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Nocturnal Emissions
LEST WE FORGET
4-Lp-Box with 7" & booklet
Lest We Forget is a collection compiled from the earliest recordings by Nocturnal Emissions, a group founded by Nigel Ayers, his brother Daniel Ayers and Caroline K in 1980. It comprises of material previously only available on cassettes as well as tracks recorded under their earlier name, The Pump. The Nocturnal Emissions were active in what has been known as “cassette culture” and explored the medium of underground cassette exchange in parallel with their better known vinyl releases and live performances. They used the available technology of the day in a spirit which seems to have anticipated modern social networking through the Internet. This series of documents offers a rare glimpse at audio sketchbooks; raw, unfinished works-in-progress and live performances by the group. It covers a wide range of musical style by a group who were committed to radical experimentation in both form and content. The box set also contains some previously unreleased tracks from the early ‘80s which sound surprisingly contemporary and fresh.
The group has undergone several mutations since these early recordings and continued into 21st century as a solo project by Nigel Ayers. Caroline K left the group in 1984 and produced one solo album before adopting a more private life. She remained a good friend and lived in England, Sri Lanka, and finally in Italy. She married Danny Ayers in 2001. While the edit of this collection was being assembled, she took ill with leukaemia and died during hospital treatment a few days later. Caroline’s distinctively moody electronics, vocals and bass guitar feature strongly on these albums. We offer this box set as a tribute to her life and work.
Available from: www.vinyl-on-demand.com
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Caroline K with Danny Ayers in Exeter, November 2007
I’m sorry to have to report that Caroline K (aka Caroline Kaye Walters) died during treatment for leukaemia in hospital in Pisa on Saturday evening 12th July. She was suddenly taken ill and diagnosed with leukaemia a very few days later. The hospital did all they could for her. Caroline was a long term friend and co-founder of Nocturnal Emissions back in 1980. She married my brother Danny in 2001 and they moved together to Italy that year. They lived with numerous dogs, cats and chickens in a small friendly village in Tuscany. I last spoke to her on Friday and remained in email contact. Caroline was aware of the seriousness of her condition but remained extraordinarily positive and lucid. She chose to keep her illness private and spent her last few days in hospital painting and writing songs.
Nigel Ayers 14 July 2008 |
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TISSUE OF LIES CD
Our first record from 1980, mastered from vinyl. After all these years it still sounds unusual.
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ENERGIA CD
Just in from the Ukraine - ENERGIA a spaced- out darkly ambient CD compilation dedicated to Sergey Pavlovich Koroloyov, Soviet rocket engineer and designer. buy it here |
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NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS
Songs of Love and Revolution/ No Sacrifice
CD in a limited edition of 400 copies only.
Sterile Records 7 released in 1985 was to be the Nocturnal Emission's most successful album ever. "Songs of Love and Revolution" was a big step forward for the band, having a full colour cover and turning the NE sound further towards electronic pop music. Classics such as "No Sacrifice" and "Never give up" have made this an essential album for every fan of electronic music. For this re-issue we have used the original vinyl album for the audio master as the first CD version sounded very flat and had hardly any bass on it. In addition, we are happy to present you all three tracks off the "No Sacrifice" 12" single that was issued a year before on Sterile as SR6, plus the much sought after minimal electronics track "Don´t believe it´s over".
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The Bodmin Moor Zodiac book by Nigel Ayers
is available now
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Nocturnal
Emissions: Nightscapes
Vinyl LP released by Small Voices 555 blue vinyl
copies.
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Limited edition CDRs from Nocturnal Emissions:
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Earthly
Delights is the virtual home of Nocturnal Emissions
Who?
What?
The
Hand of God and the Art of Nigel Ayers:
Soccer
superstar Diego Maradona is pictured with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at
a rally in Argentina at the Summit of the Americas, November 4, 2005.
The
image on Maradona's t-shirt was designed by Nigel Ayers. Get
your own t-shirt, greetings cards, etc at:
George
W Bush - War Criminal - Merchandise Or,
like Diego, you can use the free download to print on your own t-shirt, poster,
flyer at: anti-war
us gallery
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CONSENSUS REALITY
One - inch (250mm) pinback badge.
in the catalogue
Earthly
Delights is the virtual home of Nocturnal Emissions
Who? Reviews
updated 27 January 2004 Photos
from Wroclaw Industrial Festival 2003
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Nocturnal Emissions : Collateral Salvage CD
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Loops for ACID library: Nigel Ayers, Myths
of Technology - published by Sony. From UK
art music impresario Nigel Ayers, Myths of Technology is a complete construction
kit that contains previously unreleased beats and textures from the Nocturnal
Emissions archive, as well as fresh new materials designed by Nigel exclusively
for this collection. Machine music, electro-acoustic sound design, musique concrete,
and all manner of noise-making coalesce here in Myths of Technology. Available
here:
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