Nick Buzz
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Nick Buzz | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock, classical |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | DROG, Six Shooter |
| Members | Jonathan Goldsmith Hugh Marsh Rob Piltch Martin Tielli |
Nick Buzz is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter Martin Tielli.[1][2]
Goldsmith, Marsh, Piltch and Tielli came together in 1992 to collaborate on a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" for the 1992 Mitchell tribute album Back to the Garden.[3] The four began practising and performing under the name Nick Buzz, a nod to Tielli's chain-smoking habit ('nicotine buzz').
Nick Buzz released a full-length album, Circo, in 1996 through Dark Light Music.[4][5][6] It was rereleased in 2002 by Six Shooter Records, with the music magazine Chart calling it a "virtually unheard-of 1996 classic". In 2003, they got back together to perform four songs by Arnold Schoenberg, originally for Andrew Burashko's Art of Time series in Toronto. The group released a recording of these songs for Tielli's Tielli 2003 subscription series on Six Shooter.
In 2013, Nick Buzz released the album A Quiet Evening at Home on Six Shooter Records.[7][8]
