Olivia Louvel

‘Ivor Novello’ nominated Olivia Louvel is a French-born British composer and artist whose work draws on voice, computer music and digital narrative.

Her work has been featured in The Wire, The Quietus, Electronic Beats, Fact Mag, Electronic Sound among others, and she was interviewed by Stuart Maconie for his BBC Radio 6 programme about her “compelling sculpture-inspired work” on Barbara Hepworth.

Awards include the Qwartz Album Award at the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards (Doll Divider, 2011); Grant for the arts from the Arts Council of England ('Data Regina', 2016 and 'Beauty Sleep', 2014); and Norman Cook Digital Music and Sound Arts Breakthrough Award (University of Brighton, 2018). She was shortlisted for an Ivor Novello Award in the Sound Art category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020 ('The Sculptor Speaks', 2020); for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 ('The Whole Inside', 2019); and Prix Ars Electronica 2013 ('ō, music for haiku', 2012).

Olivia Louvel has opened for artists such as Eartheater at De La Warr Pavilion, Japanese avant-garde artist Phew, Planningtorock at the Earsthetic Festival, and Recoil (the musical project of former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder) for various concerts on the European 'Selected' tour (2010).

Louvel has been an active member of female:pressure, the international network of female, transgender and non-binary artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts.

Olivia Louvel and FabFilter

"I have been using FabFilter plug-ins for the last 10 years. They are always my first port of call for creative phasing and delay effects which I use primarily on my voice. Although my music is essentially electronic."

"I indulge with FabFilter Timeless 2 and Volcano 2 to not only process my voice but also any recorded organic sounds. It is easy and seductive to transform source material from the weirdest to the not so weird sounds, the process with these plug-ins is always interesting and highly intuitive, and it is cool to be able create shifting rhythmic effects with the LFO's".

Links

www.olivialouvel.com

twitter.com/OliviaLouvel

www.electronicbeats.net/en/mix-of-the-day/experimental/eb-radio-presents-olivia-louvel/

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