HIM: Nick Thompson, English, otherwise known as Tic-Toc. Many years ago, Nick was founder member and bass guitarist in the renowned band Zeth, now double- bass player and metronome in trousers, hence the nickname! Nick is also a great sound engineer and runs rg productions recording studio. Nick handles the technical side of eveything we do and plays a large part in our songs' musical arrangements. HER: Jocelyne Thompson, French, that's me. The creative half of the duo. Sing and write song lyrics, find tunes for them, then hand them over to Tic-Toc for squaring up.

About us...

Nick and I not only come from different countries and cultures but also from very different backgrounds. Whilst Nick was touring the country with his Folk/Rock band, Zeth, in the 70s, I was a budding singer songwriter trying to make it in my home city, Paris. A very long story and three decades later, Fate brought us together, romantically and musically. It's a bit of a miracle really. We are very different individuals and so are our respective musical influences. When it comes to our own songs, I write the lyrics and melodies. We sort out the musical arrangements together usually with much arguments and compromises, but we always agree eventually when we are finally both happy with the end product. Nick's 'Big Girl', his wonderful German double-bass adds a haunting and very charismatic touch to our compositions and suits our songs beautifully. It is hard to stick a label to our style. Our songs tells stories. They are a touch theatrical and we are told that they are very different and captivating, which is great because that's exactly what we are trying to achieve. We have our own acoustic recording studio and when we are not busy recording other artists, we escape there as often as we can to record our first album.