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COLONEL RED
Nicholas Simon Romillie (born the 17th of April 1962 in Birmingham, U.K ) professionally known as Colonel Red. Britain's cutting edge neo-soul singer, songwriter and musician.

CAREER
His earliest musical memory was experimenting with local bredrin playing reggae music.Dedicated to learn more about the rudiments of jazz blues and soul music styles, by the time had reached his late teens to early twenties,Redz( as he known by his colleagues and friends alike) developed his very own brand of soul funk had started to dominate the sound he was creating, fused together with elements of blues & jazz.

His first ever recording experience in the big city was at Harrow roads 'Addis Ababa' studio's original home of Soul 2 Soul. This turned out to be his first ever vinyl release, a single called 'Feel The Changes' produced by Cliff Whyte, who like Redz, was originally from Birmingham, and had traveled down to London with the brief success of Mark Rodgers & Hollywood Beyond, as their chief engineer in the eighties.

This recording caught the interest of A&R man Darcus Beese, who at that time was a junior A&R with Island records. Now President of Island records and the man responsible for signing Amy Winehouse & Sugar Babes, Darcus invited Redz to come and record in Island’s famous Green Room Studios, where artists such as Bob Marley, Grace Jones and U2 all recorded their early demos. Once the demo was complete Darcus then took Redz on a record company tour that took them from Island to Big Life Records, Jazz Summers label & home label to 'The Only Way Is Up' singer Yazz!

The relationship between Darcus and Redz would eventually lead to teaming him up with top writer/producer Robin Smith (Heatwave & Mike Oldfield) that would form soul fusion pop group 'Pride n Politix'. After spending some time in Robin’s Maida Vale Studio, Redz, together with his brother Carl Rom {sax player & multi-instrumentalist} developed the quality crafted 'Changes' album. Robin on his way to Australia to work with top New Zealand singing artist Margaret Urlich, took the ‘Changes’ album with him, and at Robins very first meeting he managed to blow away Sylvia Rhone & Merlin Bobb at Atlantic/East West records.

Colonel Red’s foray into the music industry began when Epic Record company giant Sylvia Rhone signed the then lead singer, Nikki Romillie, of Pride n’ Politix, to Atlantic Records. An accompanying publishing deal with Warner Bros. established the artiste, now known as Colonel Red, as one of the UK’s top cutting edge singer/songwriters.

COLLABORATIONS
Redz has worked with and written for, such artists as, Maurice White,Lenny White, Alex Acuna, Amp Fiddler, Keith Sweat, Teddy PendegrassAnita Baker, Jerry Hey & the Seawind Orchestra, Shara Nelson, Lisa Lisa &the Cult Jam, Sandra St Victor, IG Culture, Bugz in the Attic, Ursual Rucker, Tony Allen, Jon Hassel, Dwight Trible, The Last Poets, Brian Jackson & many more soul legends. DISCOGRAPHY

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