Nic Potter is probably best known for his work with the British rock band Van Der Graaf Generator. Initially however Nic played in a band called The Misunderstood along with Guy Evans who would also join Van Der Graaf Generator. Nic joined Van Der Graaf Generator in 1969 and recorded the album The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other and recorded part of the next album H To He, Who Am The Only One before leaving. He was however to return to the band later in the seventies and played on two more albums from the band, the studio album The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome and the live album Vital before the band split. In between times and of course beyond his final stint with Van Der Graaf Generator Nic Potter has had an extensive solo career recording a number of solo albums and for a short period in the early to mid eighties was a member of Peter Hammill's band The K Group. Self Contained was originally released in 1987 and features Nic Potter playing and producing throughout the album.
01 Dimension 'z' 02 Bird take flight 03 Cuban dance 04 Future contemplation 05 Gone wild (remix version) 06 Goddess of ios 07 Morning suite 08 Planet of paradise (part three) 09 Paradise journey 10 The forest 11 Die grossenwahn 12 Night falls over europe