nick nicely

Biography

Nick Nicely—real name Nick Laurien—is a musician from London, UK (though born in Greenland), active from the early 80s to the present . Single , Wrottersley Road released April 2013 was described by Pitchfork as 'Prime shoegaze bliss' . In concert nicely has shared bills with artists such as Maria Minerva ,Ariel Pink and John Maus . Although often described as psychedelic, his music is not retro and has little in common with paisley revivalist bands. Nick's first single in 1980 was the cla...

Nick Nicely—real name Nick Laurien—is a musician from London, UK (though born in Greenland), active from the early 80s to the present . Single , Wrottersley Road released April 2013 was described by Pitchfork as 'Prime shoegaze bliss' . In concert nicely has shared bills with artists such as Maria Minerva ,Ariel Pink and John Maus . Although often described as psychedelic, his music is not retro and has little in common with paisley revivalist bands.

Nick's first single in 1980 was the classic D.C.T. Dreams— . A follow-up—the more overtly psychedelic Hilly Fields (1892)—came out in January 1982, but was less successful. It did, however, provide inspiration for many psychedelic revivalist bands who lacked Nick's forward-looking approach and might better not have bothered. A third single, On The Coast, was never released due to Nick's unhappiness with the production, and Nick Nicely disappeared.

In 2003, a vinyl album, Psychotropia was released on Tenth Planet, featuring the A and B sides of all three singles plus studio work recorded between 1979 and 2003. An expanded edition was released on CD by Castle Music in 2004.

Re-released on Cherry Red Records: (Code: CRSEG014) in 2010 ,it was followed by 'Elegant Daze' compilation album on Captured Tracks in 2012 .in 2012 there were 2 sold out singles released on label Fruits de Mer , Hilly Fields (The Mourning) and Rosemary's Eyes.

A cassette version of all-new album, Lysergia was released on Burger Records in 2011 . Space Of A Second album was released Oct 2014 ,a digital single from it , HeadwindAheadwind in July 2014 . ' Nick Nicely is a visionary , a cosmic shaman and a musical archaeologist all rolled into one ' Dancing About Architecture blog .

2015 sees the reissue of album , Psychotropia on Captured Tracks , an EP, 49 Cigars on Fruits de Mer , the digital single Rrainbow and the possible release of 3rd nn album (working title 'Psychedelia')

Nicely has collaborated with artists such as Unkle and in 2013 ,Seahawks and Boars , creating a spectral nostalgia on the latter in a self made film for Ghostdream (on youtube)

Nicely is also widely credited as an influence on the Lo-fi , diy movement , including artists such as Gary War and Ariel Pink
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