The writer, broadcaster, improviser and poet is based in Brighton, UK and writes about music for The Wire, Jazzwise, and Songlines magazines, as well as for The Quietus website.

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Spicer's book on Turkish psychedelic music, The Turkish Psychedelic Music Explosion: Anadolu Psych 1965 to 1980, was published by Repeater Books in 2018. His collected Jazzwise column »Lost In The Vaults« was published as Lost In The Vaults: Rare Collectables and Forgotten Gems From the Jazzwise Magazine Archives by Eleusinian Press in 2019.

He presents two radio shows – The Mystery Lesson, playing deep jazz, free jazz and improvised music, and The Golden Road, playing global folk musics – both heard on Repeater Radio and Brighton’s Slack City DAB.

As an improviser, he performs in the quintet Bolide, the trio In Threads, the duo Benzo Fury and has released a number of solo and collaborative projects.