Croydon's answer to "What if Burt Bacharach and The Beatles had a love child raised by vintage recording equipment?" is Nick Frater. This multi-instrumentalist and producer crafts time machines disguised as songs, earning "Album of the Year" honors for 2021's Earworms while collaborating with talents like Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Johnny Echols. Think Like A Key Music's 2023 release Bivouac turned heads, and his latest Oh Contraire! pushes even further—recorded along Glastonbury's pathways with guerrilla handclaps stolen from Abbey Road's Studio 2, proving sophisticated pop meets sonic adventure when Frater's involved. When not producing as Great Sheiks or performing live with Love, he's building musical monuments that make yesterday's magic work for today's ears. Call it retro-futurism done right—Frater understands why certain sounds are timeless and makes them feel utterly contemporary without a whiff of nostalgia tourism.