
"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 from Eyeless in Gaza, Charlemagne Palestine, Kris Force from Amber Asylum, Jessica Constable, Far Black Furlong and many more) 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, and Foxtrot Empire.
His favorite word is conceal.
/ Press Quotes
There's little point in describing each song that Nick Grey has brought before us on this exceptional album. Suffice to say, nothing is out of place and nothing stands out except ALL of it, yet it is neither an album of songs nor an album of purely experimental works, the record standing shamanically and entirely successfully at the doorway between both genres (...) This album is one of the most truly ambient records Ive heard in many a year, and rotating it endlessly can send the listener close to catatonia and nudging sleep.- Julian Cope(Album of the Month on Head Heritage)
An eccentric and highly literate fantasy.- The Wire
"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.- Timothy Renner (Stone Breath)
An amazing duet album (...) Think of this project as being a sort of psychedelic exploration, never heavy handed, or overtly trippy, blended with a subtle, understated pop sensibility as done through the minds of people without the aggressive need to beat one about the head with the obvious.- Foxy Digitalis 8/10
(...) Cet album onirique se fait un malin plaisir daccompagner, avec une délicatesse insistante, chaque instant dabandon. Un genre de psychédélisme miniature, éclairé à la bougie plutôt quà la pyrotechnie, empruntant son bucolisme au folk, mais aussi son anxiété à lelectronica et au free-rock. Il y a un lézard sur la pochette, mais aucun dans ce disque.- Les Inrockuptibles
/ Discography
Albums :
2008. Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra - Spin Vows Under Arch (Beta Lactam Ring Records)
2008. Grey Force Wakeford - Marble Heart (Athanor)
2007. 230 Divisadero - S/t (Locust Music)
2006. Nick Grey - Thieves Among Thorns (Hand / Eye)
2005. Nick Grey & The Random Orchestra - Regal Daylight (Stateart)
2002. EMPI - EMPI (Brume Records)
EPs :
2008. 230 Divisadero - The Breather Key EP (EP, Apollolaan Recordings)
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)
/ Links
www.nick-grey.com
www.virb.com/nickgrey
www.milkandmoon.com
www.230divisadero.com
www.48cameras.com
Beautiful songs,
Good luck and keep the juice, life with music is sometime hard to live!
But what pleasure when it works! That's the only thing I wich you.
Friendly, Seb, Swing Sofa.
P.S.: Come to our home if you want to get warmer, it's french words but music don't have any frontier, I hope so!!!


Bah je sais pas...en tous cas on pourra se voir.
Au fait,c'est quoi cette petite chanson en français?
Merci mec bien reçu ton paquet,tu m'as gâté!
"Catlandgrey" est vraiment beau,on l'a écouté hier soir avec ma copine.
Là j'écoute "Grey Force Wakeford" qui me fait un peu penser à Current 93,et c'est un compliment,non?
Ah et merci pour le badge,c'est classe,je l'mettrai sur ma sangle à mon concert...Gris-Gris!
J'espère que tu auras reçu mon EP toi aussi.
Ouah et le timbre monégasque!
Merci pour l'invitation, une bonne occasion de découvrir ta musique très touchante...
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