Biography / Discography
I. Biography
II. Discography
( purchase these releases HERE - more info below)
More info :
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NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA
Spin Vows Under Arch
Beta Lactam Ring Records
CD
out soon
/
GREY FORCE WAKEFORD
Marble Heart
Athanor
CD
April 2008
/
230 DIVISADERO
230 Divisadero
locust97
CD
2007-09-18
The transcontinental duo 230 Divisadero make stately, finely crafted atmospheric songs that stand outside the bounds of contemporary musical trends. Their self released langorous drone ep has drawn comparisons to SunnO))) and Nurse With Wound. On their self titled full length debut, the duo of Britain's Matt Shaw (Tex la Homa) and Monaco's Nick Grey have honed in the wide audio brush strokes of their ep and have produced one of the finest blends of Brian Eno inspired art song we've heard in years. 230 Divisadero is simultaneously refreshing and reminiscent of classic acts like Talk Talk & New Zealand's sterling & sadly under recognized act This Kind of Punishment.
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EMPUSAE + NICK GREY - Simple black lines in a diagram 3" cd
Label: Brume Records
Release date: June 2007
“Simple Black Lines in a Diagram” is the seamless encounter of the talent and creative worlds of both artists involved : Empusae’s captivating tribal rhythms and singular ambiances provide a perfect complement to Nick Grey’s expertise at crafting and interpreting melancholic songs of exquisite elegance.
The result is a delicate work of intricate and subtle composition: sad, introspective, haunting and somewhat disturbing at times. Nick Grey and Empusae expertly crafted a set of melancholic haunting ritual ballads which should be a must for any discerning listener.
Mastered by IC434, this release comes packed in a luxurious A5 pack with artwork by [Massen Grab] with drawings by Katelijne de Corte.
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NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA - THE CANDLELIGHT EYES E.P.
Label: Barl Fire Recordings
Release date: April 2007
Nick Grey and his Random Orchestra return with what, in recording terms, is the prequel to their critically acclaimed and Julian Cope endorsed "Thieves Among Thorns" album from 2006. Clocking-in at just over 40 minutes, the five-track "Candlelight Eyes EP" showcases the signature heartbreaking and brooding melancholy of its aforementioned sister-album, and at times incorporates intimate chamber folk arrangements, all of which draw more from the musical heritage of the mid-1970's German electronic underground, that inspired Bowie's Berlin trilogy, than the pastoral musings of 1970's psychedelic folk. "The Candlelight Eyes EP" features cover-art by Scapegott, is packaged in jewel cases and limited to 200 copies.
Mp3
Horsedry Riversong (excerpt)
Rosary Eyes (excerpt)
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NICK GREY - THIEVES AMONG THORNS
10 tracks, 53 minutes
Label: Hand/Eye
Catalog #: H/E022
Release date : August 2006
“Thieves Among Thorns” features Nick Grey, Jasmine Pinkerton & Nicholas Davis (from the semi-romantic act Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra). This new collection of songs, stripped bare of the Orchestra’s usual members, reveals a quieter, sadder aspect of their work, and was recorded after Nick dreamed of commiting suicide with a Bible in a Geneva first-class hotel.
As a result, Thieves Among Thorns is all about forlorn piano lullabies, insecure percussions and torpid classical arrangements, eerie ballads and numbing rythms, terminological inexactitudes and sleepy hyperboles. Ten desolate tracks where Nick’s laptop arrangements and quiet, inconsolable vocals interweave with pianist Jasmine Pinkerton’s eastern-Europe sensitivity and Nicholas Davis' precise guitar.
A sound shaped by various failures, breakups and periods of intense doubt : perfect for heartbreaks and codeine addicts.
Beautifully packaged in cardstock 'arigato pak.'
A note from Timothy Renner: "Thieves Among Thorns" is one of the best albums I have heard in years - one of my favorite albums Dark Holler • Hand/Eye has ever released (though, to be fair, I am rather biased to them all). Still, I find this work enchanting and haunting in all the right ways. My highest recommendation.
Mp3 :
Tammuz (excerpt)
End Of All (excerpt)
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230 DIVISADERO - A VISION OF LOST UNITY EP
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON03
Release date: August 2006
230 Divisadero is a new project by Matt Shaw (Tex La Homa) and Nick Grey : songs and music written and recorded between England and Canada.
230 Divisadero's first ep, A Vision Of Lost Unity is planned for release on Milk & moon recordings mid 2006, and features the extra participation of Canadian cellist David Widmer. The ep features natural and electronic sounds and atmospheres that can bring to mind the drone music of Sunn O))) or the electronic pulses you might find in a track by coil, two amongst many, many different influences.
www.230divisadero.com
230divisadero@gmail.com
MP3 samples : www.myspace.com/230divisadero
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°catlandgrey° - S/t
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON02
Release date: April 2006
Eerie stuttering fostpolk / folktronica with a taste for sunshine and Temesta, by Nick Grey & Nihiruneko. An oneiric, surreal & psychedelic trip to the World Mountain.
°catlandgrey° is available in hand-numbered black digipak from www.milkandmoon.com
The (very) limited edition comes with a creepy animal hand-puppet.
Mp3 samples on www.myspace.com/milkandmoon
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08.05 / Nick Grey - Les Eaux Territoriales
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON01
Release date: August 2005
Les Eaux Territoriales, volume one of the Unclear Perspectives mini-series, features over 23 minutes of fresh free rock by Nick Grey and English guitarist Nicholas Davis. Silvery guitar lines, distant drum poundings, warm vocals and chords meandering like a milky stream floating on the bed of the moon. Copies are hand-made, numbered and each one features a slightly different inlay.
Mp3 : Les Eaux Territoriales - excerpt 1; excerpt 2
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NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA - Regal Daylight
Label : Stateart
Catalog #: AVANT011
Release date: March 2005
An international musical collective with varied influences; an unexpected yet elegant cross between the Tindersticks, David Bowie’s late work and Current 93’s haunted ballads. Regal Daylight, which features the famous Romanian tenor Vasile Moldoveanu as an exceptional guest star, is a hypnotic, lyrical and intimate experience.
"An eccentric and highly literate fantasy" - THE WIRE
"A fascinating blend of organic and electronic elements, Regal Daylight is a wonder of the dark cabaret genre, incorporating inspired choices of instrumentation and vocals filled with discovery and wonder. (...) An eclectic and engaging collection of work, Regal Daylight stands as a testimony to the talent and imagination of Nick Grey and the Random Orchestra." - Re:Gen Magazine
"Hier haben wir es endlich wieder einmal mit einem Album zu tun, das sich all der Oberflächlichkeit dieser Welt widersetzt!" (8,5 of 10) - ORKUS Magazine
"Classical and modern music seemed worlds apart. With the arrival of "Regal Daylight", their joint future now looks bright and beautiful." - Mouvement Nouveau
Mp3 :
The Zealot (full track)
Look Like Moses (excerpt)
Structure And Faith (excerpt)
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EMPI - EMPI
Label : Brume Records
Catalog #: BRUME07
Release date: November 2002
EMPI’s psychorigid first album, released in October 2002 by Brume Records / M10. EMPI is : postrock laments with guitars, neoclassical ballads and disturbed dada-ish poetry in French.
« Something like Snow White lost in a David Lynch movie while listening to John Zorn on her walkman ! » - Elegy Magazine
« An incredible extract of neoclassical intuitions, oneiric advanced arts, "videodrome" - orchestrations, abstract reconnaissances, and futuristic tango. » - Twilight Zone
Mp3 :
pression
joe-no-colt
orthodontie descriptive du cycle
"Beneath the body I notice façades, undreaming even of fields."
- Random spam email
Nicolai Riccardo Moldoveanu Grey lives in Monaco and Montréal, Canada and has been releasing depressing music since 2002. His main musical entity, Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra (contributors including Martyn Bates, Charlemagne Palestine, Jessica Constable, Far Black Furlong etc.) has often been entertainingly depicted as "snorecore", "absence music", "ideal for sessions of late-night estrangement" or "typical bongwater mouthwash gargles".
He is a current member of the projects 230 Divisadero, 48 Cameras, Bozzone & Grey and Grey Force Wakeford.
His favorite word is conceal.
II. Discography
( purchase these releases HERE - more info below)
Albums :
2008. Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra - Spin Vows Under Arch (Album, Beta Lactam Ring Records)
2008. Grey Force Wakeford - S/t (Album, Athanor)
2007. 230 Divisadero - S/t (Album, Locust Music)
2006. Nick Grey - Thieves Among Thorns (Album, Hand / Eye)
2005. Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra - Regal Daylight (Album, Stateart)
2002. EMPI - EMPI (Album, Brume Records)
EPs :
2007. Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra - The Candlelight Eyes EP (EP, Barl Fire)
2007. Empusae & Nick Grey - Simple Black Lines In A Diagram (3" cd, Brume Records)
2006. 230 Divisadero - A Vision of Lost Unity (EP, Milk & moon recordings)
2006. °catlandgrey° - S/t (EP, Milk & moon recordings)
2006. Nick Grey - Les Eaux Territoriales (EP, Milk & moon recordings)
Compilation tracks :
2007. Nick Grey "Black Paper, Mountain" - RUFS (CD, Fenetre Records)
2006. 230 Divisadero "Storm In December" - Silber Sounds Of Christmas (CDr, Silber Media)
2005. EMPI vs Darkly Pale "Wishlist" - AxC_Labs (CD, Axesscode)
More info :
/
NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA
Spin Vows Under Arch
Beta Lactam Ring Records
CD
out soon
/
GREY FORCE WAKEFORD
Marble Heart
Athanor
CD
April 2008
/
230 DIVISADERO
230 Divisadero
locust97
CD
2007-09-18
The transcontinental duo 230 Divisadero make stately, finely crafted atmospheric songs that stand outside the bounds of contemporary musical trends. Their self released langorous drone ep has drawn comparisons to SunnO))) and Nurse With Wound. On their self titled full length debut, the duo of Britain's Matt Shaw (Tex la Homa) and Monaco's Nick Grey have honed in the wide audio brush strokes of their ep and have produced one of the finest blends of Brian Eno inspired art song we've heard in years. 230 Divisadero is simultaneously refreshing and reminiscent of classic acts like Talk Talk & New Zealand's sterling & sadly under recognized act This Kind of Punishment.
/
EMPUSAE + NICK GREY - Simple black lines in a diagram 3" cd
Label: Brume Records
Release date: June 2007
“Simple Black Lines in a Diagram” is the seamless encounter of the talent and creative worlds of both artists involved : Empusae’s captivating tribal rhythms and singular ambiances provide a perfect complement to Nick Grey’s expertise at crafting and interpreting melancholic songs of exquisite elegance.
The result is a delicate work of intricate and subtle composition: sad, introspective, haunting and somewhat disturbing at times. Nick Grey and Empusae expertly crafted a set of melancholic haunting ritual ballads which should be a must for any discerning listener.
Mastered by IC434, this release comes packed in a luxurious A5 pack with artwork by [Massen Grab] with drawings by Katelijne de Corte.
/
NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA - THE CANDLELIGHT EYES E.P.
Label: Barl Fire Recordings
Release date: April 2007
Nick Grey and his Random Orchestra return with what, in recording terms, is the prequel to their critically acclaimed and Julian Cope endorsed "Thieves Among Thorns" album from 2006. Clocking-in at just over 40 minutes, the five-track "Candlelight Eyes EP" showcases the signature heartbreaking and brooding melancholy of its aforementioned sister-album, and at times incorporates intimate chamber folk arrangements, all of which draw more from the musical heritage of the mid-1970's German electronic underground, that inspired Bowie's Berlin trilogy, than the pastoral musings of 1970's psychedelic folk. "The Candlelight Eyes EP" features cover-art by Scapegott, is packaged in jewel cases and limited to 200 copies.
Mp3
Horsedry Riversong (excerpt)
Rosary Eyes (excerpt)
/
NICK GREY - THIEVES AMONG THORNS
10 tracks, 53 minutes
Label: Hand/Eye
Catalog #: H/E022
Release date : August 2006
“Thieves Among Thorns” features Nick Grey, Jasmine Pinkerton & Nicholas Davis (from the semi-romantic act Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra). This new collection of songs, stripped bare of the Orchestra’s usual members, reveals a quieter, sadder aspect of their work, and was recorded after Nick dreamed of commiting suicide with a Bible in a Geneva first-class hotel.
As a result, Thieves Among Thorns is all about forlorn piano lullabies, insecure percussions and torpid classical arrangements, eerie ballads and numbing rythms, terminological inexactitudes and sleepy hyperboles. Ten desolate tracks where Nick’s laptop arrangements and quiet, inconsolable vocals interweave with pianist Jasmine Pinkerton’s eastern-Europe sensitivity and Nicholas Davis' precise guitar.
A sound shaped by various failures, breakups and periods of intense doubt : perfect for heartbreaks and codeine addicts.
Beautifully packaged in cardstock 'arigato pak.'
A note from Timothy Renner: "Thieves Among Thorns" is one of the best albums I have heard in years - one of my favorite albums Dark Holler • Hand/Eye has ever released (though, to be fair, I am rather biased to them all). Still, I find this work enchanting and haunting in all the right ways. My highest recommendation.
Mp3 :
Tammuz (excerpt)
End Of All (excerpt)
/
230 DIVISADERO - A VISION OF LOST UNITY EP
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON03
Release date: August 2006
230 Divisadero is a new project by Matt Shaw (Tex La Homa) and Nick Grey : songs and music written and recorded between England and Canada.
230 Divisadero's first ep, A Vision Of Lost Unity is planned for release on Milk & moon recordings mid 2006, and features the extra participation of Canadian cellist David Widmer. The ep features natural and electronic sounds and atmospheres that can bring to mind the drone music of Sunn O))) or the electronic pulses you might find in a track by coil, two amongst many, many different influences.
www.230divisadero.com
230divisadero@gmail.com
MP3 samples : www.myspace.com/230divisadero
/
°catlandgrey° - S/t
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON02
Release date: April 2006
Eerie stuttering fostpolk / folktronica with a taste for sunshine and Temesta, by Nick Grey & Nihiruneko. An oneiric, surreal & psychedelic trip to the World Mountain.
°catlandgrey° is available in hand-numbered black digipak from www.milkandmoon.com
The (very) limited edition comes with a creepy animal hand-puppet.
Mp3 samples on www.myspace.com/milkandmoon
/
08.05 / Nick Grey - Les Eaux Territoriales
Label : Milk & moon recordings
Catalog #: MILKMOON01
Release date: August 2005
Les Eaux Territoriales, volume one of the Unclear Perspectives mini-series, features over 23 minutes of fresh free rock by Nick Grey and English guitarist Nicholas Davis. Silvery guitar lines, distant drum poundings, warm vocals and chords meandering like a milky stream floating on the bed of the moon. Copies are hand-made, numbered and each one features a slightly different inlay.
Mp3 : Les Eaux Territoriales - excerpt 1; excerpt 2
/
NICK GREY & THE RANDOM ORCHESTRA - Regal Daylight
Label : Stateart
Catalog #: AVANT011
Release date: March 2005
An international musical collective with varied influences; an unexpected yet elegant cross between the Tindersticks, David Bowie’s late work and Current 93’s haunted ballads. Regal Daylight, which features the famous Romanian tenor Vasile Moldoveanu as an exceptional guest star, is a hypnotic, lyrical and intimate experience.
"An eccentric and highly literate fantasy" - THE WIRE
"A fascinating blend of organic and electronic elements, Regal Daylight is a wonder of the dark cabaret genre, incorporating inspired choices of instrumentation and vocals filled with discovery and wonder. (...) An eclectic and engaging collection of work, Regal Daylight stands as a testimony to the talent and imagination of Nick Grey and the Random Orchestra." - Re:Gen Magazine
"Hier haben wir es endlich wieder einmal mit einem Album zu tun, das sich all der Oberflächlichkeit dieser Welt widersetzt!" (8,5 of 10) - ORKUS Magazine
"Classical and modern music seemed worlds apart. With the arrival of "Regal Daylight", their joint future now looks bright and beautiful." - Mouvement Nouveau
Mp3 :
The Zealot (full track)
Look Like Moses (excerpt)
Structure And Faith (excerpt)
/
EMPI - EMPI
Label : Brume Records
Catalog #: BRUME07
Release date: November 2002
EMPI’s psychorigid first album, released in October 2002 by Brume Records / M10. EMPI is : postrock laments with guitars, neoclassical ballads and disturbed dada-ish poetry in French.
« Something like Snow White lost in a David Lynch movie while listening to John Zorn on her walkman ! » - Elegy Magazine
« An incredible extract of neoclassical intuitions, oneiric advanced arts, "videodrome" - orchestrations, abstract reconnaissances, and futuristic tango. » - Twilight Zone
Mp3 :
pression
joe-no-colt
orthodontie descriptive du cycle
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