Career
He has released twelve EPs and albums, singing primarily in English, and collaborated notably with Will Oldham, the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio and Ebbot Lundberg. He also records under the alias A Taste of Ra. He uses his full real name of Claus Wilhelm Nicolai Dunger for composing credits but this has caused confusion with some tracks being credited to two separate "composers" Claus Wilhelm and Nicolai Dunger.
Born February 4, 1968, in Piteå, Sverige.
A Swedish born singer who falls under Blues, Folk, Jazz, Soul music A former football player, Nicolai was signed by the Telegram label of Warner records, releasing two albums that did not sell enough copies to enable him to give up his part-time job as a gardener.
A meeting with Ebbot Lundberg of the Swedish band The Soundtrack of Our Lives led to two further albums, a tour with Emilíana Torrini and the use of one of his songs in an advertisement for an oil company. This steady production of somewhat experimental acoustic music attracted the attention of Americana luminaries Will Oldham and Jonathan Donahue, and a contract with the Dolores Recordings branch of Virgin Records followed.
A third album, Here"s My Song, You Can Have lieutenant followed in 2004.
He has featured on both Nina Persson"s second "A Camp" record, and on Maia Hirasawas album GBGVSSTHLM.
Nicolai"s song "Something in the Way" was featured in a Volvo commercial in the United States. in July 2008
Nicolai"s song "Doctor Zhivago"s Train" was recorded by Robert Palmer on his album "Drive".