about NYX:
Mezzo soprano Els Mondelaers (B) and composer Dyane Donck (NL) combine their various skills in a performance concept in which modern classical composition meets pop and electronic music.
For this concept the audience wears wireless headphones - a Silent Disco system - to experience the most intimate and subtle yet immersive and overwhelming 'soundscapes & songs'.
The added value of hearing the concert via headphones is the use of binaural audio, pre-recorded as well as live: a special technique that causes a 3D-audio experience - a massage for the ears.

Compilation of (live) recordings - listen on headphone

This is the first in a series of binaurally recorded scenes I thought I'd share. To capture this I used a pair of home-made microphones that I put right inside my ear canal, so that what is recorded is almost exactly what my ears are hearing. Using this method you can get a full 360-degree sound-field with only two channels. Check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_recording

 - and tech faff aside - you just get totally fuckin delicious recordings.

Compilation of (live) recordings - listen on headphone

NYX

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