nick.K - rest in peace

I am totally in shock. fuck.

-- adam.r.l. (adamr...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:03 PM. (nordicskilla) (link)

Sorry, I was actually afraid/unsure of starting a thread about this.

-- adam.r.l. (adamr...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:03 PM. (nordicskilla) (link)

What? He posted on the Fabric Kompakt thread yesterday. Errr...shit, I don't know what to say.

-- Alba (albab...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:06 PM. (Alba) (link)

omg.

-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:11 PM. (spencermfi) (link)

horrible, horrible news.

RIP

-- stevo (stefanroo...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:14 PM. (stevo) (link)

i found out this morning from a friend in the uk, and have been sat here in shock ever since. rip nick.

-- mark p (mark.p****...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:15 PM. (Mark P) (link)

Damn.

-- David R. (quoteidio...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:15 PM. (popshots75`) (link)

now that this is out, maybe a proper thread is in order? i am thinking a lot of people have memories they would like to share...

-- mark p (mark.p****...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:16 PM. (Mark P) (link)

really terrible, Nick was always such a positive presence around these parts, never met him IRL. Just don't know what to say it's fucking awful.

-- Ronan (ronan.fitzgerald6NOSPA...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:16 PM. (Ronan) (link)

Fuck. I just checked on this thread to see what Gabba.net was up to..... I agree that a proper thread is in order.

-- Aaron W (nineoclockdro...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:17 PM. (Aaron W) (link)

im going to start one now. apologies in advance if anyone feels that's out of order.

-- mark p (mark.p****...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 2:19 PM. (Mark P)

i cant really take this in

You people aren't kidding.

What the fuck.

Garg.

You know, the thing that gets me is that he had one of the most moving posts in reaction to John Peel's death.

rip

I'm so fed up of fate these days. Nick didn't deserve this. Maybe we'll get that second meeting somehow. Rest in peace.

"Ronan I am having a Cosmos-Take Me With You moment! Thank You!!!!"

I hope those who were more than anonymous fans of his can figure out a way to get through this--you're all in my thoughts.

RIP.

Nick was a lovely guy and a real music enthusiast...
he was always making these great personalized mixes (pre-MP3 blogs of course) just to turn people on to good stuff and I saved every
single one he made for me.

We both were at Warp about the same time and
I hadn't talked to him in a year when he ran up to me
at a party at the ICA in London, just really excited
to see me and dying to give me this four song demo for
these kids called Junior Boys just 'cuz he thought I'd
love it. He was their first and biggest fan and damn
near solely responsible for introducing Junior Boys to
general public through his own label, KIN.

He was a sweetheart and had to endure a lot lately.
This all made a little stranger for me as we were
supposed to meet up for drinks last Monday but missed
each other at Waterloo Station.

Details are lacking at this point but I talked to him
on Friday and everything seemed okay. He was really
excited about some discussions with Fennesz doing a new Junior Boys remix and other things.

I could go on and on, but I'm just overwhelmed right
now.

very sad.

Nick was so enthusiastic and vibrant in all the projects he was involved.

nick was a total sweetheart - i saw him last at club FT, the same time tim finney and b4rim4 saw him, first time in an age, and it was great to catch up, even though his news wasn't all of it jolly

gareth is right.

RIP to a good friend.

Fondest memory: After having me check out some early Junior Boys tracks, he asked something like, "If you could hear them covering something, what would it be?" I fired back with So Good So Right by Imagination and got an ".....umm....." in response.

a really great, kind guy with a wonderful passion for the art he believed in.

not mentioned yet, but worthy of it: his photography, which can be seen at http://www.electrokin.com/zabriskie_point/index.html . hauntingly beautiful work.

RIP.

http://www.electrokin.com/images/zabriskie/kraft1.jpg

jeremy greenspan has communicated:
http://www.si20.com/~simon/juniorboys/news.html

The picture is of a guy standing at the top of a ladder, pointing to the moon, saying " I want, I want".

I think that was Nick, always wanting the moon.

Miss you mate. Andy P.

My heart goes out to those who were closest to him and also to those who so clearly enjoyed his presence.

This thread is a wonderful tribute.

Paul

it's true that he was such a big influence on all of us in Ilkley growing up... introduced us to so much great stuff, and ways of thinking about things.

x x x x x x x x x we'll never ever ever forget him x x x x x x x x x

KILROY WAS HERE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

and yes tis all about drugs.

didn't know of his Ilkley connection.

i grew up there a long time before Nick i suppose.

we met and left each other in newport and today i
was sadened to here of his tragic death words fail me
nick was an inspiration to every body he touched

thanks for the words nick i have never forgoten you
for the words nick i have never forgoten you thanks
the words nick i have never forgoten you thanks for
words nick i have never forgoten you thanks for the
nick i have never forgoten you thanks for the words...

stilling missing you badly mate.

Mary Kilroy

Ironically, I was throwing away all my recent free weekly/monthly magazines just yesterday and only kept one and it was that Vice.

not gone friend
not gone

hope to see you + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +=

Out of the blue I was thinking about Nick today, then it suddenly dawned on me why. It's funny how the mind works - it's all up there somewhere, but the read/write speed is appalling at times.

RIP Nick

meant to bump this myself after re-reading this thread last week. 5 years, shit.

One of the saddest days in a sad year.

... again ...

Seven years! Seven years. Doesn't seem real. And he would have been AMAZED by so much of what was out there over all of them, he would have happy as hell.

Very prescient, and I feel like his photos would be going over really well in our now effects-obsessed app-centric world.

<3

Realized I've been conflating this guy with k-punk.

Been thinking of him now again. Esp now w Fisher dying. :-((