Electronic music showcases staff and student performances

D’Voxx performing on stage, with mixers or DJ equipment in front of them.

Electronic music showcases staff and student performances

13 January 2023

On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 January, Lawrence Hall plays host to live performances from the London College of Music’s (LCM) level 6 BA electronic music production students. And, on Friday, LCM Senior Lecturers Nino Auricchio and Paul Borg, who together form the electronic music duo d’Voxx, will also be performing their latest album – ‘1984’ as part of the LCM Music Technology and Performance Winter Festival.

Nino says:

Our music is not software based, we use modular synthesizers, which allows us to make music in a more tactile way,"

They allow us to compose electronic music but in a post-digital environment.”

This is an approach that the electronic music production students get to explore during their second year.

Nino explains:

Using modular synthesizers is a very different way of making music to what the students are used to, and it helps to break their habits of using software all the time,"

They have to think differently and consider composition in an entirely different way.”

With permission from George Orwell’s estate, ‘1984’explores social and political themes from his famous novel, which Nino and Paul believe has a particular resonance in the current global climate. 

We use the title and include extracts from the book throughout the album,”

Nino explains.

The students are exploring live electronics and live visuals in their performances, and we'll have live visuals with our performance as well.”

D’Voxx’s album went on sale at the end of November and Nino adds that sales have been healthy, and it has received really good reviews, including one in Electronic Sound Magazine, which is also set to publish an interview with d’Voxx this month.