It was year-long negotiation and Island Records agreed to let the Geneva independent label keep ownership of the master record and remain producer. Evidence Music with Nico at the helm, signed an international deal for Danitsa’s new album with Island Records, the fabled label of Bob Marley, U2, Amy Winehouse and The Clash. In 2017, Evidence Music recorded and produced the album Ego by Danitsa, who went on to win ‘Best Music Act in Swiss-Romande’ at the Swiss Music Awards in 2018. The Evidence Music YouTube channel which showcases the body of their work with international artists, in the form of music videos, has attracted 34 million views.
Evidence Music videos have attracted 34 million viewsįrom their no-name, shopfront studio in Les Grottes in Geneva, Nico and his partners and collaborators have recorded, produced and promoted some of the biggest names in reggae and dancehall such as Sizzla, Anthony B, Shaggy, Luciano, Busy Signal, Brother Culture, Million Stylez, General Levy, Vershon, Johnny Osbourne, Capleton, and the late Wayne Smith. Geneva and Evidence Music studio have become a European stopover for Jamaican artists. He is a rising and respected player and influencer in world music, especially reggae and dancehall. Today, Nico aged 28, is the CEO of independent Geneva recording studio and label, Evidence Music and is also the founder and partner in one of Europe’s hardest working reggae sound systems, Little Lion Sound. There was truth to it.”Ī remarkable response for a schoolboy barely out of short pants. “Suffering and love,” Nico replied, in that order. One day he played a song that opened the door for little brother.
His older brother Stéphane was a headbanger, a fan of heavy metal bands like Slipknot, Slayer and NOFX. He was just 11 years old, a Swiss schoolboy living in Commugny. Nicolas (Nico) Meury’s calling was loud and clear, and it had an island beat. The big question is, are you going to follow this path? Are you a believer? Call it what you like, an epiphany or a calling. Sometimes in life, if you are lucky, a door opens and instinctively you know this is the way.