Career
McDowall formed art-punk trio Poems in 1978 with his then-wife, Rose McDowall. McDowall performed with regularly for several years, becoming an official member in 1994. The notoriously reclusive musician, who resides in New York City, has done a number of public performances for the Modular Synthesizer Solstice and Equinox series in Brooklyn, beginning in 2012.
In March 2014, McDowall provided the score to Are You Okay, a short film written by Bret Easton Ellis for the "Are You Okay?" single by Dum Dum Girls.
"Blue Rats (Blue Cheese Remix)" and "Heartworms" with on the compilation album Foxtrot (1998) Astral Disaster with (1999 January): Musick to Play in the Dark Volume 1 Пособие для начинающих: Глас Сéребра with (2001) Пособие для кончающих: Волос Злата with (2001): "Moon"s Milk (In Four Phases)" (2XCD) (2002 January) "The Art of Self Destruction, Participant One", "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)", "Eraser (Denial.
Realization)", "Eraser (Polite)" and "Erased, Over, Out" remixes alongside on the album Further Down the Spiral (1995) "Cowboys In Bangkok 1995 ( vs Elph Mix)" remix alongside Peter Christopherson on the Chris and Cosey album Twist.