Nick Ryan is an multi award winning sound designer, composer, artist and audio media specialist widely recognised for his unique approach to sound and music. He has worked extensively with Film, Motion Graphics, TV Drama and Documentary, Interactive Media and Orchestral Ensemble as well as acting as a consultant on the future of sound and music to many organisations including The BBC and The UK Government.
Whilst working with the BBC’s ‘Imagineering’ Department as a futurologist in 2004 he won a BAFTA for ‘The Dark House’, a groundbreaking interactive binaural (3D audio) Radio Drama which he co-devised, scored and mixed live on air on BBC Radio 4. During this time he co-authored two Government reports 'The Future of Music' and 'The Future of Radio' which predicted future global trends in the creation, distribution and consumption of music and radio in light of digital technology.
In 2007 Nick, and musician, physicist and long time collaborator John Matthias, released 'Cortical Songs' - a four-part ‘symphony’ for twenty-four piece string orchestra based on theoretical models developed in 1950s, which describe the rhythmic ‘firing’ of groups of neurons in the cortex of the brain. Described by The New York Times as ‘moody and lovely’ and voted as no.5 in the top 10 classical albums of 2009 by TimeOut Chicago, the album features remixes by Thom Yorke, Simon Tong, Gabriel Prokofiev, Jem Finer and others.
