Owen Nicholson is a song-writer, composer, guitarist, and producer/mixing engineer, working in collaborative projects including creative collective PARADE, atonal punk band CLAY FOOT, and post-punk duo Wonder Cure. He also works as a guitarist for Green Flag and Ray-Man.

For PARADE, he is a primary song writer, musical director, and guitarist.

In CLAY FOOT, he is the lead guitarist, co- song-writer and musical director.    

Based in South-East London, he has recorded work around the city, including Abbey Road Studios, Young Space, 160 DL and Domino Recordings. 

As a live musician, he has played shows at venues like The Jazz Cafe, 93 Feet East, The British Library, Avalon Cafe, Venue MOT, The Green Door Store. 

In his compositions for moving image he has collaborated with visual artists, CATO and Will Van Hoorn to create abstract improvised film scores.

Together with members of PARADE, he has founded a record label called Appointment 1, their growing roster includes PARADE, yottie, CLAY FOOT,and Sulker.