Niall Ashley is a DIY artist blending VST synth patches with custom Unreal Engine plug-ins. Performances become dramatic theatre as Niall's motion capture skin steps between digital and physical space, recontextualising video game technology.
As Llainwire, Niall broke onto the scene in 2023, creating audiovisual blends of trap-adjacent vocals and motion capture performance fused through digital worlds. Over 4 singles Niall amassed more than 1M streams across Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.
Niall Ashley is a patched and updated continuation harnessing a wider sonic palette and advanced songwriting; flipping between a soulful Al Jarreau vocal range and self-produced ensembles incorporating a Bristolian openness and worldview. Niall concocts Hauntological sounds that redirect nostalgia, flattening and accelerating it into the future.
Niall expresses the struggles of the archetypal working class coming-of-age journey with a fluctuating mental state, in search of solace in cyberspace.
