Drew McDowall explained

Drew McDowall
Birth Date:28 January 1961
Origin:Paisley, Scotland
Instrument:Synthesizer, Field Recording
Genre:Drone, Experimental Electronic, Ambient
Occupation:Composer, Musician, Sound Artist
Label:Dais Records, Ascetic House, Bank, Exist
Associated Acts:Coil

Drew McDowall is a Scottish NYC based composer and musician. He was a member of Coil in the 1990’s contributing heavily to some of their most respected and influential works.[1] As well as his solo work he has collaborated with Kali Malone,[2] [3] Caterina Barbieri,[4] Robert Aki Aubrey Lowe, Hiro Kone, Varg, Puce Mary,[5] Shapednoise[6] and Rabit.[7]

History

McDowall formed art-punk trio Poems in 1978 with his then-wife, Rose McDowall. During the 1980s, McDowall was a member of Psychic TV.[8] McDowall performed with Coil regularly for several years, becoming an official member[9] [10] in 1994.

After moving to New York in the early 2000's he created Compound Eye, a collaborative project with the Tres Warren of Psychic Ills. Starting in 2012 McDowall started to concentrate on solo works,[11] [12] releasing four albums under his own name and touring North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.[13] [14] [15] Beginning in 2018 he has toured a live AV reinterpretation of Coil's seminal drone work, Time Machines, at festivals across the world.[16] [17] [18]

In May 2023 Dais Records released Lamina, a 6 CD retrospective box set of his work.

Discography

Solo

Coil

Other collaborations

Remixes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fontenoy. Richard. 2017-10-26. The Quietus Features A Quietus Interview Time Machines: Drew McDowall On Coil's Drone Legacy. 2021-01-14. The Quietus. en-gb.
  2. Web site: Bruce-Jones . Henry . Drew McDowall and Kali Malone pursue “joy, terror, and the elegiac” on ‘Agalma V’ . FACT.
  3. Web site: Helfand . Raphael . Drone music isn’t just one note . Fader.
  4. Web site: Matt . Dell . Total Spiritual Processing: Post-industrial pioneer Drew McDowall & Caterina Barbieri on elegy, transference, & the psychedelia of Agalma . AQNB.
  5. Web site: DISTANT PAIRS: PUCE MARY & DREW MCDOWALL . Issue Project Room . 18 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Henry . Bruce-Jones . Shapednoise enlists Drew McDowall, Rabit and Justin Broadrick for new album, Aesthesis . Fact.
  7. Web site: Philip . Sherburne . Les Fleurs Du Mal . Pitchfork.
  8. Web site: Heller. Jason. 2015-09-30. Drew McDowall: Collapse. 2021-01-14. Pitchfork. en.
  9. Web site: Lula. Chloé. October 2020. Drew McDowall talks Musick, magick and sacred materiality - The Wire. 2021-01-14. The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. en.
  10. Web site: In Conversation with Drew McDowall (part 1) . NOISEXTRA.
  11. Web site: In Conversation with Drew McDowall (part 2) . NOISEXTRA.
  12. Web site: CTM 2018: Artist Talk with Drew McDowall . CTM.
  13. Web site: Twells . John . CTM Festival 2019: Dance music is not in crisis, it’s more hopeful than ever . Fader.
  14. Web site: Drew McDowall at MONOM on the 4DSOUND sound system . FACT.
  15. Web site: An Interview with Drew McDowall at Berlin Atonal . Post Punk.
  16. Web site: BANDSPEAK: DREW MCDOWALL AND FLORENCE TO @ MUTEK MONTREAL . Boston Hassle.
  17. Web site: Diduck . Ryan Alexander . Drew McDowall is an experimental-music legend . Cult-MTL.
  18. Web site: John . Doran . Presence Tense: Unsound Krakow Reviewed . The Quietus.
  19. Web site: Jason . Heller . Collapse . Pitchfork.
  20. Web site: Michael . Berdan . We Talked to Drew McDowall about 'Collapse,' Coil, And Everything in Between . Vice.
  21. Web site: Zaldua . Chris . Industrial legend Drew McDowall on Coil and confronting global crisis . FACT . 18 March 2024.
  22. Web site: WILLCOMA . Insomniac Focus A survey of third-act Drew McDowall (Coil) . Tiny Mix Tapes.
  23. Web site: Lula . Chloé . Magick & Music: Coil’s Drew McDowall Explains Ritual And The Creative Process . Electronic Beats.
  24. Web site: Berlatsky . Noah . Drew McDowall’s new-age noise music quests for a sense of ‘sacred atheism’ . Document . 18 March 2024.
  25. Web site: Brooks . Bernie . Agalma Review . The Quietus.
  26. Web site: Christian . Eede . Drew McDowall Details New CD Box Set, 'Lamina' . The Quietus . The Quietus . 18 March 2024.
  27. Web site: LeJarde . Arielle Lana . Drew McDowall announces CD box set of expanded works, rarities and live performances . Resident Advisor . Resident Advisor . 18 March 2024.
  28. Web site: About A Thread, Silvered and Trembling . Dais Records . 6 October 2024.
  29. Web site: Richard . Fontenoy . Time Machines: Drew McDowall On Coil's Drone Legacy . The Quietus.

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