MILLY JAMES
millyj@iinet.net.au
mobile: 040 387 9814
home: 61 8 6420 2506

Born Nicole Simpson-James, 1962 Nottingham, England
Lives and works in Western Australia.

Education

1978 – Melton Mowbray College – Drama & Theatre Design

1979-1981 London School Of Contemporary Dance – BA Contemporary Dance

1998-2001 CURTIN University – Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art

2008 West Australian Academy of Performing Art – Cert IV Jazz vocal
2011Introduction To Screen Acting – FROG MANAGEMENT
Productions
UK
Leave Him To Heaven
Babes In The Wood
Dick Whittington
Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
The Miracle Worker
Oliver
Oedipus
Man From La Mancha
Blood Wedding

WA
For Check-out Chicks who’ve Considered Suicide, Super Mart- Breadbox
For Check-out Chicks Who’ve Considered Suicide, Putting On AN Act – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Henry And Aaron’s Steps to Superstardom- Episode: Infamy is Good For Me 2011
RTRFM TV Commercial 2011

MUSIC
2004-2010 West Australian Music Industry Festival
2004 Good Vibrations Festival
2009- 20010 One Movement Festival
2010 various events and Perth Venues.

Band page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milly-James/179672468720932

UK born Milly James, otherwise known as Nicole Reid, spent a number of years honing her skills as guest vocalist and co-writer with The Ku-Ling Brothers (Steve Malinder, Shane Norton, Jack Lucas). She has also recorded with The PROBLEM KIDS (UK), performed with and supported huge artists like: MOLOKO, SOUL II SOUL, MAD PROFESSOR, URSULA RUCKER and ROOTS MANUVA.
Re-casting herself as a solo performer, in 2010 Milly was keen to experiment with a new sound, which led to a cool, collaborative release on ONE LOVE/SONY 2010 DUBSTEP INVASION Compilation, with RUN WITH THE FLAME.

MILLY JAMES collectively is Nicole on vocals, keys/ synthesizer, along with Nicholas Kempt on electronic percussion, and Aidan Gordon on guitar.
The trio is very proud to release their new EP Running With Wolves. Which is already receiving copious airplay on local and national radio, and street press praise:

“Jagged leftfield trip-hop and dub-inspired beats contrast with soulfully crooned vocals…
The arrangements are so inventive and unpredictable as to transcend genre…
A surprising, thoroughly enjoyable first release that bodes well for an interesting recording career to come” - DRUM MEDIA