Playstation Party
Featuring performances from Vince Clark and Martyn Ware of Illustrious as well as a special set from pop group Erasure, the Sony Playstation Party was a private event that mixed ambient electronica and pop music using 3D surround sound. Split into two parts, the show began with a performance of ambient electronic music composed by Clark and Ware, […]
Sweetly The Air Flew Overhead
Working in collaboration with Cathy De Monchaux, Illustrious provided the three-dimensional soundscapes for Sweetly The Air Flew Overhead an exhibition of visual, sculptural, and sonic art. A Turner-Prize Nominated artist, Cathy De Monchaux’s work defies categorisation, and she has over a number of years exhibited extensively across the world. For this innovative exhibition, Illustrious created a 3D […]
Tokyo by Kenzo
Working in collaboration with Skrapic Consulting, Illustrious created a series of immersive 3D soundscapes to accompany an experiential brand installation featured at the launch of Kenzo’s Tokyo fragrance for men. The launch combined visuals and light installations by Skrapic with ambient electronic compositions and three-dimensional sound technology from Illustrious, to provide an immersive experience for visitors reflecting […]
Hong Kong Container Scape
In 2012, we collaborated with Marcus Lyon to create an immersive, metallic soundscape to accompany a beautiful photography series that captures some of the largest migrations of shipping containers across the 21st century. “As the ability of humans, goods and services to circumnavigate the planet increases exponentially we are left disconnected from a simple view […]
The Prisoner
Illustrious created a 3D soundscape covering the entire central piazza of Portmeirion (60m x 30m) playing a giant version of Prisoner soundtracks, and created a world-premiere 3D-sound version of the impressive new Kevin Allen feature film interpretation of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Stand With Syria
For this three-year anniversary event, Martyn produced a 3D sonic installation using Syrian voices, sounds from the camps and music to create a highly emotive and immersive experience using refugee voices as the leading narrative. Martyn Ware comments – “The epic scale of human displacement in the refugee camps comes to life powerfully and emotionally […]
Soundlife Ludwigsburg
As part of Raum Welten Festival, Illustrious created an immersive experience based on the unique sonic fingerprint of the city of Ludwigsburg, and how it differs from other urban environments. Martyn Ware used unique sounds from the city and recorded a sonic DNA to audibly transport visitors to anywhere in the City. The soundscape offered […]
The Outer Reaches
Commissioned as part of a Season of Sound, celebrating the British Library’s sound archive. The original Radiophonic Workshop kindly allowed Illustrious access to previously-unheard snippets of original compositional ideas from the works of Delia Derbyshire. The result is a world-premiere ‘fever dream’ of sonic creativity – Delia’s astounding talent is overwhelmingly beautiful and embodies the […]
Dr Strangelove
Illustrious founder, Multimedia artist, and 3D soundscapist Martyn Ware teamed up with Eclectic Method to remix Dr. Strangelove. The potent collaboration offered a commentary on the tensions between the East and West at an ambiguous time, as divisions continue to escalate in modern day. “The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than it’s been since the […]
Heroes
Heroes was an immersive soundscape based on great British Olympic heroes from games staged in London and elsewhere from 1908 to the present day. The 10-minute looping composition, situated beneath the Bobby Moore Bridge (directly outside Wembley Park tube station), recreated the excitement of a variety of gold medal-winning performances and provided the perfect anticipatory […]