Nick Bassett


Nick Bassett is an American musician and record producer from Modesto, California. He was the bassist of shoegaze band Nothing and is the lead guitarist of shoegaze band Whirr. He also played guitar in the original lineup of blackgaze band Deafheaven.

Career

Bassett formed Whirl in October 2009. The band changed its name to Whirr after a musician also named Whirl trademarked the name and threatened legal action. Bassett wrote demo versions of songs and showed them to the other members, after which they decided to play shoegazing-influenced music.
Bassett played bass for Philadelphia shoegaze band Nothing from 2013 to 2018. Prior to his joining, Whirr had toured with Nothing in the spring of 2013, during which he collaborated with Nothing frontman Domenic Palermo on a goth-influenced side project called Death of Lovers. Death of Lovers debuted with Buried Under a World of Roses in October 2013, followed by their first full-length album, The Acrobat, in November 2017.
Bassett formed the indie pop duo Camera Shy with ex-Whirr singer Alexandra Morte in 2014. They released their debut EP, Jack-O-Lantern, on June 24, 2014 and their eponymous debut album on July 14, 2015.
In 2016, Bassett composed the score for Bret Easton Ellis' television series The Deleted.
Bassett collaborated with Cloakroom on their 2017 album Time Well, contributing piano parts.
Whirr released Feels Like You, their third full-length album, in October 2019.

Discography

With Whirr

With Deafheaven

With Death of Lovers

  • Buried Under a World of Roses
  • ''The Acrobat''

With Camera Shy

  • Jack-O-Lantern
  • Crystal Clear
  • ''Camera Shy''

With Nothing

With Cloakroom

  • ''Time Well''

With Silence in the Snow

  • ''Levitation Chamber''

With Pink Slip

  • ''Perpetual Care''

With Oubliette

  • Big Spin EP
  • ''Two Songs''

With Rabies Scare

  • ''Killer Buzz ''

In film and television

  • The Deleted
  • The Night Ripper
  • Night Shift
  • Party Favor
  • Direct Appeal
  • Women & Crime
  • Keep Sweet
  • Bill Mauldin: If It's Big, Hit It
  • ''Dio: Dreamers Never Die''

Production and audio engineering

  • Camera Shy – Jack-O-Lantern
  • Whirr / Crying / Makthaverskan / Camera Shy
  • Camera Shy – Crystal Clear
  • Camera Shy – Camera Shy
  • Death Of Lovers – The Acrobat
  • Night School – Disappear Here
  • Night Sins – Portrait In Silver
  • Fearing – Shadow
  • Nothing – GEORGE
  • Nothing – The Great Dismal
  • Luster – Blue Oblivion
  • White Lighters – S/T
  • Fawning – Illusions of control
  • Beachy Head – S/T
  • Velvet Gentleman – Burn
  • White Lighters – Breaker Boy
  • Night School – Invoke
  • The Marshmallow Ghosts – The Collection
  • Luster – Dopamine Loop
  • Precocious Neophyte – Home in the Desert
  • Fawning – All Around Me
  • ''Velvet – Romance ''