NYX choir treats the human voice as a physical force — elastic, percussive, ecstatic, and deeply collective. Emerging from London’s experimental music and performance underground, the self-managed collective builds immersive sonic environments where choral composition, electronic manipulation, ritual, and embodiment converge.
Bringing together vocalists, composers, producers, visual artists, and performers from backgrounds spanning opera, sound design, theatre, and experimental electronics, NYX operates through collaboration at every level of its practice. Under the direction of music director Sian O’Gorman, compositions begin as layered vocal experiments before expanding into dense, spatial sound worlds shaped collectively through improvisation and live performance. Voices are stretched, fractured, harmonised, distorted, and looped through pedals, effects units, and custom-built electronic systems, creating a fluid language that moves between ancient choral traditions and contemporary sound design.
The collective’s work draws equally from psychoacoustics, somatic practice, club culture, sacred music, and experimental composition. Across performances, NYX creates environments charged with emotional intensity and physical presence — spaces where grief, pleasure, tension, intimacy, and release coexist within vast vocal architectures. Their acclaimed collaborative album with Gazelle Twin, Deep England, expanded the collective’s reach internationally, tracing folk memory, nationalism, and haunted landscapes through choral electronics and ritualistic composition. Design and storytelling remain central to the project, shaped through ongoing collaborations with creative producer Philippa Neels, designer Tom Scutt, and embodiment director Imogen Knight.
***RIYL: Gazelle Twin, Moor Mother, Lyra Pramuk, Mica Levi, Cucina Povera, Aho Ssan, Klein, Meredith Monk, Björk, Steve Reich, experimental vocals, XTC in the XIV, avant-garde choir, sonic storytelling. ***
Concert included in the AW26 season pass!