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'''Nigel Ayers''' (born 1957 in [[Tideswell]], [[Derbyshire]]) is an English multimedia artist.<ref name=" Cerqueira ">Fernando Cerqueira, '' Antibothis Occultural Anthology Vol.3 p.72''
(Thisco Portugal, 2010), {{ISBN|978-989-95447-9-6}}</ref> His [[sound art]] has included numerous audio releases and live performances through his group [[Nocturnal Emissions]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Torreano, Bradley |title=Nocturnal Emissions Biography |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nocturnal-emissions-mn0000447197/biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=2015-09-22}}</ref><ref>Nicolas Ballet, Forward, ''ELECTRONIC RESISTANCE'', Amaya Publishing (Oakland, CA) hardcover, {{ISBN|9780578978208}}, pp. 5-7</ref>


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His [[sound art]] collaborations includes work with [[Bourbonese Qualk]], [[C.C.C.C. (band)|C.C.C.C.]], [[Andrew Liles]], [[Lustmord]], [[Randy Greif]], [[Robin Storey]], Expose Your Eyes, [[Stewart Home]], [[Z'EV]], and [[Zoviet France]].{{cn|date=January 2023}}
'''Nigel Ayers''' is a [[multimedia artist]] born in [[Tideswell]], [[Derbyshire]], [[England]], in 1957.
His [[sound art]] has included numerous audio releases and live performances through his genre-busting group [[Nocturnal Emissions]].


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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)]].{{cn|date=January 2023}}
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His [[sound art]] collaborations includes work with [[Bourbonese Qualk]], [[C.C.C.C. (band)|C.C.C.C.]], [[Andrew Liles]], [[Lustmord]], [[Randy Grief]], [[Robin Storey]], [[Expose Your Eyes]], [[Stewart Home]], [[Z'EV]], and [[Zoviet France]].


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In the early 1990s, he performed live soundtracks for the [[Butoh]] performances of Poppo & the Go Go Boys.{{cn|date=January 2023}} His visual art has been exhibited in the [[Tate]], [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]], and worn by the [[soccer]] legend [[Diego Maradona]].{{cn|date=January 2023}}
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In 1980 he founded the record label [[Sterile Records]], releasing the first records by [[John Balance]], [[Maurizio Bianchi]] and [[Lustmord]], among many others.


==Sound art==
In 1987 he formed the equally influential [[Earthly Delights (record label)]], specialising in audio works that critically examined the technological landscape and the psychic effect of sound.
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Ayers' [[sound art]] work is rooted in [[Assemblage (art)|assemblage]] and [[collage]]. Years before [[Sampling (music)|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.


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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)]].
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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]], [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]], and worn by the [[soccer]] legend [[Diego Maradona]].


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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.
He married [[Lesley Ayers]] in 2001 and is currently resident in [[Cornwall]].


==Sound Art==
==Bibliography==
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*''Mind Invaders: A Reader in Psychic Warfare, Cultural Sabotage And Semiotic Terrorism'' Stewart Home Ed. (Serpent's Tail London, 1997). {{ISBN|978-1852425609}}
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*''International Who's Who in Popular Music'' (Routledge, 2007). {{ISBN| 9781857434170}}
*''Bodmin Moor Zodiac'' (2007).
*''The Control You Gain. The Power You Rule.'' (2009).
*''NETWORK NEWS'' ([[Nocturnal Emissions]], 2009).
*''Lusitania'' ([[Earthly Delights (record label)|Earthly Delights]], 2010).
* S. Alexander Reed ''Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music'' (Oxford University Press USA, 2013). {{ISBN|0199832609}} {{ISBN|978-0199832606}}
*''Electronic Resistance'' (Amaya Productions, 2021). {{ISBN|0578978202}} {{ISBN|978-0578978208}}


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==References==
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Nigel Ayers' [[sound art]] work is rooted in [[assemblage]] and [[collage]]. Years before [[Sampling (music)|digital sampling]] became commonplace, his recordings used many thousands of carefully 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. His work reflects the fluid nature of post-modern experience dipping into elements of [[fringe science]], outer space and ethnic music traditions; forming radical mutations of the popular song form and pitting “outsider” viewpoints against more orthodox media constructions of reality.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/18434-nigel-ayers-interview |title=Features &#124; A Quietus Interview &#124; No Commercial Value: Nigel Ayers Interview |publisher=The Quietus |date=2015-08-11 |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/ne_int.html |title=Nocturnal Emissions Interview from EST#1 |website=Media.hyperreal.org |date= |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref>
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He is also very interested in eroding the concept of individualised artistic personality using digital technologies to enable multiple authorship. This is exemplified in the infinitely 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)]].
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8688:nigel-ayers-viral-emissions&catid=74:interviews&Itemid=91 |title=Nigel Ayers: Viral Emissions |website=Brainwashed.com |date=2011-03-26 |accessdate=2020-05-19 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005611/http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8688:nigel-ayers-viral-emissions&catid=74:interviews&Itemid=91 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cornwall/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9377000/9377844.stm |title=BBC - The Virgin's Nipple |publisher=BBC News |date=2011-01-27 |accessdate=2020-05-19}}</ref>
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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, creating immersive four-dimensional audioworks using simple everyday equipment such as multiple CD boomboxes.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nigelayers.com His personal website, along with a gallery]
*[http://www.nigelayers.com Personal website]
*[http://www.earthlydeights.co.uk Earthly Delights record label]
*[http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk Earthly Delights record label]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPibXsoh6HU Video of The Planetarium Must be Built]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPibXsoh6HU Video of The Planetarium Must be Built]
*[http://www.artcornwall.org/interview_Nigel_Ayers.htm artcornwall.org interview]
*[http://www.artcornwall.org/interview_Nigel_Ayers.htm artcornwall.org Interview]


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==References==
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''Mind Invaders: A Reader in Psychic Warfare, Cultural Sabotage And Semiotic Terrorism'' Stewart Home Ed. (Serpent's Tail London, 1997).
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''International Who's Who in Popular Music'' (Routledge, 2007)


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Latest revision as of 20:59, 14 July 2024

Nigel Ayers (born 1957 in Tideswell, Derbyshire) is an English multimedia artist.[1] His sound art has included numerous audio releases and live performances through his group Nocturnal Emissions.[2][3]

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

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).[citation needed]

In the early 1990s, he performed live soundtracks for the Butoh performances of Poppo & the Go Go Boys.[citation needed] His visual art has been exhibited in the Tate, ICA, and worn by the soccer legend Diego Maradona.[citation needed]

Sound art

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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.

Bibliography

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  • Mind Invaders: A Reader in Psychic Warfare, Cultural Sabotage And Semiotic Terrorism Stewart Home Ed. (Serpent's Tail London, 1997). ISBN 978-1852425609
  • International Who's Who in Popular Music (Routledge, 2007). ISBN 9781857434170
  • Bodmin Moor Zodiac (2007).
  • The Control You Gain. The Power You Rule. (2009).
  • NETWORK NEWS (Nocturnal Emissions, 2009).
  • Lusitania (Earthly Delights, 2010).
  • S. Alexander Reed Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music (Oxford University Press USA, 2013). ISBN 0199832609 ISBN 978-0199832606
  • Electronic Resistance (Amaya Productions, 2021). ISBN 0578978202 ISBN 978-0578978208

References

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  1. ^ Fernando Cerqueira, Antibothis Occultural Anthology Vol.3 p.72 (Thisco Portugal, 2010), ISBN 978-989-95447-9-6
  2. ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Nocturnal Emissions Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ Nicolas Ballet, Forward, ELECTRONIC RESISTANCE, Amaya Publishing (Oakland, CA) hardcover, ISBN 9780578978208, pp. 5-7
  4. ^ "Features | A Quietus Interview | No Commercial Value: Nigel Ayers Interview". The Quietus. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Nocturnal Emissions Interview from EST#1". Media.hyperreal.org. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Nigel Ayers: Viral Emissions". Brainwashed.com. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ "BBC - The Virgin's Nipple". BBC News. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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