Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic is a New York-based acoustic bass player and composer who skillfully brings his background in the fine and performance arts to his projects. He is one of the primary forces behind Bomb X, Haleoscene, the 4 Runners and the Vienna Suite.
When seeing those bands perform, the audience is treated to a life-changing experience. As one of the most creative and talented musician/composers in the new music scene, he has challenged both musicians and listeners to face the music within themselves and the world around them. He has inspired his colleagues to chart new territory within their own playing and writing while exposing the audiences to some of the most talented and exciting performers from all over the world.

Originally from Normandy, France, Nicolas has been living in Brooklyn since 1998 and performing in New York, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Montreal, Austria and France. He studied solfegio, classical, contemporary and jazz music for the acoustic bass at the Caen Conservatory in France. In 1999, he attended the New School in Manhattan; however, he is mostly self-taught.

Nicolas has played and/or recorded with numerous people including: Archie Shepp, Odean Pope, Avery Sharpe, Steve Pott, Michael Attias, Wolfgang Schiftner, Tyshaw Sorey, Herbert Pirker, Ari Hoenig, Loren Stillman, Matt Wilson, David Bryant, Jacob Sacks, Gerald Cleaver, Robin Verheyen, Danny Fisher, Take Toriyama, Ziv Ravitz, Art Hirahara, Christoph Auer, Matt Applebaum, Kris Davis, Jeff Davis, Georg Vogel, Gunter Gruner, Daniel Carter, Peter Van Huffel, Ras Moshe, Salim Washington, Akira Ishiguro, Nick Anderson, Chris Ward,
Joe Albano, William Tatge, Ben Syversen...

The unique style of his music draws from a diverse background of influences. Some of the compositions recall the impressionistic textures of Ravel. Like Debussy, he uses mathematical models to structures his compositions. His use of an odd meter system comes from Philadelphia acoustic bass player, Jymie Merritt. Not one to shy away from unconventional and diverse influences, one of his compositions uses the 1960’s Spiderman cartoon theme song as inspiration. The style defies the limitations of labels. One can hear the melodic influence of classical, folkloric, punk, rock and blues.