Smugglers Cave

Scottish electronic music producer Nick Dow blurs the lines between club, ambient and experimental music, combining cinematic melodies with organic instrumentation and visceral textures, enveloping the listener in a world of surging musical landscapes.

“I like music that makes you lose sense of space and time, something that grabs a hold of you and throws you around for a while. My aim is to create a sonic force of that ilk... physically or emotionally overpowering in one way or another.”


The Scottish producer’s 5-EP back catalogue tracks the journey of his evolution as an artist – from the energetic ‘Ancient Sequence’ released on Herzblut in 2013, to the critically-acclaimed ‘Insect Parade’ released on Traum Schallplatten in 2014, Nick’s projects have demonstrated his ability to create uniquely intricate melodies and express a diversity of sentiment in his music.

2014 saw the release of two further EPs – ‘Armour Plated’ and ‘Pocket Harmony’. The former in particular emphasised Nick’s capacity to create deconstructed, glitch-infected sounds through the analogue-infused track ‘Goujian’; whilst the latter proved his ability to venture outside the realms of conventional club music through his tempestuous track ‘Leap’.

As well as producing a string of successful remixes – most notably Sebastian Mulliert’s ‘Direct Experience’ in 2015 - Nick released his 5th EP ‘Myrrh’ in 2016. Bridging the gap between melodic techno and electronica, ‘Myrrh’ further cemented Nick’s position as an ever-evolving musical storyteller.

May 2019 saw the release of Nick’s debut album ‘The Weird’. Drawing on inspiration found whilst moving between Berlin, New York, Paris and Scotland - The eclectic album explores themes of expectation, despair, and hope; weaving intricate narratives through dream-like ambiences, earthly textures and ethereal melodies

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