February 7, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, LA / HYPE.NEWS / February 7, 2019 / On Sunday, February 3, 2019, Ciré second lines into Internet radio. The debut performance of Tone for Tony by Ciré featuring Nicholas Payton was publically heard in its entirety for the first time on HardcoreMix.com. The song entered the playlist at #97 and by the close of the day, it was #1.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the city of style, culture, vibrant nightlife, and partying, Eric Nicholas, known in the Music Industry as Ciré, is the ultimate Renaissance artist. Watching his dad practice on piano and perform as a keyboardist with his band, Ciré developed a passionate love for music. When he was just five-years-old he performed his first recording session, singing background vocals on his father’s first professional recording.
Ciré studied music at the acclaimed New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), which allowed him to travel the world and perform throughout Europe and South America. When Ciré saw the legendary Herbie Hancock perform, at that moment he knew that he was destined to do something extraordinary with his talent. Thus, his destiny was set.
By utilizing his extensive knowledge of the techniques of acoustic designing and sound recording, Ciré produces music in a plethora of genres: pop, rock, r&b, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, orchestral, as well as his own signature music style.
On January 26, 2019, Sea Breeze Records released Ciré’s debut album, Integrated Compositions. Appropriately named, Integrated Compositions is a combination of genres and styles, carefully integrated to produce a unique and colorful musical tapestry.
Asked to describe his music, Ciré writes, “I think my music is interesting. I express with my fingers what I see in my mind and feel in my heart. I’m a solo artist, a keyboardist, but I consider myself more of a producer than an artist. I use different bands for different occasions, so my band could be a quartet or a full-blown jazz ensemble: violins, woodwinds, brass, and all. For ‘Integrated Compositions’ I used a variety of noted musicians. The album incorporates some of the greatest musicians of the decade as you have never heard them.”
These contributing, venerated talents include Academy Award Winner Nicholas Payton, Donald Ramsey, Rashaad Carlton, Felicia Bossier, Michael Brown, Russell Batiste, Joe Dyson, Jason Carpenter, Andrew Block, Adam Hawley, Ricky “Bongo” Carthen, Jamil Ford, Scott Mayo, Daryl Williams, and Damian “Deno V-Flyy” Duplessis. Ciré, himself, provides performances on piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, organ, synthesizers, bass synthesizer, string synthesizer, vocorder, and melodica.
Album Preview: Integrated Compositions by Ciré
Ciré 's Official Website: CireTheMaestro.com