Classically trained pianist and producer Flower Beats, also known as 9ICK, makes hip hop beats with laid-back, electronic instrumentals and pop influences. Combining modern sounds with a love for composition, he adds just enough from his classical background to add his own spin on a seamless fusion.

Real name Nicolas Stephensen, Flower Beats’s musical training expanded to jazz piano. As this led to production and contemporary music, he combined the two for underground attitude spiked with industry glamour. He creates atmospheric instrumentals and low-key hip hop which brings to mind his influences Childish Gambino and J Cole, as well as acts like Mac Miller and the classic songwriting of Frank Ocean.

With a producer’s ear for detail, Nicolas has put in his ‘10,000 hours’ but continues to push himself. Flower Beats loves 'ear candy' and reveals more on each listen, with piano riffs and textured production adding layers of surprises. Self-professed ‘genre-fluid’, he pays close attention to balancing the elements of his tracks and his classical knowledge adds a stand-out flair. 

At age 19, Nicolas aims to expand Flower Beats and study songwriting or film scoring abroad. An inseparable part of his life, music will always stay with him far beyond study- and he speaks to a young generation of music lovers looking for something a little extra with his laid back electronic beats, rhythmic hip-hop, and in-depth production.