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| Nigel Ayers |
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for more recent activity see the blog |
| 2019 |
November
Nocturnal Emissions included on Further Perspectives & Distortion – An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental And Avant-Garde Music 1976-1984, Various Artists, 3CD Boxset Cherry Red Records.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/further-perspectives-distortion-an-encyclopedia-of-british-experimental-and-avante-garde-music-1976-1984-various-artists-3cd-boxset/ October
Nigel Ayers - Painted by Spirits released
http://nocturnalemissions.bandcamp.com/album/painted-by-spirits
Nocturnal Emissions on Noise in Opposition - Joint Statement #04
http://noiseinopposition.bandcamp.com/album/joint-statement-04 August 2
Music by Nocturnal Emissions features in Used to be Blonde by Sharon Eyal and National Youth Dance Company performance at :
Bold Tendencies, 7th-10th Floors Multi-Storey Car Park, SE15 4ST London
July
Interview on Concrete Shelves blog
https://concreteshelves.blog/2019/07/23/nigel-ayers/
Nigel Ayers Etsy shop opened with original artwork: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NigelAyers June
Omega Earth Electrode released
https://nocturnalemissions.bandcamp.com/album/omega-earth-electrode
Video for Ubiquitous Meh! https://youtu.be/c_BgnH4Fp7w May
Nocturnal Emissions live performance at KARST, Plymouth with Alice Kemp and Contrastate
April Songs of Love and Revolution re-issued as Gatefold LP Record/Vinyl + Digital Album Mannequin Records, Germany Spiritflesh LP reissued on grey vinyl Mannequin Records, Germany January
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Nocturnal Emissions live performance at XV Congresso Postindustriale, Pordenone, Italy
Nocturnal Emissions - Stem Cells Lathe Cut EP - Limited edition of 18 hand-numbered copies on black vinyl. Produced by Old Europa Café, Italy |
| 2018 |
December
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Nocturnal Emissions live performance at Kafe Haeverk, Oslo, Norway
October
Bodmin Moor Zodiac website online
http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk/archive/Bodmin%20Moor%20Zodiac/zodiac.html
August
26
MuhMur Radio Nocturnal Emissions Special Part One : Featuring the sounds of Nocturnal Emissions plus tracks from I.B.F. (Ideas Beyond Filth), Bourbonese Qualk, Caroline K. MuhMur Radio Nocturnal Emissions Special Part Two featuring a live performance from Nigel Ayers and 'In Conversation' with Tony Whitehead (Very Quiet Records), plus sounds from Nocturnal Emissions and Ayers/Everall/Harris. Broadcast on SoundArt Radio, Dartington, Devon.
Music by Nocturnal Emissions features in Used to be Blonde by Sharon Eyal and National Youth Dance Company performances at :
Sadler’s Wells, London – 7th April
The Riley Theatre, Leeds – 24th June
Dance City, Newcastle (matinee and evening) – 30th June
Curve Theatre, Leicester – 8th July
Jerwood Dance House, DanceEast, Ipswich – 12th July
Waterfront Stage, Latitude Festival – 14th July
The Eden Project, Cornwall – 17th July
AMATA, Falmouth – 18th July
Brighton Dome, Brighton – 20th July
May
11
Nocturnal Emissions live performance at Rye Wax, Peckham, London with Alessandro Adriani DJ set.
January
11
Nocturnal Emissions live performance at Urban Spree, Berlin with Simon Crab, Philipp Strobel, Alessandro Adriani
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Nocturnal Emissions live performance at Haperende Mens Festival, Rotterdam
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| 2017 |
November
Nocturnal Emissions retrospective Double vinyl LP & CD released
https://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-102-nocturnal-emissions-nocturnal-emissions
Nocturnal Emissions live performances with Simon Crab:
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Club Bimbo, Guillotier, Lyon, France
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Club Elysia, Frankfurt Strasse 36, Basel, Switzerland
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Mudd Club, 7 Rue de l'Arc-en-Ciel, Strasbourg, France
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Klub Kegehlbahn, Baselstrasse 24, Luzern, Switzerland
October
Nocturnal Emissions live performances
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VillaManuela Festical, Minihub, Madrid Spain
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OUT.FEST - Festival Internacional de Música Exploratória do Barreiro, Portugal
March
Nocturnal Emissions live performances
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Understage, Teatro Rivoli, Porto, Portugal
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Venha a Nos a Boa Morte, Viseu, Portugal,
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Igreia dos Ingleses, Lisbon, Portugal
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| 2016 |
October
What is Space Cornish? DVD installation in Inland Festival, Redruth, Cornwall
Chemical Seascapes audio/visual installation in Serendip Festival, Paris
July
Nocturnal Emissions Drowning in a Sea of Bliss in Blow Up Magazine top 20 industrial music essentials 1977-1986
May
Nocturnal Emissions artwork included in Eighties Incompaises Centre Pompidou, Paris
February
Ayers Rocks! interview in Record Collector magazine
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| 2015 |
August
No Commercial Value interview in The Quietus
April
Nocturnal Emissions material is included in:
Persuasion: Industrial music and mind control (1975-1995) at Head, Geneva
January 25
Nigel Ayers Aquarius Suirauqa at Generator Sound Art Gallery, Long Island City, USA
http://nigelayers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sound-works-at-generator.html
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| 2014 |
May
Pussy Riot Shrine featured in Cornish Guardian
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| 2013 |
August
Nigel Ayers Audio Visual performance at The Fascinate Showcase,
Falmouth University
http://www.fascinateconference.com/showcase/
May
Resound Sound Art Festival Penzance
http://nigelayers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/resound-sound-art-festival-penzance.html
April
Nigel Ayers Live Audio Visual performance at
Open Provocation Festival
Polruan, Cornwall
January
Bleeding Images and Feotal Grave of Progress Video screenings in Wharf Chambers, Leeds
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| 2012 |
June
Spinal Correction Shred Audio Visual performance in Berlin |
| 2011 |
November 20
Compost
with recorded soundtrack by Nigel Ayers screened at:
Field Club: Late at the Tate, Tate, St Ives, Cornwall
November
Compost
with live soundtrack by Nigel Ayers performed at:
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Shiny Toys-Festival für audiovisuelle Experimente
Moers,
Deutschland
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Broken Sound
Koln Deutschland
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Institut für neue Medien (INM)
Frankfurt,
Deutschland
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Ganze Bäckerei
Augsburg,
Deutschland
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Black Box
Münster,
Deutschland
January 27
The Virgin's Nipple
features on BBC Radio Cornwall
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| 2009 |
Ecnad Larolf
features in The New Landscape, Royal Museum, Truro, Cornwall |
| 2008 |
January
Psycho/geography
A changing exhibition of work curated by four artists, Rupert White, Nigel Ayers, Daryl Waller and Paul Chaney using the collective name GreenCube.
Newlyn Art Gallery New Road Newlyn Cornwall TR18 5PZ
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October
Crop Circles Cosmograms Psychogeographies
Group exhibition curated by Robert Cheatham at Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| 2007 |
January
The Desiring Machines
feature in: Input/Output Interactive Machines at your Fingertips
Tremough Campus, University College of Falmouth, Cornwall.
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March
Three soundtrack recordings for imaginary performances for John Fare
by Nigel Ayers & Andrew Liles feature in
The Last Piece by John Fare Curated by John Fare Estate
GB Agency, Paris
details: www.john-fare.com www.gbagency.fr |
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August
The Planetarium Must Be Built
features in: You Are Here
Woodlane Campus, University College of Falmouth, Cornwall.
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| 2006 |
February
The War, On Drugs and The War on Terror feature in:
Artists Throwing Money Out the Window (A.T.M.O.T.W.)
Curated by Ken Montgomery
PLP Gallery, 43 Eighth Avenue, New York, USA |
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April
Tainted Love radio show features in:
Hallucination Generation: High modernism in a tripped out world
Curated by Stewart Home
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA, UK.
http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/sucked.htm
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May
The War, On Drugs and The War on Terror and music from Futurist Antiquarianism feature in:
Images Can’t Touch This virtual exhibition- a showcase for Image Armada software.
http://www.tangent3d.co.uk/armada/exhibitions/exhibitions.htm |
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December
The War, On Drugs and The War on Terror feature as part of:
Prague Industrial Festival
Rock Café, Národní 20, Praha 1, Czech Republic |
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Other selected group exhibitions include: |
| 1977 |
New Contemporaries Whitworth Gallery, Manchester. |
| 1985 |
The New Pluralism: British film and video 1980-85 Tate Gallery, London.
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Between 1980 and 2006, Nigel Ayers has worked as a performing sound artist with performances in USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Denmark.
His extensive recording releases are documented at http://www.earthlydelights.co.uk/discog.html |
| Sample Libraries |
Sound Development work for Sony Media Sample Libraries (USA) includes:
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| 2003 |
Myths of Techology: Premier Artist Construction Kit |
| 2007 |
Loop Noir: Paranormal Sound Design |
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Other sample libraries: |
| 2006 |
Organic Chemistry: Reason Refill pack
Zero-G Sample Libraries (UK) |
| Awards |
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| 1991 |
Meet the Composer New York City Council |
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