Years active 1990–present | ||
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Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, composer Instruments Drums, vocals, electric guitar Associated acts Cairo Knife Fight, Dimmer, Goldenhorse, Hollie Smith Music groups Cairo Knife Fight, Goldenhorse Genres Rock music, Industrial music, Jazz, Hip hop music, Electro People also search for George Pajon, Ben King, Geoff Maddock, Kirsten Morrell, Vincent Hine | ||
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Nick Gaffaney is a professional drummer, songwriter and singer from New Zealand, and is best known for the band Cairo Knife Fight.
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Career
Gaffaney began his career as a session and recording artist, having played drums for Dimmer, Goldenhorse, Hollie Smith and has recorded and performed with songwriters such as Anika Moa, Jan Hellriegel, Leila Adu and Godfrey de Grut; Hip Hop/Roots artists Scribe, Fat Freddy's Drop, Solaa, King Kapisi, Nuvonesia, and Sangha; Jazz musicians Mark de Clive-Lowe, Joel Haines, The New Loungehead and Jeff Henderson.
As a freelance percussionist, Gaffaney has worked extensively with Kog Transmissions for live industrial groups such as Avotor and created electro-pop versions of Head Like a Hole songs with Joost Langveld.
In 2001, Gaffaney was invited to an Artist-in-residence position at the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, India. The position involved studying South Indian folk music, writing soundtracks for a series of dance performances by the internationally renown Darpana dance group.
Gaffaney has worked on film soundtracks for The Truth about Demons movie and the film Fracture with composer Victoria Kelly.
Awards
Gaffaney won the 2013 APRA Professional Development Award.
Nominations
In 2015, Cairo Knife Fight's album "The Colossus" was nominated by the New Zealand Music Awards for Best Rock Album.
"The Colussus" album was also nominated in 2016 for the Taite Music Prize.
Endorsements
Songs
RezlordThe Colossus · 2015
Maybe TomorrowRiverhead · 2002
The Violence of ActionCairo Knife Fight II · 2011