nanosounds.com was established by Blue Velvet Bar & Nightclub in 2001 to develop and release innovative music.  We specialize in short-run, limited edition CD, CD-R, S-VCD, DVD-R, Minidisc and other formats of optical disc media release.  Special interests include post-digital glitch, industrial noise and molecular computing of digital and analogue data.

Using cells and atom clusters to change the way digital music is manipulated and analyzed represents a significant development in audio engineering.  This approach is multidisciplinary, and involves biotechnology, applied optics, information science and music composition and theory.  This approach is the first reported example of how nanotechnology can be used to manipulate sound at extreme scales of resolution.  Basically the method works by manipulating error correction [D/A coding] by optical interference at the micron and nanoscale.  This causes the laser to read the binary information as a form of nonlinear processing, where errors become building blocks, or new premises, on which to process data.  Under experimental conditions, the method can be used to operate as a chaotic feedback system.  Music can therefore be remixed live by living cells or chemical thin-films - and can be recorded and sequenced using standard audio processing techniques.

A series of mostly old examples are available at the Molecular Media Project Research website.

Also see our companion websites at nanosounds.co.uk and gordontaylor.fractl.com for more recent results.

Hear MP3 streaming examples of this method inside the 'New Releases' section.

Hear us 'live' on February 24/2006 . . . at Dream Nightclub . . . goto > 'More Information'. 

Past gigs - - ->

# December 04/2005 @ Monsalvat - Festival of Poetry & Song

# November 20/2005 @ Glitch Bar

# November 11/2005 @ Dream Nightclub

# August 08/2005 @ Dream Nightclub . . . a big thanks to Justin Godden, Steve Smart , Lady Hannah Cadaver and Brian Lee (audio engineering).

# May 14/2005 @ Soak Bar Lounge