+FE Music proudly presents "Maybe She'll Dream Of Me", the first single taken from The Foreign Exchange's upcoming third album, Authenticity. Thank you for listening!

"MAYBE SHE'LL DREAM OF ME" LISTEN | DOWNLOAD

Produced by Nicolay and Phonte for The Foreign Exchange Music, LLC
Vocals by Phonte
All Instruments by Nicolay
Piano by Zo!
Recorded and Mixed by Phonte at The Peanut Gallery and by Nicolay at The Beach House, Wilmington, NC

Truly a family affair, the first single from Zo's forthcoming SunStorm LP features Darien Brockington and fellow Grammy-nominee Eric Roberson going back and forth over a bouncy, two-step groove topped off with a cameo from Rapper Big Pooh. Enjoy, spread the word, and as always....thank you for listening!

"THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT feat. ERIC ROBERSON, DARIEN BROCKINGTON & RAPPER BIG POOH" LISTEN | DOWNLOAD

Produced by Zo! for Chapter 3hree, Verse 5ive Music, LLC
Vocals by Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington, and Rapper Big Pooh
All Instruments by Zo!
Jive talk by Scorpeze of Windimoto
Recorded and mixed by Zo! at East Wing Studios, Silver Spring, MD and Phonte at The Peanut Gallery

The official single for Zo's 'SunStorm' album doesn't drop for a few more weeks, but we at +FE Music decided to give a little something to hold you over until then. Here's "Greatest Weapon Of All Time" featuring our good friend Sy Smith, also taken from the 'SunStorm' LP which drops 7/27. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

"GREATEST WEAPON OF ALL TIME feat. SY SMITH" LISTEN | DOWNLOAD

Produced by Zo! for Chapter 3hree, Verse 5ive Music, LLC
Vocals arranged and produced by Sy Smith
All Instruments by Zo!
Recorded and mixed by Zo! at East Wing Studios, Silver Spring, MD and Grant Nichols at Rumbo Studios, Winnetka, CA

+FE Music proudly presents The Ballad Of Purple Saint James album sampler for your FREE listening and downloading pleasure!

"THE BALLAD OF PURPLE SAINT JAMES SAMPLER" DOWNLOAD

Tracklisting:
a) Shadow intro
b) All My Days feat. Darien Brockington
c) Cry Over You feat. Phonte
d) Have A Heart
e) Change Your Mind
f) Starship
g) Shadow Outro

Friends and Family,

Nic and I are proud to present the debut single from YahZarah's "The Ballad of Purple St. James" LP.

Working on this album cost us a lot of time and effort (and damn near cost me a kidney....lol), but I can't think of any single person whose humility and raw talent deserves it more. For those of you who want a casual listen, feel free to stream the single from our +FE Music player. For those who want to own the single and help spread the word, feel free to download the entire package, which includes the mp3, the single artwork, and various tools to use on twitter and other social networks.

We sincerely thank all of you for your support, and as always, thank you for listening.

Peace,
'Te and Nic

"WHY DONTCHA CALL ME NO MORE'' [right click and save to download ZIP file]

Music: Nicolay
Lyrics: YahZarah and Phonte Coleman

All vocals: YahZarah
Keys and acoustic guitar: Nicolay
Drums: Lil' John Roberts
Bass: Zo!
Electric guitar: Chris Boerner
Handclaps and tambourine: YahZarah and Phonte

Produced by Nicolay and Phonte for The Foreign Exchange Music

We are proud to present the new EP of covers from our longtime friend, collaborator, and bandmate Zo!, "...just visiting too."

Working on this record has been a labor of love for everybody involved, and we hope it serves as a teaser for Zo's upcoming full-length SunStorm, dropping next summer on +FE Music.

Enclosed in the "...just visiting too" zip file is a digital pdf booklet complete with all the album credits, information on the album's vocalists and contributors, as well as information on the originals.

Enjoy the music, pass it around to a friend, and as always thank you for the support. We hope this record makes your transition into the holiday season much easier.

Thank you for listening. Team FE marches on!

One Love,
'Te and Nic

"JUST VISITING TOO" right click and save to download ZIP file]

Tracklisting:
1. Perfect Angel feat. Yahzarah
2. Nights Over Egypt feat. Carlitta Durand
3. Crazy You feat. Sy Smith
4. Holding You, Loving You
5. My Flame feat. Phonte
6. Somethin Special feat. Yahzarah
7. The Highways of My Life (Pts. 1&2) feat. Darien Brockington

Sample some songs from Nicolay's new album...

Click the link below to download your copy of the 'City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya' sampler!

If you haven't done so already, you can still download the first single taken from the album, 'Lose Your Way feat. Carlitta Durand', for FREE by clicking here.

'CITY LIGHTS VOL. 2: SHIBUYA' SAMPLER
[right click and save to download MP3 file]



The sampler includes snippets of the following tracks::

01 Shibuya Station
02 Crossing
03 Omotesando
04 Meiji Shrine
05 Shadow Dancing
06 Bullet Train
07 Saturday Night feat. Carlitta Durand

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the release of The Foreign Exchange's debut album 'Connected', we have a very special 'Off The Shelf' installment for you today!

At the end of January 2005, on the heels of a sold-out performance at London's Jazz Cafe, Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange (consisting of Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh, Nicolay, Yahzarah, Darien Brockington and DJ Flash) recorded a live-in-studio session for Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom). Originally, the BBC Radio 1 only aired the two Foreign Exchange tracks, 'Come Around' and 'Sincere', but we are now presenting this session in its entirety. Enjoy!

Thanks for listening,

Nicolay

LITTLE BROTHER/THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE BBC RADIO 1 SESSION [right click and save to download MP3 file]
Vocals by Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh, Yahzarah and Darien Brockington | Keyboards by Nicolay | DJ Flash on the decks | January 2005



Tracklisting:

01 Speed (Little Brother)
02 The Way You Do It (Little Brother)
03 Come Around (The Foreign Exchange)
04 Sincere (The Foreign Exchange)

See me smiling in the city lights...

We proudly present you with the first single taken from the upcoming Nicolay album "City Lights Vol. 2: Shibuya", in stores September 15 on The Foreign Exchange Music/HBD. Click on the single cover below for your FREE download!


As always, we encourage you to spread the word and forward this to anyone that you think may like it. We appreciate it!

I don't care where we go, I don't care what we do...

PURPLE FLIP [right click and save to download MP3 file]

Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson- Drums, Samples
Nicolay- Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
Zo!- Korg synth, additional rhodes
Phonte and Carlitta Durand- Vocals

This is the first in a series of random goodies that we will be periodically dropping off in your mailboxes. (Who loves ya, baby?)

We recorded this over a month ago specifically for a ?uestlove tribute party dedicated to The Purple One himself. Other than passing it off to a few DJ friends who vowed to keep it on some secret squirrel, "bet you aint up on THIS!" status, no one has ever heard it. In the wake of the incredible loss we suffered on June 25 however, this joint took on somewhat of a deeper meaning.

We decided to share it with our fans not only as a token of appreciation, but also as a way of paying respect to one of our last living musical geniuses.

Let's not wait until tragedy strikes before we show love and gratitude to our heroes, people. Give them their flowers while they live.

This one's for you, Mr. Nelson. You are loved and appreciated.

Enjoy!

One Love,
'Tay and Nic

In July of 2006, I was approached by people representing world renowned jazz keyboardist Bob James. They were working on putting together a project, to be called 'Sampling Bob James: The Nautilus Project', on which several DJ's and producers would present their take on one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history, 'Nautilus', from Bob James' 1974 album 'One'. To my delight, I was invited to be one of the contributors, but instead of sampling the original, I chose to 'cover' it and re-create the track from scratch.

They really liked my version of 'Nautilus', but the project has remained unreleased. My version did end up online, by way of a viral video. Ever since, people have been asking me for a high quality version, so... here it is! Enjoy, and please... spread the word. You are more than welcome to share the link or the file itself.

Thank you for listening,

Nicolay

'NAUTILUS' [right click and save to download 320 kbps MP3 file]
Written by Bob James | Arrangement, instruments and programming by Nicolay, December 2006

On Saturday March 7, 2009, The Foreign Exchange (Phonte + Nicolay) with Yahzarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! & The ELs played an intimate live session for Sirius/XM Radio in front of only a handful of lucky fans. Subsoniq (Sirius XM Radio) will air a live performance from The Foreign Exchange (Nicolay and Phonte) that was recorded at the Sirius XM studios in Washington DC on March 7th. The live show will air this Sunday March 22nd at 10pm. Tune in to hear this truly impressive show that mixes progressive soul and hip hop flawlessly. Throughout FE is backed by a full band, within an intimate atmosphere, which is perfect for Phonte's stage stories which we guarantee will have the Subsoniq listeners laughing their asses off! A show not to be missed this week on Subsoniq! Non-Sirius XM subscribers can get a free online trial by visiting www.listen.xmradio.com. If you missed the airing of The Foreign Exchange's Sirius XM Radio live session last week, here's your chance to listen to it in its entirety as our friends of Subsoniq have put the complete session up for download through their website. Big up to K-Murdock, KB and Monica and everyone else that made the performance possible.

Click here to download part 1
Click here to download part 2

"LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND SAMPLER" DOWNLOAD

1. Foreign Exchange Leave It All Behind Sampler
a. Take Off The Blues
b. All or Nothing
c. Something To Behold
d. If This Is Love
e. If She Breaks Your Heart

"DAYKEEPER feat. MUHSINAH" LISTEN | DOWNLOAD

Produced by Nicolay for The Foreign Exchange Music, LLC
Vocals by Phonte and Muhsinah
All Instruments by Nicolay