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]

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.