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Cosmicity is the project name for Detroit-based electronic musician Mark Nicholas. His music combines singer-songwriter melodies with synthesizers, drum machines, and deeply personal lyrics. In the 1990s, as a student at the University of Michigan School of Music and Technology, Nicholas released his first full-length album ''The Vision''. Since that time, Cosmicity has become one of the best-known artists in the so-called synthpop underground, most notably as a founding artist on the iconic synthpop record label A Different Drum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gothicparadise.com/add.htm )〕 His accomplishments have included playing large synthpop festivals〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://articles.philly.com/2000-05-26/news/25617973_1_prom-theme-glam-rock-devo )〕 alongside 1980s acts like Alphaville and Anything Box,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.secret-secret.com/ss/events.html )〕 winning songwriting contests (such as the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in 2006), and even placing music on a few television shows - such as the Matthew Fox series ''Haunted''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0597386/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_151 )〕 In addition to original compositions, Cosmicity has released cover songs such as "Bloc Bloc Bloc" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/messages-modern-synthpop-artists-cover-omd-mw0000003634 )〕 and "Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coversproject.com/artist/cosmicity/ )〕 Original holiday-themed songs include "Halloween"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discogs.com/Cosmicity-Too-Far-Gone/release/306632 )〕 and "This is Your Crappy Christmas Present".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/a-gloomy-gallery-of-goth-christmas-songs-6500493 )〕 Cosmicity has remixed songs for iconic 1980's synthpop bands such as Red Flag, and, Real Life,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discogs.com/Real-Life-Oblivion/release/496594 )〕 as well as popular modern acts including The Bird and the Bee in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://soundcloud.com/thebirdandthebee/heard-it-on-the-radio-1 )〕 Between 1994 and 2005, Cosmicity released seven full-length CDs〔(Discogs: Cosmicity page )〕 ''The Vision'' (1994), ''The Moment'' (1995), ''Isabella'' (1997), ''Renaissance'' (1998), ''The Binary Language of Love'' (1999), ''Pure'' (2001), ''Escape Pod for Two'' (2003), in addition to two EPs, ''Syn'' (1996) and ''Forgive Me My Syns'' (1998), a remix album ''Resynthesized'' (1999), and two greatest hits compilations, ''In Perspective'' (1998) and CD/DVD combo ''Definitive: 1997 - 2004'' (2005). During the years spanning 2006-2009, Mark Nicholas released two albums (''Duchess 33'' - 2007, ''Perversions'' - 2008) under his given name,〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/351077-Mark-Nicholas〕 dropping the Cosmicity project name so he could concentrate on more industrial sounds - and darker lyrics. 2010 saw the release of the 5-song EP ''ASCII Cupcake'' and a return to Mark Nicholas using his Cosmicity project name. 2012 brought the release of the ''Parlour Sofas'' EP. The full-length album, ''Humans May Safely Graze'', was released worldwide in 2014. It was mastered at Abbey Road Studios〔(Discogs: ''Humans May Safely Graze'' page )〕 and was distributed in CD, streaming, and digital download formats, including the iTunes Mastered for iTunes format.〔(iTunes: ''Humans May Safely Graze'' page )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cosmicity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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