Nicole Skeltys

Nicole Skeltys
Background information
Also known asArtificial
OriginBrisbane, Australia
OccupationComposer
Years active1992–present
LabelsSony, Shock, Festival Mushroom, Creative Vibes, Psy-Harmonics, Inertia, Uh Oh, Nephilim, Mana, MUK
Websitenicoleskeltys.com

Nicole Skeltys is an Australian composer. From 1993 to 2003 she was part of B(if)tek, an electronica and dance act. Skeltys also released electronic music under the name Artificial during this period and was a member of Clan Analogue.[1] In 2002, she was the writer for the webcomic Pigeon Coup.[2] She co-composed the soundtrack for the first season of Lonely Planet TV series Lonely Planet Six Degrees.[3] After B(if)tek split in 2004, Skeltys established the Melbourne-based band Dust,[4] consisting of vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums, and which has been described as a "mixture of country twang, melancholy folk and urban scrawl, all with psychedelic overtones."[5] In late 2007, she established a psychedelic folk duo called The Jilted Brides with American filmmaker and photographer Tanya Andrea Stadelmann,[4] and in 2008 and 2009 took up a number of artist residencies across the United States.[6] In 2009, Skeltys became an artist-in-residence at Pittsburgh Filmmakers.[7] Skeltys has produced a short music mockumentary,[8] which won a Platinum REMI award for group music video production at the 2012 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[9]

In 2011, Skeltys and Byron Scullin produced the soundtrack to the documentary film A Life Exposed.[10] In 2013, Skeltys released the compilation album Citizens United,[4][11] followed by Deal with Your Disenchantment in 2018.[12] About the latter album, she said: "I wanted to reimagine myself looking at the world through Bob Dylan's eyes in the '60s/early '70s – only I'm a 21st-century woman, and the political and social issues are the ones we are dealing with now."[13] After release of Deal with your Disenchantment, Skeltys performed at venues in London, the Northcote Social Club,[13] and the Ealing Blues Festival.[14]

In 2019, while living in London, Skeltys became interested in local artist-activists who were critiquing financialization, highlighting damaging social impacts of post-1980s banking and finance practices.[15] Skeltys was inspired to start researching and composing a rock opera about London’s finance industry. The resultant work, Canary Wharf: the Rock Opera, was released as two albums (soundtrack[16] and full theatrical work[17] versions) in early 2023, with the support of La Trobe University, where Skeltys is undertaking a PhD in creative arts.[18] Her film to accompany the album premiered in Melbourne at Thornbury Picture House in April 2023.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Artificial". Clan Analogue. 12 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pigeon Coup". www.vollutin.com.
  3. ↑ "Lonely Planet Six Degrees (TV Series 2003– )". IMDb.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nicole Skeltys". Radio Black Forest. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
  5. ↑ McMullen, Phil (July 2007). "DUST - DUSTSONGS". Terrascope.
  6. ↑ Sheridan, Patricia (22 May 2009). "I Picked Pittsburgh: The Jilted Brides, up from Down Under". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Wood, Geoff (28 May 2010). "The Rebel Spirit, Pt 1". ABC listen.
  8. ↑ nicole skeltys (23 February 2016). Skeltys and Foley: The Journey of the Band of Discovery. Retrieved 20 July 2026 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ "Skeltys and Foley: The Journey of the Band of Discovery (2011)". IMDb.
  10. ↑ "Filmmakers". A Life Exposed. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Citizens United". The Dust Revival Band and Friends. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Deal With Your Disenchantment". Nicole Skeltys. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  13. 1 2 Rose, Anna (30 January 2019). "Nicole Skeltys & The Disenchanted try to look at the world through Bob Dylan's eyes". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ealing Blues Festival – Day 1". ealingclub.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Edelstyn, Daniel (2 May 2023). "Canary Wharf Rock Opera - with Nicole Skeltys". Vimeo. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Canary Wharf: the Rock Opera - The Music". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Canary Wharf: The Rock Opera (full theatrical work)". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Bio". latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  19. ↑ nicole skeltys (28 February 2023). Trading in Air (from Canary Wharf: The Rock Opera). Retrieved 20 July 2026 – via YouTube.
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