DISCOGRAPHY![]() Digital issue sleeve ![]() LP sleeve Afterworld - 2023 (Nick Nicely Alternatives, 2004-12, Fruits de Mer records, crustacean 97) Welcome to the afterworld, a barren labyrinth where old ideas lie forgotten, unfinished, entombed. Forgotten that is, until signals arrived at FdM HQ that space exploration robots had identified magnestised caves in a far galaxy, containing eerie musical approximations, some choked in space dust and some mere rusting hulks. No matter, a crack FdM team including sound archeologists and underwater basketball players arrived onsite to carefully brush away frequency debris, revealing spectral outtake pods from history's 21st Century cosmic graveyards. Using vertical Antigravity analysis, lazer micrology and an old Minidisc player, the excavation was meticulously comnpleted and these alien artefacts before you were transported to earth. These vintage demos and outtakes show parts of labyrinthine creative journeys sometimes taking up to eight years to complete. The collection has been compiled by Nick - and who knows, maybe it will be the first in a series.... REVIEWS: The Strange Brew (with interview) and Goldmine Mag (scroll down) LISTEN BUY VINYL - more vinyl info 1 Rosemary's Eyes (Outtake) 2 Eels 3 Blood on the Beach (demo) 4 Whirlpool (Fireborn outtake) 5 Rrainbow (Berlin Outtake) 6 Gallery (demo) 7 DCT Dreams (alternative version) 8 Shadows in the Sun (outtake) 9 Further Down the Beach (Headwind Aheadwind) (demo) ![]() Afterworld - back Tracklist: 1. Rosemary’s Eyes (outtake) 2. Eels (abandoned project) 3. DCT Dreams (alternative version) 4. Blood On The Beach (demo) 5. Gallery (abandoned project) 6. Whirlpool (fireborn outtake) 7. Rrainbow (Berlin outtake) 8. Further Down The Beach (early Headwind Aheadwind) 9. Shadows In The Sun (abandoned project) ![]() Secret Life of Chance - 2022 Secret Life Of Chance reaches new territory for DiY/psych shape shifter, nick nicely. Using analogue, digital, random but conventional processes, he works in ambient electronica while continuing his psychedelic journey, creating new characters and unique pop juxtapositions where no 2 trax play the same. There's also all the eerie twists and turns, tuneful inventions and abstractions so revered after releases on Captured Tracks, Cherry Red and EMI. In an era where everything online is hammered into neat categories, it's comforting that dreamers like this are out there mining influences from Meek to contemporary with a humble respect for randomised sources. ![]() Butterflyy Mind b/w Waving Ghosts Says Mr Nicely: "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line: Butterfly Mind IF in new sonic territory, then one is unsure and discovering what works.Things can get fresher, with almost starting-out vibes. I think that's happened here thank fuck... always happy to stumble onto that naive power.... Spaceman 3, Road Runner... dumb greatness" [image by Hubert Solczyński] ![]() On The Beach (St Peters) b/w Lives Unlived - "A walk on an East Coast winter beach...followed by a suicide watch dinghy" video here; review here Self released and produced by nick |
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![]() Sleep Safari - September 2017, Tapete Records (TR364) |
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![]() Solar Wind single, out 29 September 2017 - Tapete Records |
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![]() Ghostdream - single on Tapete Records (May 2017) |
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![]() ![]() 49 Cigars reissue - September 2015 - Fruits de Mer B-sides: Belinda / 49 cigars live / Lobster Dobbs |
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![]() Another Splash of Colour - New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985 Compilation, Cherry Red, 2016 Features Hilly Fields and 49 Cigars |
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![]() Rrainbow - single - taken off Space of a Second album Lo Recordings, 2015 - Lo121DS B-sides: remixes by Vuurwerk and Rusty Santos |
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![]() Headwind Aheadwind - single - taken off Space of a Second album Lo Recordings, 2015 - Lo113DS B-side: Secret Circuit Remix |
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![]() Space of a Second - album Lo Recordings, 2014 - Lo108LP/Lo108CD TRACKS: Headwindaheadwind Rosemary's Eyes Wrottersley Road Whirlpool London South Longwaytothebeach Change In Charmaine Raw Euphoria Lobster Dobbs Rrainbow |
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![]() Space of a Second backside |
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![]() Space of a Second inlay |
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![]() Space of a Second LP label |
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![]() Space of a Second LP label |
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![]() Lysergia - album Burger Records, 2011 - BRGR109 cassette only shares several tracks with Space of a Second TRACKS: Long Way To The Beach Space Of A Second The Change In Charmaine Whirlpool Translucence Headwind Aheadwind Belinda Raw Euphoria Lobster Dobbs Rollercoaster Wrottersley Road Heavens Kate 2011 London South |
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![]() The Kitty Comp - 2012 - Burger Records BRGR300 (2x cassette) Released to cover veterinary bills for an injured kitten found on a California freeway. nick nicely track: Hilly Fields acoustic |
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![]() Wrottersley Road - single Emotional Response ERS005 - 2013 / All Time low ATL009 |
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![]() nicks handwritten notes for London South lyrics |
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![]() Ghost Dreams - nick nicely and Boars unreleased but available on internet - 2013 Likely to be officially released in the future |
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nick nicely and UNKLE - Puppeteers Collaboration with UNKLE, apparently shelved and leaked afterwards - 2011 |
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![]() Hilly Fields (The Mourning) b/w Hilly Fields (1892) Fruits de Mer - Crustacean 27 - 2012 nicks classic single reissued with a new acoustic-based version |
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![]() Fruits de Mer single package |
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![]() Design for Translucence album (SoaS of sorts) - not materialized Tthe track Translucence is featured on Lysergia but was dropped from futher SoaS incarnations of the album |
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![]() The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen - EP Fruits de Mer records - 2012- Crustacean 34 TRACKS: Rosemary's Eyes - nick nicely I'm A Stone - The Bevis Frond When I Was 46 (In The Year 13) - Anton Barbeau/Three Minute Tease The Puppet Master - Paul Roland |
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![]() ![]() Permanent Vacation compilation PERMVAC 016-2 (2007) nick nicely track: On The Beach |
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![]() Psychotropia - album (reissue) [read nicks inroduction to the album here] Grapefruit Records – 2010 - CRSEG014 (CD) TRACKS: Hilly Fields (1892) Treeline 49 Cigars Beverly On The Beach (The Ladder Descends) Psychotropia A Hundred Years Later Heaven's Gate Remember Elegant Daze D.C.T. Dreams The Other Side On The Coast 2 Everyone Knows 1923 6B Obergine On The Coast The Doors Of Perception Marlon |
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![]() alternative cover |
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![]() alternative cover |
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![]() alternative cover |
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![]() yet another alternative cover design |
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![]() Elegant Daze - album (compilation) Captured Tracks - 2011 – CT-126 (LP) a slightly different version of Psychotropia TRACKS: Hilly Fields (1892) D.C.T. Dreams Treeline 49 Cigars Beverly Elegant Daze On The Coast The Other Side On The Beach (The Ladder Descends) 1923 Remember 6B Obergine Marlon |
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![]() Psychotropia - album [read nicks intro to the album here] Castle Music - 2004 - CMQCD 952 (CD) TRACKS: Hilly Fields (1982) Treeline 49 Cigars Beverly On The Beach (The Ladder Descends) Pscychotropia A Hundred Years Later Heaven's Gate Remember Elegant Daze D.C.T. Dreams The Other Side On The Coast 2 Everyone Knows 1923 GB Obergine On The Coast The Doors Of Perception |
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![]() Alternative cover for Psychotropia CD |
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![]() Psychotropia album - LP [read nicks intro to the album here] Tenth Planet (2003) TP059 The original release and re-release of nicks early work and unreleased tracks TRACKS: Hilly Fields (1892) D.C.T. Dreams Treeline 49 Cigars Beverly Elegant Daze On The Coast The Other Side On The Beach 1923 Remember 6B Obergine Everyone Knows |
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![]() Hilly Fields - single B-side: 49 Cigars EMI 5256 / 1A 006-64754 (1982) |
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![]() Hilly Fields test print - back of sleeve |
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![]() Alvic studio notes on recording Hilly Fields |
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![]() More Hilly Fields studio notes |
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![]() Hilly Fields label and review |
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![]() DCT Dreams - single Voxette VOX1001 Ariola Hansa AHA569 Hansa/ Hansa International 102.929 Arabella 102299 Strand 6.13089 Junction MS-518 |
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![]() Autographed backside of Voxette single (credits: Charlie Pritchard) |
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![]() Voxette label |
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![]() German release |
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![]() Ariola Hansa front |
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![]() Ariola Hansa backside |
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![]() Ariola Hansa label (credit: Mick Dillingham) |
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![]() Ariola Hansa label (credit: Mick Dillingham) |
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![]() Strand issue |
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![]() Teldec press release |
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![]() Teldec promotional text in German. Translation: We can't share any great histories about this artist, since he's brand new to the business. He's young, talented, writes and composes all of his material himself, sold all his valuables to allow the production of the current track. A track in which we all believe very strongly. It's exactly the sound which determines the hitparades at home and abroad. |
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![]() Promo poster for DCT Dreams |
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![]() Voxette press release |