Nick Nicely

I hardly know a damn thing about this obscure figure, except for reports that he has been active since the early '80s tinkering with mostly homemade, obscure productions. My 5 is based on his latest work, "Space of a Second," where it seems you're listening to an even more dazed Barrett, but dealing with various electronic gadgets. Quite strange. But for me, one of the (few) albums of 2014. A strange and mysterious hybrid between Syd Barrett and Gary Numan (????)...