Lemon

The pseudonym of DJ, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Hollywood, Lemon combines Hammond organ, trumpet hits, bongos, surf guitar, uptempo breakbeats, obscure ’60s samples, and other instrumentation that might be fitting on the Señor Coconut or Cash Tag album to blend sounds of days gone by with sounds into the future. Beginning his music profession in the U.K. lounge picture, he was involved with Golf club Montepulciano, an important organization in revitalizing cabaret and burlesque. In the peak from the motion, he transitioned the nightly ritual right into a label known as Membership Montepulciano Recordings and released some compilations predicated on the vintage/modern music from the membership. Amidst the recordings, including the Adam Bond-influenced Showgirls & Sugardaddies as well as the bossa nova-inspired Bongo Seaside!, Hollywood debuted the first Lemon record, Up! In 2005, he began a fresh Brighton-based label, Newly Squeezed Music (never to end up being baffled with Canadian label Newly Squeezed Information), and released Lemon’s second record, Using a Twist. Travels implemented, with Hollywood occasionally acquiring the stage using a live music group and at various other times gigging being a single DJ. In 2007, Lemon became a sizzling hot licensing item, as songs produced their method into advertisements (Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart), trailers (Knocked Up, The Heartbreak Child, Crazy Hogs), and Television shows (Ugly Betty, Queer Eyes for the Right Man, The X Aspect).