Bio: Naked Nick has been one of our core artists since the early days of IDSpiral, an experienced artist with a very intuitive and sensitive understanding of guiding audiences through those equisite moments of chill - highly recommended




Naked Nick (Nick Holden) has been working as a musician, DJ and vocalist since the early ‘90s, when he fronted cult indie/dance band ‘Goodnight Said Florence’ who enjoyed acclaim across the UK for a couple of years. They released a single through BMG on Different Class records (featured somewhat bizzarely on BBC’s Tommorrow’s World as part of Philips’ CDI project). The band ultimately split due to personal differences accentuated by the intervention of the mainstream music industry. His ‘Naked’ moniker is actually a nick-name with its roots in the distant past, rather than a chosen dj name!

In more recent years he has collaborated with artists such as Dreadzone, Solarquest, Ott, Friends Lovers and Family and Matt Black from Coldcut with whom he sang in psychedelic-funk act ‘Rood Chakra’ alongside Holly Chand. Rood Chakra were featured by Ibiza’s ‘Afterlife’ on his most recent album, and were also a part of the 2001 ‘Pirate TV’ tour of former-Yugoslavia (www.piratetv.net).

Over the last few years he has become a regular in the psychedelic scene, both in the UK and internationally, most recently at the Origin festival in South Africa and Sonica in Italy. He is a resident of ID Spiral/Synergy Project and enjoys close links with Tribe of Frog. He is currently working on two album projects, one in the psychedelic ambient vein and the other rooted in more traditional songwriting.

Here you can hear Naked Nicks latest maser mix Psylocybin Sunrise

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