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Nicolas Demuth grew up in a small town close to Göttingen in Lower Saxony.
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Life and al Beginnings When he was 11 years old he learnt the piano and became interested in pieces of Debussy. After his piano teacher had changed he started to be engaged with Jazz improvisations with a focus on the jazz piano. 2009 Nicolas Demuth started to print out midi piano notes with the help of a simple program and then he mixed his first piano pieces with hip hop elements.
After his A-levels Nicolas Demuth moved to Berlin to study Audio Design.
First he called himself Natur-Klang before he decided to choose the stage name Parra for Cuva. His stage name originates in various Spanish words and means between the world / for / Cuva.
Under the stage name Nian they published different songs and had some local performances. Nicolas Demuth took over the piano part whereas Anna Naklab played the guitar and sang.
The musical focus was put on calm and rather relaxed compositions.
In spring 2013 Nicolas Demuth and Anna Naklab published their European Parliament Fading Nights on the French label Delicieuse Musique Records followed by a joint production of the European Parliament Something Near on the label Imprint Well Done ! from Berlin. In September 2013 the single Wicked Games was released by Nicolas Demuth and Anna Naklab. The song is a rework of Chris Isaak"s Wicked Game and was published on the label Spinnin Records.
In England Wicked Games was placed in the top 5 of the iTunes charts and led to the international breakthrough of Nicolas Demuth.
Shortly after the European Parliament Luhya with Anna Naklab was released on the label Delicieuse Musique Records. 2014 Nicolas Demuth published another European Parliament with the artists Egokind and Jonar Mayr on the Label Lenient Tales and the European Parliament Veiled in blue on the label Traum/TRAUMV179.
2015: Majouré In January 2015 Nicolas Demuths debut album Majouré was released on the label Lenient Tales. There can be found 12 tracks in cooperation with stars such as the hip hop artist Nieve, the electro soul diva Casey K. and Monsoonsiren.
All songs feature distincs foundations of electronic music mixed with a variety of musical influences of other genres.
