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NYX - Lao Tzu

from Sketches, Demos, Rehearsals EP by NYX

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A demo from the NYX live show, Lao Tzu is a breathing, liminal passage flowing through a sequence of ancient gongs, singing bowl reversed loops, pitch shifted bass and a crescendo of synthesised voice. NYX’s collective voice summons wisdom from Ursula Le Guin’s translation of the Taoist spiritual guide, Tao Te Ching:


“The way you can go isn't the real way. The name you can say isn't the real name. Heaven and earth begin in the unnamed: name's the mother of the ten thousand things. So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. Two things, one origin, but different in name, whose identity is mystery. Mystery of all mysteries! The door to the hidden.”

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from Sketches, Demos, Rehearsals EP, released April 17, 2020

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NYX London, UK

NYX embodies live electronics, drone and ecstatic choral sound, testing the limits of organic and synthetic modulation to explore the entire spectrum of collective voice as an instrument.

With visceral compositions by Sian O’Gorman, our music responds to the human body, architecture and nature.
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