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Nick Grey

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Nick Grey has been releasing experimental yet emotional music since 2004. His songs are a soulful blend of torpid arrangements and unpredictable electronics, underlined by melancholic and often ironic lyrics. His last album, Breaker of Ships, was released in 2015. Side-projects have included being a member of the "virtual collective" 48 Cameras along with Jean Mathoul and Charlemagne Palestine, 230 Divisadero with Matthew Shaw, and a collaboration with electronic musician Empusae. He is currently involved in L’Eglise du Mouvement Péristaltique Inversé, a French cold pop project whose second album, Le Peintre du Soir, was released in June 2024. An expansive restoration project is in the works : his complete discography (2004-2024, including an unreleased album recorded in Berlin in 2017) has been remastered by Peter James and will be progressively made available on all digital platforms. ​ Early 2025 will see the release of Sleepwalking Through A Day (2004-2024), a collection of Nick's 20 favorite, personally curated tracks — dare we call it a best of ? — along with 4 pieces of brand new, unreleased material. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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# On Nick Grey What distinguishes Grey's work is its willingness to inhabit contradiction—marrying emotional vulnerability with formal restraint, melancholy with irony, organic warmth with electronic estrangement. Rather than resolve these tensions, he lets them coexist, creating space for genuine ambiguity. His two-decade trajectory suggests an artist uninterested in consolidation, instead pursuing parallel investigations across various collectives and configurations. This restlessness reflects a deeper curiosity about how sound generates meaning and feeling without relying on conventional narrative or sentiment. For listeners seeking music that respects their intelligence while remaining genuinely moving, Grey's approach offers something increasingly rare: sincerity without sentimentality, experimentation

top songs

1

Black Paper, Mountain

423
2

Tammuz

216
3

Failure (is a lonesome bitch)

202
4

The Endless Pink

179
5

All lives revolve in bright circles of quiet light

161
6

You're Mine Again

158
7

Devolun Inis

156
8

End Of All

152
9

Spa Diva

151
10

The World Mountain

132

albums

Sleepwalking Through A Day (2004-2024)

Sleepwalking Through A Day (2004-2024)

Thieves Among Thorns

Thieves Among Thorns

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RUFS

River Run Dry

River Run Dry

The Candlelight Eyes EP

The Candlelight Eyes EP

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Spin Vows Under Arch

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Breaker Of Ships

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#526

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Regal Daylight

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thieves among thorns (somedarkholler records cd 2006)

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The Candlelight Eyes

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