BIOGRAPHY

Nixon Tyme is a French based artist of the Folk Elégant tradition. A singer, songwriter and musician, inspired by the decadent art movement, his work is often deeply personal and multi faceted. A semi fictional persona, drawn from the pages of a psychodrama novel The Ballade of Nixon Tyme.

 

On the run from the deranged husband of his dead lover, he is confronted by past ghosts and new love, and ultimately, driven to writing the songs that inspired this record.

 

His alter ego Tim Bewlay, is a child of the punk and folk movements, he has spent his life writing and performing all over the world, on the fringes of the traditional music industry, playing anywhere from dive bars to theatres, and sharing stages with many well established names. He has appeared on several critically acclaimed works, both as performer and producer.

 

In addition to top level songwriting, a Bewlay show is a multidisciplinary experience drawing from the worlds of literature, theatre and storytelling.  His performances invoke thoughts of the great pioneering artists and social commentators from the past, such as Lou Reed, Dylan, Martin Amis or even Bukowski.......

 

As we moved into the 2020's, Tim completed his first novel, a rock n roll psychodrama called The Ballade of Nixon Tyme, and then thought "Why not make a concept album ?"

So he did........

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A subtle, gentle record, and recorded with minimal accompaniment, and a largely female cast, the soundscape is based around live piano and strings. It is, he considers, his most cohesive work to date.....

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And now here we are, at the present day. A worldwide plague delayed things, but now at last, we can finally say.....Here it is.

How We Love The Sea, is a unique collection of words and music, which you can discover on these very pages.

 

Enjoy X

 

PS : We will drip feed chapters of the novel over on the website blog page, and hopefully you will have some fun piecing together how this all came about.......

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