Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Nigel Ayers

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Nigel Ayers

Role
  
Musical Artist


Siblings
  
Danny Ayers

Music group
  

Albums
  
Mesmeric Enabling Device, Oedipus Brain Foil

Similar People
  
Caroline K, Randy Greif, Rapoon, Andrew Liles, Mick Harris

Nigel ayers john everall mick harris mesmeric enabling device part 1


Nigel Ayers (born 1957 in Tideswell, Derbyshire) is an English multimedia artist.

Contents

Nigel Ayers NIGEL AYERS VIRAL EMISSIONS by Justin Patrick Brainwashed 4iB

His sound art has included numerous audio releases and live performances through his group Nocturnal Emissions.

Nigel Ayers The Quietus Features A Quietus Interview No Commercial Value

His sound art collaborations includes work with Bourbonese Qualk, C.C.C.C., Andrew Liles, Lustmord, Randy Grief, Robin Storey, Expose Your Eyes, Stewart Home, Z'EV, and Zoviet France.

Nigel Ayers Classic Nigel Ayers By Nocturnal Emissions

In 1980 he founded the record label Sterile Records, releasing the first records by John Balance, Maurizio Bianchi and Lustmord, among many others. In 1987 he formed the Earthly Delights (record label), specialising in audio works and big explosions that examined the technological landscape and the psychic effect of sound.

Nigel Ayers Classic Nigel Ayers By Nocturnal Emissions

In the early 90s he performed live soundtracks for the Butoh performances of Poppo & the Go Go Boys. His visual art has been exhibited in the Tate, ICA, and worn by the soccer legend Diego Maradona.

Nigel Ayers Nigel Ayers Keeping Hope Alive

Nigel ayers randy greif stochastic motion


Sound Art

Nigel Ayers Nigel Ayers Nocturnal Emissions in Dub VOLUME 1

Nigel Ayers' sound art work is rooted in assemblage and collage. Years before digital sampling became commonplace, his recordings used thousands of edited "found" and specially recorded sound samples. His interest in the psychological effects of sound, and in particular the recombination of sound to affect perception of time and space is reflected in CD titles such as "Practical Time Travel" where sound functions as snapshots of memory forming new associations as it passes into a simulated dream world.

He is also interested in eroding the concept of individualised artistic personality using digital technologies to enable multiple authorship. This is exemplified in the remixable sound sample libraries he has released as a sound developer in the commercially released sample libraries for Sony’s ACID Pro and Propellerhead’s Reason (software).

In his sound installations, such as Soul Zodiac (2006) and The Planetarium Must Be Built (2007) he has explored the possibilities of digital remixes in both time and space, using everyday equipment such as multiple CD boomboxes.

Sample libraries

  • Myths of Technology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Loop Noir – Paranormal Sound Design
  • References

    Nigel Ayers Wikipedia