Endangered Species
the solo debut album by Nickodemus 

WONDERCD-02 | COMPACT DISC | RELEASED: 9/13/2005

See tracklisting below

WONDERWHEEL Recordings is happy to announce Nickodemus' solo debut album entitled "Endangered Species." Coming from the Global Hip Hop & House backdrop of New York City & his Turntables on the Hudson parties, Nickodemus captures some of the best artists & sounds the city has to offer.

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Artists include Jay Rodriguez & Jonathan Maron of the Groove Collective, Carol C of Si Se, Victor Axelrod of Antibalas, Jean Shepherd of Radio Mundial, Ethan White of Tortured Soul, Will Holland (aka Quantic), Polo of La Familia, Dionysos & Stimulus of The Real Live Show, Nappy G, Apani B & Andrea Montiero. "Endangered Species" are people, places, sounds, ideas... countless stories of everything around us that's struggling to survive in the midst of a changing World. The opening song was written to the opening words of Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." The rest of the CD spans the World of unique artists & sounds of World, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Hip Hop & Dance Music- all with a message of peace, awareness & love for the dance!

1	Endangered Species (featuring Marcelino Galan)
2	Funky in the Middle (featuring Jay Rodriguez and Ticklah)
3	Give the Drummer Some (featuring Stimulus and Dionysos of Real Live Show and Nappy G. on percussion)
4	Back From Africa Interlude
5	Back From Africa (featuring Mitch Stein)
6	Peace Pipe (featuring Jean Shepherd)
7	Cleopatra in New York (featuring Carol C.) - Zim Zam Remix
8	The Global Village (featuring MC Polo)
9	Crazy Stranger (featuring Harel Shachal)
10	Patient With the World (featuring Jay Collins)
11	The Spirits Within (featuring Apani B.)
12	Mystery of Life (featuring Andrea Monteiro)

Global beats master Nickodemus takes New York’s melting pot to his funky, dub, hip-hop Afrobeat-Brazilian rooftop barbecue and serves all dancers who attend.
-XLR8R magazine's Top Ten Album Picks-

With Turntables on the Hudson seven years strong, pioneering Brooklynite Nickodemus drops his first solo effort. Comprising over a decade of international influence touching the Balkans, Africa, Latin America, Arabia, Jamaica and more. Endangered Species is a soulful collection of bouncing vocals and melodies embedded in serious grooves. Malik from Real Live Show, Radio Mundial's Jean Shepherd and Si*Se's Carol C add verbal dynamite, while a cornucopia of global instrumentation call NYC home. The clear and present winner, however, is the clarinet/melodica-driven "Crazy Stranger," as watery and flowing as the riverside now known by Nicko's own name.
-Derek Beres - Global Beat Fusion / Globesonic

This is not only a hard-hitting uptempo dance track, it's really deep and immaculately arranged with epic peaks and valleys. I see this song having a long life & becoming a classic for lofts and late night peaktimes (you know, that *second* peaktime when the really deep stuff hits the hardest). A true nomadic classic! A sureshot gypsy bomb!
-DJ Busquelo - writing about the track "Crazy Stranger"

Endangered Species is a great mixture of superb live music and dope beats... great vocals as well... and the message can definately not be misunderstood!!!
-Tom Strauch - Switchstance Recordings, Germany

There aren't many geezers making such positive music,
so it's a joy to hear music like this.
-Miles Cleret - Sound Way Records, UK