Nik Freitas is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles, CA.
A self taught musician and engineer, Nik records and plays everything
on his albums. He has released 5 records since 2002.
    Nik has toured his own music extensively and has been the opening act on
many U.S. tours for such bands as Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, and Azure Ray.
    In early 2008, Nik became a member Conor Oberst's Mystic Valley Band. For the next two years,
Freitas played guitar on and toured for Oberst's 2008 self titled solo album, and 2009's 'Outer South', including having two
of his own songs featured on 'Outer South'.
   In Feb. of 2010 Nik joined the live performing band for the Danger Mouse and James Mercer project Broken Bells,
and spent the year playing guitar on the road with the band.
    Between all the touring, Nik was recording his own music at his home studio in Los Angeles. With the constant
movement, limited time and space, and after playing electric guitar in bands for the previous few years,
Freitas began incorporating electronic instruments more into his music. Guitar solos and live drums were now being
replaced with old early 80's synthesizers and drum machines, mixing organic acoustics with analog sound
generators, Beats, and digital swells.
     With a small window inbetween touring with Broken Bells, Nik self released a 5 song E.P. entitled 'Center of the World'
in October 2010 which was followed by a mini US solo tour. The small collection of songs were taken from these new recordings
spanning the past three years.
.    Now that there is some free time, Nik is happy to announce that the new songs have been made into a brand new record.

Look for Nik's 5th full length album "Saturday Night Underwater"  Out Now.


Records:

2011 -   'Saturday Night Underwater' - Little Record Company (US) - Affairs of the Heart -(UK/Europe)
2010 -   'Center of the World' E.P. -   (self released)
2008 -   'Sun Down' - Team Love Records - (U.S.) - Affairs of the Heart -(UK/Europe)
2006 -   'Voicing the Hammers' - (Self Released)
2003 -   'Heavy Mellow' - future farmer recordings
2002 -   'Here's Laughing at You' - future farmer recordings

Featured on:
2010  -  Miles Kurosky(Beulah) - 'The Desert of Shallow Effects'  - Major Domo  (guitar, piano, vocs, engineering..)
2010 -  Jason Boesel -  ' Hustler's Son'   -  Team Love  (Guitar, Bass, Vocs)
2009 -   Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band 'Outer South' - Merge records  (Guitar, Vocs)
2009 -   All Smiles - 'Fall Never Fell' E.P.   ( guitar, vocs, a little engineering)
2009 -   A.M. Magic -  ' Magique Concrete'   (a little guitar,piano, recording and mixed)
2008 -   Maria Taylor -  'Lady Luck' -(recorded and played on the song "butterfly")
2008 -   J.P. Cregan -  'Self Titled'  (recorded and Mixed)
2008 -   Conor Oberst - Self Titled - Merge Records  (guitar, vocs)
2008  -  All Smiles - 'Oh for the Getting and Not Letting Go'  (guitar, piano,  Crumar!!, vocs)
2007 -  Parklane Twin -  (engineering, some production and mixing)
2007 -  Campo Bravo - ' Denver Lights and Eagle Rock Dreamer'  (engineering, piano, vocs)