The Nicolas Meier World Group

Wednesday 24th June 2026

"Nicolas Meier is one of the most brilliant, original guitarists on the planet".

Here’s a little more about this maestro:

Meier is one of those musicians who has deep-dived into many genres of music, resulting in a unique approach to the guitar that encompasses a mastery of jazz, Turkish idioms and metal! (He has also studied classical and flamenco, so this is all to be found in the sonic melting pot too!).

Of the Turkish idioms, he has comprehensively absorbed the sounds, making use of the quarter-tone scales to outstanding effect on his fretless guitar and Glissantar (the 11-string, fretless guitar based on the Oud [Arabic lute]).

Meier’s compositions and playing came to the attention of the great Jeff Beck, resulting in Jeff inviting Nick to become a mainstay part in his band – which led on to 3 world tours of major venues. Nick has also recorded with bassist Jimmy Haslip (stalwart of The Yellowjackets) and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa…erm, everyone!).

For this gig at The Spin, Nick brings his ‘World Group’ and will perform music from the bands next album, ‘Elysian Drift’. As ever with Nick’s albums, this is a complete masterpiece…and you can be privy to a sneak preview by clicking here: www.meiergroup.com/elysiandrift  and entering the password ‘Nicolas’.

The band features the virtuosic (and probably most in demand in the country) percussionist Demi Garcia Sabat, the wildly inventive pianist, Alex Hutton and the highly-renowned bassist, Tom Mason.

Nick has performed many times at The Spin over the years, and these gigs have often been cited as being “the best ever”!