NYX is a collaborative drone choir, re-embodying live electronics and extended vocal techniques. With visceral arrangements and original compositions by Sian O’Gorman, NYX looks to reshape the role of the traditional female choir, testing the limits of organic and synthetic modulation to explore the entire spectrum of collective voice as an instrument.

NYX creates immersive performances that respond to architecture and nature, are amplified by spatial sound design with partners Ableton, d&b audiotechnik and Monom Sound and explore psychoacoustic compositional structures alongside sound therapy provider, Wavepaths.

NYX’s approach to post-digital performance and composition is influenced Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening process, Meredith Monk’s extended vocal technique, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares’ charged harmonics, the electronic and acoustic body manipulations of Holly Herndon and the viscerality of Sunn 0)))’s ecstatic noise experiences.

NYX are a self-managed collective and independent record label that have created and performed in popular music-led interdisciplinary experiences for reputable spaces such as Hyde Park, London Design Festival, London Fashion Week, Pompidou Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Kings Place, Barbican.

With collaboration at the heart of process, NYX has made projects with musicians such as Gazelle Twin, Vessel, Holy Other, Laura Misch, Hatis Noit, Iona Fortune, LCY and designers such as Dan Tobin Smith, Rosie Hastings and Hannah Quinlin, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Imogen Knight, Chloe Lamford, Tom Scutt and Jonathan Barnbrook. 

Recent achievements include: Film London’s 2021 Breakthrough Talent Lodestar Award, The Guardian's Top Ten Contemporary Albums for "Deep England", PRSF New Music Biennial commission recipient, live score for Queen Elizabeth II Design Award Ceremony.

WORKSHOP
LANSDOWN HALL 22.09.23
Prior to their performance at this year’s Hidden Notes Festival the collaborative drone choir NYX will be at Lansdown Hall for a unique one off workshop. NYX’s work is rooted in a practice of vocal embodiment, deep listening and self-empowerment led by NYX music director Sian O’Gorman and NYX performers. Explore what it means to move and be heard, to be subsumed and supported by the collective voice, and to create and belong inside our sounding bodies. Workshops are designed for singers and non-singers of all ages. 13:30 - 15:00 £11 + £1.50 bf (very limited spaces!)
- Please note the workshop takes place on Fri 22nd Sept and is not included in HN weekend or day tickets. Click below to book a space!

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