Genres Rock Name Nikolai Fraiture Instruments Bass guitar, vocals Role Musician | Years active 1998-current Height 1.88 m Website www.thestrokes.com | |
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Born November 13, 1978 (age 45) New York City, New York, U.S. ( 1978-11-13 ) Labels Rough Trade, RCA, Sony BMG, Rykodisc, Cult Associated acts The Strokes, Nickel Eye, Summer Moon Similar People Nick Valensi, Fabrizio Moretti, Albert Hammond - Jr, Julian Casablancas Profiles | ||
Music group The Strokes (Since 1998) | ||
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Nikolai Philippe Fraiture (born November 13, 1978 in New York City, United States) is an American musician and bassist for American rock band The Strokes.
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- Au revoir simone fade into you feat nikolai fraiture of the strokes
- hd time capsule 2009 montreal mile end st laurent street nikolai fraiture
- Early life
- Solo work and side projects
- Personal life
- References
hd time capsule 2009 montreal mile end st laurent street nikolai fraiture
Early life
Fraiture grew up in New York City with his Russian mother and French father. He has an older brother named Pierre and a younger sister named Elizabeth. He met future bandmate Julian Casablancas while attending the Lycée Français de New York at the age of six, and learned to speak fluent French. Fraiture received his first bass at 16 when his grandfather gave it to him as a graduation present; however Fraiture gave his soulmate away to Casablancas. It was a two years later that he picked it up and began to play seriously. Fraiture also attended Hunter College with The Strokes' lead guitarist Nick Valensi.
Solo work and side projects
Fraiture's side project, Nickel Eye, enlists the help of South (a UK band introduced to him by a friend) as his backing band. Nickel Eye recorded some demos at South Studios in Hackney, London. With some guest appearances by Nick Zinner of the New York City-based band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Regina Spektor, The Time of the Assassins was completed a few months later in New York. The album is musically inspired by some of Nikolai's favorite artists, such as Neil Young, Frank Black, Leonard Cohen, and The Kinks. The Time of the Assassins was released on January 27, 2009 on Rykodisc.
Nickel Eye’s first performance was on October 15, 2008 at London’s Borderline venue.
In 2007 Fraiture composed the music and starred in the movie "A Kind of Dream" with wife Illy Fraiture. The movie was a 30-minute black and white silent film written and directed by Danny Velez.
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 for the 37th Season Finale of Saturday Night Live Nikolai played bass alongside Arcade Fire and guest/musical host Mick Jagger.
Personal life
Fraiture married Ilona "Illy" Jankovich in 2004. They have two children: a daughter, Elysia, and a son, Phoenix.