Nocturnal Emissions
Nocturnal Emissions is a British post-industrial sound art project that has… Read Full Bio ↴Nocturnal Emissions is a British post-industrial sound art project that has released numerous records since the early 1980s. Their material has been described as blurring the lines between electroacoustic music, sound collage, noise, ambient, and musique concrete. The group's material constitutes part of an ongoing multimedia campaign in guerrilla semiotics, utilising video art, film, hypertext and other documents. The project was initiated in London in or around 1980 by Nigel Ayers (b. 1957), together with collaborators Danny Ayers (b.1964) and Caroline K(1957-2008).
From early in their work, the group concentrated on the axiom of music being a form of social control, and highlighted concepts such as information overload; cult conditioning; brainwashing and subliminal advertising, in a well-researched if often misunderstood, critique of information society. Their music drew heavily on worldwide folk traditions as well as that of the European avant-garde.
The importance of Nocturnal Emissions in the early 1980s in the development of Video Art in Britain has, like that of Psychick TV largely been erased from art history. This may be because of the radical political nature of the material.
Since 1984 Nocturnal Emissions has continued mainly as Nigel Ayers' solo project. Line-up has varied from one to a dozen musicians. Nocturnal Emissions temporary members have included net artist Stanza, Ben Ponton of Zoviet France and (somewhat bizarrely) life coach Fiona Harrold.
Nocturnal Emissions worked closely with the editors of the pioneeering art music label Touch, later with both the Netherlands- based Staalplaat and USA- based Soleilmoon recording labels. All three labels came to the fore as part of 1980s cassette culture. In 1990-92 Nocturnal Emissions collaborated on Butoh dance performances in Europe & the USA, with the Japanese choreographer Poppo Shiraishi. Around this time Nocturnal Emissions' situationist-influenced practice became increasingly informed by magick; stone circles; techno-shamanism; neo-paganism;animism and Fortean research. There were many collaborations on animated films 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 Fall (band).
Nocturnal Emissions were later to be associated with the Kernow section of the Association of Autonomous Astronauts and to feature in a best-selling story by the novelist Stewart Home.
From early in their work, the group concentrated on the axiom of music being a form of social control, and highlighted concepts such as information overload; cult conditioning; brainwashing and subliminal advertising, in a well-researched if often misunderstood, critique of information society. Their music drew heavily on worldwide folk traditions as well as that of the European avant-garde.
The importance of Nocturnal Emissions in the early 1980s in the development of Video Art in Britain has, like that of Psychick TV largely been erased from art history. This may be because of the radical political nature of the material.
Since 1984 Nocturnal Emissions has continued mainly as Nigel Ayers' solo project. Line-up has varied from one to a dozen musicians. Nocturnal Emissions temporary members have included net artist Stanza, Ben Ponton of Zoviet France and (somewhat bizarrely) life coach Fiona Harrold.
Nocturnal Emissions worked closely with the editors of the pioneeering art music label Touch, later with both the Netherlands- based Staalplaat and USA- based Soleilmoon recording labels. All three labels came to the fore as part of 1980s cassette culture. In 1990-92 Nocturnal Emissions collaborated on Butoh dance performances in Europe & the USA, with the Japanese choreographer Poppo Shiraishi. Around this time Nocturnal Emissions' situationist-influenced practice became increasingly informed by magick; stone circles; techno-shamanism; neo-paganism;animism and Fortean research. There were many collaborations on animated films 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 Fall (band).
Nocturnal Emissions were later to be associated with the Kernow section of the Association of Autonomous Astronauts and to feature in a best-selling story by the novelist Stewart Home.
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Nocturnal Emissions Lyrics
Bring Power to Its Knees This time hey! Hey you, what you doing down there You in…
I And it's beginning to move slowly Up and into and into…
I want you to feel And it's beginning to move slowly Up and into and into…
Never Give Up Breathe deeply and relax completely You're just letting go U…
No Sacrifice Here we go here we go And here we go and…
Power Of Love This time hey! Hey you, what you doing down there You in…
Revolution Baby You can make the troubles of the world disappear You can…
Song In My Heart I've got a song in my heart And I'm going to…
Sugar Can't Satisfy It's so hard It's so hard to be hard It's so hard It's…
We Are Everywhere This time there's no slogans We want this we want that Pleas…