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dr nigel

producer, composer, observer

About Me


Dr Nigel Audio is owned by principal engineer and composer Neil G. Larson (BMI). Larson is an accomplished musician, pianist and keyboard player, and has been known to perform at various live electronic dance music events.
Larson has been producing music under the Dr Nigel moniker since the late 90s. In the most recent years he has been mixing tracks for notable live acts, DJs, visual artists; as well as creating custom audio for large- and small-scale corporations, non-profit agencies, television networks, and commercial music studios.
Live:
Since 2002 Dr Nigel has performed live at over 300 events with many notable bands, musicians and DJ acts. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Dr Nigel’s primary live focus was on guitar, with bands including "On The Flipside". In 2002 Nigel made the switch to keyboards, and became involved with live ambient rock act Amun Ra, and electronic dance act Nikulydin.
From 2002 - 2006, Amun Ra recorded two albums and played countless shows over the Northeast US, before parting ways amicably in spring 2006. Meanwhile Nikulydin morphed into Psylab in 2005, and began headlining raves, dance parties, open-air festivals, and regional Burning Man events. Psylab is currently working on a studio album, slated for fall 2008 release.
In early 2007 Nigel was invited to perform with acclaimed drummer Johnny Rabb and Brother’s Past bassist Clay Parnell in the form of live drum’n’bass act BioDiesel. The resulting performance became a legendary event and yielded a highly-traded recording.
Dr Nigel’s live setup consists of:
Nord Lead 2
Nord Electro
Novation Remote-SL 61-key MIDI Controller
MacBook Pro w/ FireBox I/O Port
Ableton Live 7.0
Recordings & Videos:
Psylab on archive.org
Psylab on YouTube
Clip from BioDiesel Boston Feb 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/3/2003
Band Website: drnigel.net
Band Members: neil g larson [& occasional conspirators]
Influences: DUBSTEP / GRIME / 2-STEP:: hatcha - tempa - kode9 - plastician - distance - matty g - d1 - youngsta - el-b - dmz - mark1 - loefah - toasty - wiley - joe nice - dub wars nyc

DUB:: augustus pablo - dub selector - mad professor - dub syndicate - teledubgnosis - club d’elf - disrupt - bill laswell - jah wobble - lee perry..::

TRANCE:: son kite - shpongle - s.u.n. - logic bomb - cpu - hallucinogen - alchemy - infected mushroom::

HOUSE & TECH:: richie hawtin - remy & roland - frankie bones - ::

BREAKS / D&B:: klute - db - reid speed - dara - ed rush & optical - dom & roland - stakka & skynet - ror-shak..::

DOWNBEAT / OTHER / LIVE:: bluetech - burial - casino vs japan - boards of canada - teddybears - balkan beat box - dj me dj you - avalanches - dungen - funkstorung - m83 - massive attack - hooverphonic - portishead - rjd2 - plone - kruder & dorfmeister - chemical brothers - prefuse73 - air - dj spooky - shadow - mmw - sts9 - tnd - antipop consortium - aphex twin - squarepusher - orb - diplo - mouse on mars - tortoise - unkle - st germain - chopin - liszt - debussy - bartok - philip glass - steve reich - john adams..::
Sounds Like: organized soundwaves
Record Label: future conspiracies
Type of Label: None

My Blog

four hours of purgatory: my civic obligation

just got through my first jury duty. west rox court in jamaica plain (whoops, was that supposed to be classified...?)  anyway they had 20 of us confined in a sterile room with uncomfortable seats...
Posted by dr nigel on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:26:00 PST

i created a dorchester power outage (?)

made some beef mushroom soup, toasted some sourdough bread & spread a li'l pesto on it ... aw yeea ... nice 'n tasty.  & it smelled fantastic ... waves of freshly baked bre...
Posted by dr nigel on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:39:00 PST