Tangled Up In String

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