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// Nic Harcourt - Editor at Large, Music & Culture, LA Times
Regarded as being the ultimate musical “tastemaker” in music and named by The New York Times as the “most influential DJ in America”, NIC HARCOURT has been an innovator as Music Director over last ten years at the influential Los Angeles radio station, KCRW, and as the host of the highly acclaimed music program, “MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC”.
Nic has through the years been an early champion of a full spectrum of artists including COLDPLAY, DIDO, MOBY, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, MASSIVE ATTACK, SIGUR ROS, INTERPOL, FRANZ FERDINAND, KT TUNSTALL, ARCADE FIRE, DAMIEN RICE, JEM, PETE YORN, DAVID GRAY, THE TING TINGS and NORAH JONES.
Nic’s talents have made him uniquely suited to select innovative music for motion pictures, television and commercials. Nic has worked as a music consultant and/ or music supervisor for such television shows as “90210”, “QUEER AS FOLK”, “LIFE AS WE KNOW IT", "IN JUSTICE", “WHAT ABOUT BRIAN” AND “LOVE MONKEY” (for which he was also a Co-Producer), as well as advertising campaigns for MITSUBISHI MOTORS, APPLE’S IPOD and VICTORIA’S SECRET. Nic has helped to select music for the motion pictures ICE AGE, ANCHORMAN, IGBY GOES DOWN, GONE BABY GONE, PRIDE AND GLORY, DUKES OF HAZZARD, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN and the upcoming movie THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD. He has also compiled and produced several volumes of live performance CD's under the SOUNDS ECLECTIC name and completed and released his first book, MUSIC LUST (Sasquatch Books). For the last two years, Nic was the “voice of Land Rover” for all of their television and radio commercials. He also produced and hosted a monthly segment called “Second Sunday with Nic Harcourt”, on the television show “BREAKFAST WITH THE ARTS” for the A&E network, which focuses on new and emerging musical talent.
Nic is a sought after speaker at music conferences around the world and currently serves as Editor-at-large for Music and Culture at the LA TIMES MAGAZINE.
