Nocturnal Emissions is

Nigel Ayers Nigel Ayers (born 1957 in Tideswell, Derbyshire) is an English multimedia artist.Fernando Cerqueira, '' Antibothis Occultural Anthology Vol.3 p.72'' (Thisco Portugal, 2010), His sound art has included numerous audio releases and live performanc ...

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project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from electro-acoustic,

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, hybridised beats,

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, post-

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, ambient and

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. Their

has been part of an ongoing

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campaign of guerrilla sign

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utilizing

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, film,

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and other media, particularly collage. Nocturnal Emissions were depicted by the novelist

Stewart Home Kevin Llewellyn Callan (born 24 March 1962), better known as Stewart Home, is an English artist, filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist. His novels include the non-narrative ''69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess'' (2002), an ...

History

The project was initiated in

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in the late 1970s by Nigel Ayers (b. 1957), a former art student who, during the period, lived in London, together with collaborators Danny Ayers (b. 1964) and

Caroline K Caroline Kaye Walters (1957 – 12 July 2008), known as Caroline K, was an English singer, songwriter and artist/producer. She was a founding member of the UK based experimental/industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions in the 1980s. She co-f ...

(1957–2008). Since 1984 Nocturnal Emissions has continued mainly as Nigel Ayers' solo project.

Record label

Nocturnal Emissions has run their own record label called Sterile Records. In 1990–92 Nocturnal Emissions collaborated on

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dance performances in Europe and the United States, with the Japanese choreographer

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. Around this time Nocturnal Emissions'

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-influenced practice became increasingly informed by magick,

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and Fortean research. There were many collaborations on

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s by Mancunian TV director Charlotte Bill. Bill was never an official member of Nocturnal Emissions but admits to being one of the legion of members of The FallDavid Simpson , '' The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group'' (Canongate Books, 2009),

Association of Autonomous Astronauts

Nocturnal Emissions were later to be associated with the Kernow section of the

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Partial discography

* Tissue of Lies LP (Emiss, 1981) * Tissue of Lies Revised CD (Dark Vinyl, 1990) * Fruiting Body LP(Sterile, 1981) * Drowning in a Sea of Bliss LP (Sterile, 1983; cassette reissued by Touch, 1985; CD reissued by Soleilmoon, 1993) * Viral Shedding LP (Illuminated, 1983) * Befehlsnotstand LP (Sterile, 1983) * Chaos (Live at the Ritzy) LP (Cause For Concern, 1983) * Dyskinesia (Sterile, 1983) * The Fight Goes On cassette (Staalplaat, 1984) * No Sacrifice 12" (Sterile, 1984) * Shake Those Chains Rattle Those Cages LP (Sterile, 1985) * Songs of Love and Revolution LP (Sterile, 1985; CD re-issue from Dark Vinyl, 1992) * The World is my Womb LP (Earthly Delights, 1987; Soleilmoon cassette, 1989; Soleilmoon CD, 1999) * Duty Experiment 1982–1984 LP (Earthly Delights, 1988; CD reissue Soleilmoon, 1995) * Spiritflesh LP (Earthly Delights, 1988; Soleilmoon cassette, 1989) * Stoneface LP (Parade Amoureuse, 1989; CD reissue from Staalplaat, 1994 with Spiritflesh) * Da Dum 7" (Parade Amoureuse, 1989) * Invocation of the Beast Gods CD (Staalplaat, 1989) * Beyond Logic, Beyond Belief LP (Earthly Delights, 1989) * Mouth of Babes LP (Earthly Delights, 1990; CD reissue from Soleilmoon, 1991) * Energy Exchange LP (Earthly Delights, 1991) * Cathedral CD (Musica Maxima Magnetica, 1991) * Blasphemous Rumours CD(Staalplaat, 1992) * The Seminal Works –12 tape box set (Earthly Delights, 1992) * Magnetized Light CD (Musica Maxima Magnetica, 1993) * The Quickening LP (Earthly Delights, 1993) * Glossalalia CD (Soleilmoon, 1994) * Holy of Holies – 4-hour DAT (Soleilmoon, 1994) * Binary Tribe CD (Staalplaat, 1994) * Imaginary Time LP(Soleilmoon, 1995) * Autonomia CD (Soleilmoon, 1996) * Friction And Dirt CD (Staalplaat, 1996) * Tharmuncrape An'goo CD (Soleilmoon, 1997) * Sunspot Activities CD (Soleilmoon, 1997) * Omphalos CD (Soleilmoon, 1998 * Futurist Antiquarianism CD (Soleilmoon, 2000) * Collateral Salvage CD (Soleilmoon, 2003) * Nightscapes LP (Small Voices, 2006)

Collaborations

The Beauty of Pollution (with C.C.C.C.) (Endorphine Factory, 1996)

Side projects

Oedipus Brain Foil 3xCD (with

Randy Greif Randy Greif is a noise music composer who often incorporates electronic music and musique concrete collage with spoken word and field recordings. Early career Since the mid-1970s, Greif has composed electronic music, musique concrete and comput ...

and Robin Storey) (Soleilmoon, 1998) Mesmeric Enabling Device CD (with John S. Everall and Mick Harris) (Soleilmoon, 1999) The World Turned Gingham CD (with Robin Story, released under the name Hank & Slim) (Caciocavallo, 2000) Transgenic CD (Solo album released under the name Transgenic) (Soleilmoon, 2000)

Selected Video works

Bleeding Images (1982) The Foetal Grave of Progress (1983)

Soundtracks

The Three Trials – Adventures in Psychotica (Randy Greif dir.
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Books

* ''ELECTRONIC RESISTANCE'', Nigel Ayers, Amaya Publishing (Oakland, CA)

References

1991 EST interview - retrieved 19 September 2015

2011 Brainwashed interview - retrieved 19 September 2015

2015 Quietus interview - retrieved 18 September 2015 *S. Alexander Reed '' Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music '' Oxford University Press USA (2013) Online references:

Concrete Shelves interview - retrieved 28 July 2020

For All and None - retrieved 28 July 2020

Sounddrift - retrieved 28 July 2020

Sounds magazine - retrieved 28 July 2020

Art Cornwall- retrieved 28 July 2020

Forced Exposure - retrieved 28 July 2020

Industrial Music history - Record Collector magazine - retrieved 10 August 2020

The Attic Mag - retrieved 28 July 202

Beyond Logic Beyond Belief - retrieved 28 July 2020

Assimilate interview -retrieved 28 July 2020

tape-mag archive retrieved 5 August 2020

External links

The project's web site

Extended discography

Nigel Ayers web site

1982YouTube clip

Nocturnal Emissions at MySpace

Nocturnal Emissions at iTunes

"Electronic Resistance" book of artwork by Nigel Ayers 1980-1992
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