Photo: Davide Simonetti
Marvin Ayres’s latest project is ‘Sacred Spaces’. The idea behind ‘Sacred Spaces’ is to use incongruous places for composition and performance and reawaken the inherent and/or dormant spirit residing in these unlikely locations. “Pilgrims in search of sonic beauty”. These include anything from derelict industrial sites to historical places of interest, (incorporating National Trust and English Heritage) and re-appropriating them for musical purposes.
‘Sacred Spaces’ is an ongoing and evolving project with recordings in different environments. The instruments will be randomly tuned to compliment the environments, and microphones will be used to pick up the full ambience of the spaces once excited by the cellos, violins and violas.
One element which will link all the locations will be the same series of notes which will be assembled to create one collective piece composed from the overtones, sustains and reverberations recorded in each environment.
The intention is to return to some of the locations at a later stage and exhibit “TRUE 3D” sound installations of the compositions that were inspired by, and recorded there with possible live performance as appropriate.
To accompany these journeys, the project will be documented with a film diary.
Marvin Ayres is a British modern-classical composer, cellist, violinist, pianist and producer. He has composed and recorded a diverse selection of minimalist albums, incorporating spatial soundscapes and psycho-acoustics and latterly 5.1 Surround Sound in his “TRUE 3D” Audio Wall Of Waves Studio. Sound engineer Alex Siddall will assist Marvin on the project.
Marvin’s latest work ‘Harmogram Suite’ is due for release in February 2012.
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MARVIN AYRES: BIOGRAPHY 
Marvin Ayres is a UK composer/cellist/pianist/producer who, over the last few years has released a diverse selection of minimalist and modern classical orchestral music for both himself and other recording artists.
Marvin studied composition and cello at Trinity College London.
A founding member of The Government, Marvin also made solo contributions to many bands and artist’s albums, notably, Culture Club, Simply Red, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Prefab Sprout.
He was signed to the avant-garde label Mille Plateaux as composer/producer and released two minimalist albums Cello sphere and Neptune to excellent critical acclaim and excerpts of both these works have been performed live in an array of forums, including London’s Festival of Electronic, with Groove Armada’s Patrick Dawes and at the inter-media cutting-edge event Sprawl.
Marvin’s reputation as both producer and performer led Jaki Liebezeit (ex Can) to invite him to re- mix and tour with his Club off Chaos project, which led to commissions by Einsturzende Neubauten’s electronica music publishers Freibank.
In 2008 Marvin’s music was featured throughout the US TV series Life Among The Dead and he co-composed the sound design for the film Fish Eye with Stewart Copeland of The Police/Curved Air fame, which premièred at Robert Redford’s highly prestigious, Sundance Festival.
The film animation, Can you Hear Me Now, featuring music from Marvin’s third album Eccentric Deliquescence, was screened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in 2009, as part of an exhibition by the artist Pavel Rudanovsky.
Marvin’s collaborations with visual artists on a series of AV installations have been exhibited and screened in many major galleries across Europe and in the United States, including an ICA commission for him to compose and produce their first ever DVD exhibition. The two resulting works from this were Sensory and Cycle which became the DVD Sensory which is on permanent exhibition at London’s Tate Modern.
Marvin’s compositions utilise both spatial soundscapes and psycho acoustics and his latest composition, Harmogram, will incorporate a stunning 5.1 surround sound mix, and 3D Audio.
Marvin will be performing Harmogram throughout 2011, following the release the CD, planned for the summer of 2011.
Marvin also has an ongoing musical project with Sonja Kristina from Curved Air entitled Mask.
www.myspace.com/marvinayres
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