Nick Movshon

Nick Movshon
Birth name	Nicholas Anthony Movshon
Born	(1982-03-17) March 17, 1982 (age 42) The Arcs Lee Field & The Expressions
Formerly of	Antibalas

Nicholas Anthony Movshon (born March 17, 1982) is a bass guitarist, drummer and songwriter best known for his considerable contributions to the New York funk and soul revival. A frequent contributor to the recorded output of Brooklyn-based labels Daptone Records and Truth & Soul, he has spent the past two decades playing with Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, and as a member of groups including Antibalas, Menahan Street Band, and El Michels Affair. He is also a founding member of The Arcs and has toured with The Black Keys.

A prolific session musician, he often works with producers Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse; "Valerie," "Back to Black"), Dan Auerbach (Lana Del Rey, Yola), and Leon Michels (Aloe Blacc; "I Need a Dollar"). He can be heard playing on tracks like Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven".^[1]

History

Movshon began his career as a teenager playing in the band The Mighty Imperials with longtime collaborators

.

While sitting in with The Dap-Kings in the 2000s, Movshon got to know

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In 2014, Movshon built the Long Island City recording studio The Diamond Mine with Brenneck, Michels, and Steinweiss.^[3]

The bass he is mostly known for using is a vintage Gibson Ripper.

Movshon lives in New York City.

Discography

With The Mighty Imperials

• Thunder Chicken (2001)

With Antibalas

• Who is This America? (2004)
• Government Magic EP (2005)
• Security (2007)

With El Michels Affair

• Sounding Out The City (2005)
• Walk On By (A Tribute To Isaac Hayes) EP (2009)
• Enter The 37th Chamber (2010)
• Loose Change EP (2014)
• Return To The 37th Chamber (2016)
• Adult Themes (2020)
• Yeti Season (2021)

With Menahan Street Band

• Make the Road by Walking (2008)
• The Crossing (2012)
• The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (2021)

With Bronx River Parkway

• San Sebastian 152 (with Candela All Stars) (2008)

With Lee Field & The Expressions

• My World (2009)
• Faithful Man (2012)
• Emma Jean (2014)
• Special Night (2016)
• It Rains Love (2019)
• Big Crown Vaults Vol. 1 (2020)

With Mark Ronson & the Business Intl.

• Record Collection (2010)

With Charles Bradley (as part of the Menahan Street Band)

• No Time For Dreaming (2011)
• Victim of Love (2013)
• Changes (2016)
• Black Velvet (2018)

With The Fabulous Three

• The Best Of The Fabulous Three (2014)

With The Arcs

• Yours, Dreamily, (2015)
• The Arcs vs. The Inventors Vol. I EP (2015)

With The Olympians

• The Olympians (2016)

Other credits

Selected credits. Bass guitar credit unless otherwise noted.

• Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
  • "Rehab"
  • "You Know I'm No Good"
  • "Back to Black"
  • "Love Is a Losing Game"
  • "Wake Up Alone"
  • "He Can Only Hold Her"
• Mark Ronson – Version (2007)
  • "
    Valerie" (featuring Amy Winehouse
    )
  • "The Only One I Know" (featuring Robbie Williams)
• Adele – 19 (2008)
  • "Right as Rain" (songwriting credit only)
• Aloe Blacc – Good Things (2010)
  • Credited on all album tracks for drums, bass, guitar including on:
  • "I Need a Dollar"
  • "Green Lights"
  • "Loving You Is Killing Me"
• Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011)
  • "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"
  • "
    Valerie
    " ('68 version)
• Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
  • "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (2014)
  • "Cruel World"
  • "Ultraviolence"
  • "Shades of Cool"
  • "Brooklyn Baby"
  • "West Coast"
  • "Sad Girl"; drums
  • "Money Power Glory"
  • "The Other Woman"; drums
  • "Florida Kilos"; drums

• Mark Ronson – Uptown Special (2015)
  • "Feel Right" (featuring Mystikal); also songwriter
  • "I Can't Lose" (featuring Keyone Starr)
  • "In Case of Fire" (featuring Jeff Bhasker); also songwriter
• Lady Gaga – Joanne (2016)
  • "Sinner's Prayer"
  • "Hey Girl" (featuring Florence Welch)
• Mark Ronson – Late Night Feelings (2019)
  • "Knock Knock Knock" (featuring Yebba); also songwriter
  • "When U Went Away" (featuring Yebba); also songwriter
  • "Truth" (featuring Alicia Keys and The Last Artful, Dodgr); also songwriter
  • "Why Hide" (featuring Diana Gordon); also songwriter
• Harry Styles – Fine Line (2019)
  • "Treat People with Kindness"
• Aaron Frazer
  – Introducing... (2021)
• Yebba – Dawn (2021)
• Yola – Stand for Myself (2021)
  • "Stand"; songwriter
• Alice Ivy and Sycco – "Weakness" (2021)
• Norah Jones – I Dream of Christmas (2021)
• Michael Leonhart & JSWISS – Bona Fide (2022)
  • "Bona Fide"; drums
  • "Defeat"; drums
  • "What’s Love"; drums
  • "Elegance”; drums
  • "Make Room"; drums
• Lady Wray – Piece of Me (2022)

References

External links

• Nick Movshon Discography
• [1]