Name: Lamina
Brand: Drew McDowall

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DAIS178CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-07

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Standard:20

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0683950565760

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CDx6

Artist

Drew McDowall

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Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

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Dais

Drew McDowall, born on January 28th, 1961 in Paisley, Scotland, is a renowned artist known for his work with Coil and as a solo artist under the name Screwtape. He has also been a member of Compound Eye and Captain Sons & Daughters. Drew co-created The Poems in the late 1970s and was part of Psychic TV in the 1980s. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY and is actively involved in the modular electronic world.

Throughout his career, Drew McDowall has made significant contributions to the music industry. His collaboration with Coil led him to become an official member of the band in 1995. In addition to his work with various groups, he also worked as tour manager for The Shamen.

Beyond his musical achievements, Drew is a proud father to Keri from his previous marriage to Rose McDowall of Strawberry Switchblade fame. With a strong presence within the modular electronic scene and residing in Brooklyn, NY, Drew continues to make waves as an influential figure within the industry.

Dais Records is an independent American record label founded by Gibby Miller and Ryan Martin in 2007. Based in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York, Dais Records operates as a genre-agnostic label with a focus on experimental and avant-garde music. The label represents both emerging and established active artists while also curating rare and out of print material for reissue projects. Dais Records exclusively distributes its releases through Secretly Distribution.

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This long-gestating box set of Scottish electronic pioneer Drew McDowall’s solo work takes its title from a technical term meaning ‘plate’ or ‘layer’ most often used in contexts either geological or anatomical: Lamina. He speaks of the compiling process similarly: “Digging into my archives felt like a mix of psychoanalysis and archaeology – uncovering buried things.” The six CD collection includes expanded editions of his four most recent Dais LPs (Collapse, 2015; Unnatural Channel, 2017; The Third Helix, 2018; and Agalma, 2020), alongside a disc of rarities (Undulations and Aberrations) and one of live performances (Entanglement).

Taken together, it presents a definitive portrait of McDowall’s cryptic, questing artistry, forever seeking “that sense of stepping over a threshold.” The bonus material in particular is revelatory, broadening both the context and complexity of its respective full-length. “Palisades,” a Collapse outtake, patiently builds a mantric throb into a rippling cascade of head-nodding cosmic noise, like some glowing shrapnel splintered off the rest of the record. “Tell Me The Name (Alt Version),” a reworking of the eerie opener of Unnatural Channel, embodies McDowall’s goal for the compilation as “a window into the process of iteration.”&nbsp;

Lamina

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