magazine -mixed & Produced (bass & Hammond B3 Organ)

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

'Bill and Ben The flowerpot men' Back Again kids tv album (BBC) -Written & Produced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAIYURAYVY

Billy Nicholls -'Still Entwined' LP: Mixed & Produced (bass hammond/ lead guitar)

https://open.spotify.com/album/7IuNaPAC7XARQ9dDAkO7Ms

Ben Gallagher -LP (RG records)