Editing Nick McCarthy (section)

==Musical career==

Before his breakthrough with [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], Nick McCarthy was a member of the bands Kamerakino and the jazz band [[Scatter (band)|Scatter]]. He also played [[double bass]], [[cello]] and [[Lute|Arabic lute]] in the band [[Embryo (jazz band)|Embryo]], whose music is described as a "fusion of jazz, rock and ethnic world music".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick McCarthy |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643080/bio |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=IMDb}}</ref>

He is active in numerous bands and music projects and works as songwriter and producer at "Flokati Studios" in Munich as well as at "Sausage Studios" in Hackney Lane in London.

The Flokati Studios, founded in 2020, are where Nick McCarthy works with the musician Mario Schönhofer among others. He co-founded Sausage Studios with Sebastian Kellig in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeitung |first=Süddeutsche |title=Willkommen in der Wurstfabrik |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/nick-mccarthy-franz-ferdinand-the-nix-muenchen-1.5189737 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Süddeutsche.de |date=29 January 2021 |language=de}}</ref>

=== Franz Ferdinand ===
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In 2001 McCarthy moved to [[Glasgow]]. There he met vocalist and lead guitarist [[Alex Kapranos]] at a party. The two met up with [[Paul Thomson]] who had played drums with [[The Yummy Fur]]. With the addition of [[Bob Hardy (bassist)|Bob Hardy]], the band became [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]. Although McCarthy was classically trained on the [[piano]] and [[double bass]], he initially tried his hand on drumming but then became the band's rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist and (co-)songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franz Ferdinand (band) biography |url=http://www.browsebiography.com/bio-franz_ferdinand_band.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.browsebiography.com}}</ref>

McCarthy left the band in 2016 to focus on family matters and other musical projects.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66657-franz-ferdinand-part-ways-with-guitarist-nick-mccarthy/ | title=Franz Ferdinand Part Ways With Guitarist Nick McCarthy | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] | date=8 July 2016 | access-date=8 July 2016 | author=Monroe, Jazz}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/franz-ferdinand-guitarist-nick-mccarthy-is-leaving-the-band/ | title=Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy is leaving the band | magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]] | date=8 July 2016 | access-date=8 July 2016 | author=Geslani, Michelle}}</ref>

=== Nitsch ===
Together with actor Niklas Mitteregger and producer and mixer Emin Corrado McCarthy forms the band Nitsch.

It´s his latest band project. They have been signed to the German label Staatsakt since 2022.

Their debut single "Mutant Funk" was released in July 2022. Musically, the song is described by the label as "high-energy indie rock with Suicide's electro twist." The single "Is ok" followed in November 2022. They released their single "Ende der Welt" in Spring 2023. Their debut album ''Bar von Josefine'' was released in September 2024. They released their latest single "Beschissene Party" in December 2024.

=== Ströme x Nick McCarthy ===
In 2022, Nick McCarthy collaborated with the band Ströme. Together they released the singles "Right Now", "Stadlberg" and "Das Modul" on [[Compost Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Ströme Website |url=https://stroeme.com/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Ströme |language=de-DE}}</ref> In these songs they used the legendary [[modular synthesizer]] [[Moog synthesizer#Models|Moog IIIp]], the same machine the Beatles used to record some of their greatest songs in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stadlberg, by Ströme x Nick McCarthy |url=https://stroeme.bandcamp.com/track/stadlberg |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Ströme |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Right Now, by Ströme x Nick McCarthy |url=https://stroeme.bandcamp.com/track/right-now |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Ströme |language=en}}</ref>

=== Das Lunsentrio ===
Together with Seb-I Kellig (among others dub producer for [[LaBrassBanda]]) and the berlin artist Hank Schmidt in der Beek, Nick McCarthy forms the band "Das Lunsentrio".<ref>{{Cite web |title=69 Arten den Pubrock zu spielen, by Das Lunsentrio |url=https://daslunsentrio.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Das Lunsentrio |language=en}}</ref> Their first album "Der Lunsen-Ring" was self-published in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LUNSENTRIO |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/4080048-LUNSENTRIO |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Discogs |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-30 |title=Lunsentrio: Für diesen Wahnsinn hat Nick McCarthy Franz Ferdinand verlassen |url=https://www.musikexpress.de/lunsentrio-fuer-diesen-wahnsinn-hat-nick-mccarthy-franz-ferdinand-verlassen-827213/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Musikexpress |language=de-DE}}</ref> In 2017 they released their second album "Aufstehn!" on the label Problembär Records.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LUNSENTRIO |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/4080048-LUNSENTRIO |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Discogs |language=de}}</ref> The album was recorded and produced at East London's Sausage Studios. It encompasses a musical palette "from sweaty post-[[Neue Deutsche Welle|NDW]] to lyrically surreal agitprop three-part and protest [[funk]] in the musical tradition of the band [[Ton Steine Scherben]] to alpenglowy rockers reggae."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-30 |title=Lunsentrio: Für diesen Wahnsinn hat Nick McCarthy Franz Ferdinand verlassen |url=https://www.musikexpress.de/lunsentrio-fuer-diesen-wahnsinn-hat-nick-mccarthy-franz-ferdinand-verlassen-827213/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Musikexpress |language=de-DE}}</ref>

Most recently, the album "69 Arten Den Pubrock Zu Spielen" was released in 2021 on [[Tapete Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LUNSENTRIO |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/4080048-LUNSENTRIO |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Discogs |language=de}}</ref>

=== The Nix ===
The Nix is a project by Seb Kellig and Nick McCarthy. Together with a variety of guest vocalists (including [[Lætitia Sadier|Laetitia Sadier]] from [[Stereolab]], [[KT Tunstall]] and [[Vula Malinga]] from [[Basement Jaxx]]) they recorded their debut album "Sausage Studio Sessions" in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nix: Sausage Studio Sessions (CD) – jpc |url=https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/nix-sausage-studio-sessions/hnum/10273638 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.jpc.de |language=de}}</ref> It was released on the label [[Moshi Moshi Records]] and produced at their East London Sausage Studios. McCarthy says about "Sausage Studio Sessions" this is an album he always had in mind to record after leaving [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]. Something that felt at the same time like farewell and a new start party incorporating all the amazing musicians and people he met around the world. The songs, he said, were written collectively and very spontaneously with the artists who came by Sausage Studios, and the whole record was recorded with a backing band, Motown Style on party nights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sausage Studio Sessions, by The Nix |url=https://thenixband.bandcamp.com/album/sausage-studio-sessions |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=The Nix |language=en}}</ref>

=== Manuela ===
Under the name "Manuela", McCarthy and his wife Manuela Gernedel released the eponymous indie pop album "Manuela" on Lost Map Records in 2017.<ref>{{Citation |title=Manuela Gernedel - Manuela |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/10173754-Manuela-Gernedel-Manuela |language=de |access-date=2022-09-07}}</ref> It was created at the Sausage Studios in London. Gernedel is described as the creative main force behind "Manuela" in an interview by the cultural magazine [[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]. While she wrote the lyrics for the songs, McCarthy composed the music for them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuela introduce their debut album - The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/a-family-affair-manuela-interview |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

=== Box Codax ===
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In 2003, McCarthy and his long-time friend Alexander Ragnew formed the band [[Box Codax]]. They released their first two singles, "Boys and Girls" and "Naked Smile" on the label The Thin Man (previously known as Thin Man Records). The band's first album, "Only An Orchard Away" was released on 4 September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Codax |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/543509-Box-Codax |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Discogs |language=de}}</ref> McCarthy's wife makes several appearances on the album. The band released the album on the label Gomma Records. In a review the music is described as "a collection of weird, whimsical and nostalgic songs - sometimes rough, sometimes punky."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Codax – Only an Orchard Away – Maria Stacks |date=4 September 2006 |url=https://www.mariastacks.de/box-codax-only-an-orchard-away/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

In May 2011, [[Box Codax]] released their second studio album called [[Hellabuster]], which Nick McCarthy wrote and produced. The album is an eccentric take on the peculiar and young life of [[Hellabuster]],{{Clarify|reason=Who is "Hellabuster"?|date=March 2023}} with each song being accompanied by its own video. The music on [[Hellabuster]] moves between distorted disco, [[post-punk]] and glam-prog<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chester |first=Tim |date=2011-05-11 |title=Album Review: Box Codax - 'Hellabuster' |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-box-codax-12045-314643 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> and includes contributions and appearances by [[Mike Fraser (record producer)|Mike Fraser]], [[Joseph Mount]], [[Metronomy]], [[Paul Thomson]] and many more.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOMMA » New Box Codax Album out early 2011! |url=http://www.gomma.de/2010/09/20/new-box-codax-album-out-early-2011/ |access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref> The videos for the songs, which were directed by British artists (including [[Turner Prize]] winner [[Martin Creed]]), contributed to the critical acclaim of the eccentric album. All video episodes of [http://www.hellabuster.com/ Hellabuster] are freely available.

=== Collaborations ===

* For the opera "The Sandman" by [[Anna Calvi]] and [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]] which is based on the story by [[E. T. A. Hoffmann|E.T.A. Hoffmann]], McCarthy played Live-Music together with Philipp Plessmann, Theresa Stark and Lisa Wilhelm at the [[Thalia Theater (Hamburg)|Thalia Theater]] in Hamburg in early 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Sandmann |url=https://www.thalia-theater.de/stueck/der-sandmann-2021 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Thalia Theater |language=de}}</ref>
* McCarthy co-composed songs with Polina Lapkovskaya and Federico Sanchez for the play "[[Ronia, the Robber's Daughter]]", which premiered at the [[Residence Theatre]] in [[Munich]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronja Räubertochter {{!}} residenztheater.de |url=https://www.residenztheater.de/stuecke/detail/ronja-raeubertochter |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Residenztheater |language=de-de}}</ref>
* In 2018, McCarthy produced the album "WAX" by the Scottish singer-songwriter [[KT Tunstall]]. McCarthy co-wrote several songs on the album. He also appears as vocalist as well as musician on bass, keyboard and synthesizer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KT Tunstall on the Making of Her New Album, WAX {{!}} Performer Mag |url=http://performermag.com/new-music-and-video/interviews-and-features/kt-tunstall-wax-interview/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Together with Seb Kellig, Nick McCarthy composed the music for the police series "Heiter bis tödlich - München 7" for over 20 episodes, including the fifth season of the series, which was broadcast in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeitung |first=Süddeutsche |title=Willkommen in der Wurstfabrik |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/nick-mccarthy-franz-ferdinand-the-nix-muenchen-1.5189737 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Süddeutsche.de |date=29 January 2021 |language=de}}</ref>