Lemon is the alter-ego of music producer, deejay

Deejay

A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...

, multi-instrumentalist, record label

Record label

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 owner Nick Hollywood.

He was one half of the team responsible for the seminal and hugely successful London night Club Montepulciano

Club Montepulciano

Club Montepulciano was a critically acclaimed lounge and cabaret club-night institution that ran themed events across a number of venues in London, with guest appearances in the South of England and across Europe, from 1993 to 2004...

, which ran for over 11 years to great critical acclaim and was described by London's Time Out (company) as in 2004 as one of the "things you must do before you can call yourself a real Londoner".

He pioneered the UK Lounge music

Lounge music

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 scene, setting up the label Club Montepulciano Recordings, through which he released a series of influential compilations (Bongo Beach 1 and 2, Showgirls and Sugardaddies) together with Lemon's debut album, a string of sold-out 7" singles and EPs, and the work of various other Lounge artists.

Tracks from Lemon have since been licensed to numerous compilations worldwide and can be heard in adverts across Europe and the States.

Lemon songs also appear on the soundtracks to several Hollywood movies and trailers including Knocked Up

Knocked Up

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, License To Wed

License to Wed

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, Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

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 and frequently crop up on TV including several tracks in the series Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

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, MTV

MTV

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's The Paper

The Paper

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, The Apprentice, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, X-Factor

The X Factor (UK)

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 and many more.

In 2005, Nick Hollywood launched the new label Freshly Squeezed Music

Freshly Squeezed Music

Freshly Squeezed Music is an independent record label and music publisher based in Brighton, England and founded in 2005....

. Amongst their first releases was Lemon's second album "With a Twist".

Discography

2005: Batman, 7" Remix Single, b/w Lets Go! BIKINI, Lemon, Freshly Squeezed Music, UK.

2005: Suzie Q, 12" & 7" Double A-Side Limited Edition Single, Lemon/Voodoo Trombone Quartet, Freshly Squeezed Music, UK.

2005: "With a Twist", Album, Lemon, Freshly Squeezed Music, UK.

2004: Latin Lover, 7" Single, b/w Oye Como Va (7" edit), Lemon, Club Montepulciano Recordings, UK.

2004: Easy, Tiger!, 7" Single, b/w Wont you Join Me for a Drink?, Lemon, Club Montepulciano Recordings, UK.

2001: "Lemon:Up!", Album, Lemon, Club Montepulciano Recordings, UK.

1999: Lemon:Fresh, Single, Lemon, Club Montepulciano Recordings, UK.

External links

• Freshly Squeezed Music Official Website
• Club Montepulciano Official Website
• [ All Music Guide]