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Marvin Ayres is a composer, cellist, pianist and violinist.
"like some of Eno's best work, the atmospheres Ayres creates are also compelling pieces of music that can dominate and transport." All About Jazz
Ayres has composed and recorded a diverse selection of minimalist albums, incorporating spatial soundscapes and psycho acoustics and latterly for 5.1 Surround Sound, as well as produced a number of film soundtracks.
"A serious and thoughtful composer." The Wire
A founding member of The Government, Ayres also made solo contributions to bands and artists, notably, Culture Club, Simply Red and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He was signed to the avant-garde label Mille Plateaux as composer/producer, and released two minimalist albums, Cellosphere and Neptune to critical acclaim.
Excerpts of these works have been performed live in an array of forums such as: London's 'Festival of Electonica,' (with Groove Armada's Patrick Dawes).
His reputation as producer and performer led Jaki Liebezeit (ex CAN), to invite him to re-mix and tour with his band Club off Chaos. Ayres is commissioned by Einsturzende Neubauten's electronica music publishers Freibank.
Marvin Ayres has also collaborated with many visual artists on A/V installations, which have been exhibited in major galleries in Europe and the U.S. including the ICA's commission for him to compose and produce their first ever DVD exhibition. The
two works resulting from this were Sensory and Cycle which became the DVD Sensory which is on exhibition at The Tate Modern.
His ongoing project with Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) is called Mask. The second album 'Technopia', produced by Marvin will be released on r.a.r.e/Repertoire records in Jan 2010.
In March 2009 he began composing/recording a surround sound orchestral suite titled 'Harmogram' which was completed in November with an accompanying tv documentary film following and exploring the making of this project.
*Marvin Ayres is represented by Tom Hawkins. ALL PROFESSIONAL ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO: tshawkins@gmail.com
Hello thank you for the friendship. You have wonderful and amazing music here. i like your way of mixing electronic and natural sounds to huge buildings of sound. I think its a great inspiration. greetings from munich.
...sounds like the awakening of a pure soul in a foreign and irritating world to me. very beautiful compositions! thanks for the friendship. best wishes and greetings from berlin
Marvin Ayres - Composer Minimalist / Classical / Electro-acoustic / Ambient / UK Various tones and marks of talent through harmonic repetiton speak of a historic venture that follows ordain classical order of thought similar to meditation. The violin orchestration and sounds in 'Wave' is a journey itself. This is music far ahead of its time, fortunate that we can hear it now, it exists now. At the same time, it seems to relate to something we all have already possibly exsperienced very long ago. Peacefull and equally destructive, withinin seconds apart. The calm nature of its sound can be eerie yet tranquil. Interpretation is key. Images are within the sound structure when I hear Dawe's works, sounds shifts to visual sight similar to sonar through empty space. This is what various movie studios have been doing for a very long time, listen and realize it for yourself. This is choreography of sound to describe image. Brilliant. CT
