About me
Aja Ireland is an award-winning sound and performance artist making deconstructed club and industrial techno whose live shows are described in The WIRE Magazine as “Shifting from ethereal diffusions to potent explosions." With 3 successful UK and European tours, selling out multiple shows and headlining major festivals such as CTM, Sonic Acts, EKKO, LUFF and Supersonic Festival .
In AJA's latest project, CRYPTID, an EP, music video, and full audio visual live set for the upcoming tour. Collaborating with artist Joey Holder, the project captures an immersive installation, featuring distinctive costumes by LULALOOP.
AJA’s album “SLUG” was released on Opal Tapes in October 2021and explored themes of warped beauty, oozing translucency and distortions. The project received funding from Outlands, Fat Out and Near Now which produced digital collaborations with artists BORA and LULALOOP to create a virtual avatar, and costumes which were turned into live visuals and a music video. The video 'GRIME' created by IMPATV and AJA, featured on Creative Review's 'Best Music Videos of 2021’ who described the track as: “brutal, visceral and unrelentingly noisy” as well as Louder than War and REDEFINE Magazine.
Aja's debut album released in 2018 on Opal Tapes was greeted with critical acclaim and the artist was featured in VICE, The Quietus, Elephant Magazine, Red Bull Music and The Dazed Magazine. In 2018, Aja won the PRS Oram Award for innovative music production and has created a sound score for a VR experience created by Ryan Heath called "The Thinning".
After composing a sound-score for designer LULALOOP at Berlin Alternative Fashion Week, Aja scored the spatial sound design for Joey Holder’s art installations Ophiux, Adcredo The Deep Belief Network (toured at Bloc Projects QUAD, Matt's Gallery and 6th Athens Bienalle), Semelparous which was shown in The British Art Show and received outstanding press from A-N to The Guardian and Cryptic at Two Queens Gallery.
Projects
- Cryptid Music Video by Aja IrelandAja Ireland unveils the striking music video for her newest track, “Cryptid,” created in collaboration with Joey Holder’s immersive exhibition at Two Queens Gallery. This experimental electronic artist, known for her unique fusion of otherworldly soundscapes, delivers an audacious auditory experience by intertwining noise, future trap, and experimental bass, drawing inspiration from artists such as SOPHIE, Ice Spice, and Arca. The “Cryptid” video epitomizes the seamless blend of sound, fashion,
Work history
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TeacherConfetti Institute of Creative Technologies
Nottingham, United KingdomFreelance
TeacherAbleton
EuropeFreelance
I teach field recording manipulation and sound design workshops for Ableton around UK and Europe.
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