Nicolaas Walle

Nicolaas Walle is a Half-Irish, Half-Dutch musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer currently living in The Hague, in The Netherlands.

He plays the guitar, bass (fretless and fretted) and synthesizer as well as being a highly-qualified Sound Engineer and Producer, with a 1st-class honours BA degree in Creative Music Production from IADT Dun Laoghaire (2022) and a Masters Degree in Popular Music Practice from BIMM Dublin (2023).

From busking on Grafton Street, in St Anne's Park Clontarf and in The People's Park Dun Laoghaire, he has gone on to collaborate with musicians in Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria and Germany and play events such as a show in the prestigious Zwarte Ruiter in Den Haag with Austrian vocalist/collaborator Lisa Patscheider and The Pinguin Radio showcases in Groningen during ESNS with Berlin-based Swiss-Irish singer Hannah Kelly.

He has also released several self-produced studio albums of entirely original solo and collaborative music. He is aiming in the future to expand his audience and to play the full, official program of ESNS as well as festivals such as Sniester in Den Haag and Left Of The Dial in Rotterdam.

A very talented and active Sound Engineer and producer, during his time achieving his degree in Creative Music Production, he pioneered the project “Nicolaas Walle And Friends", a collaborative and more experimental project. With this project, he has released two albums to date, including the 2-part 27-minute concept piece "Human Nature" (a narrative piece based on his love of the progressive rock genre) and the more traditional-form album "Strange Time, Strange Place", worked on partly through the challenge of remote collaboration due to COVID restrictions at the time.
He then went on to achieve his MA from BIMM Dublin, during which time he served as bassist in Irish project Flublah and played several gigs with them in venues such as Whelans, Opium and The Hut.

His proudest moments of recorded output to date are his collaborative efforts, especially the three studio singles he has released in collaboration with Austrian Singer Lisa Patscheider, namely "The Irony Of Fate", "Scorpio" and "Pain Inside". His next major release is planned to be a collaborative full-length album with multiple vocalists and he would hope to release it on physical media.

His style is influenced by neo-soul, classic rock, prog rock, blues, psychedelic indie and jazz fusion, with influences such as Gary Moore, Yes (his all time favourite band), Rush, Camel, Peter Gabriel, Chris Squire and countless others. Some reviews have compared his guitar sound to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour or Prince.
In 2019, he won the judges' prize in Greystones Guide's "Stepping Stones: Battle of the bands".
He has also been featured on Nialler9's "11 New Irish Songs You Should Hear" on the 20th of June, 2019 alongside singer Emily Lannin for their single "Tidal Wave".
His song "Scorpio", a collaboration with Austrian Singer Lisa Patscheider, was featured online in Hot Press (27 September 2024), Mystic sons, RTE Entertainment and many other publications.
Many feel the highlight of his work is his bluesy, psychedelic and melodic guitar playing.

Nicolaas is currently living in The Hague, Netherlands in the hope that being in mainland Europe will provide access to more opportunities and he is already gaining work in live sound, collaboration, recording, production and performance.