For å skyve på grensene for det mulige i dette feltet møtes en internasjonal gruppe av mennesker på Notams spatial audio meetups en gang i måneden for å utforske teknikker, arbeidsflyter, estetikk, ideer og lyder.
Notams Spatial Audio meetup er en møteplass for arbeid med kringlyd for kunstneriske formål. Her møter noen av verdens ledende eksperter og teknologer, nysgjerrige kunstnere og nybegynnere. Sammen utforsker de nye måter å uttrykke seg i kringlydsformater.
Presentation March 5: Justin Gray – IMMERSED: An exploration of Music Production techniques for working with Immersive Audio
Justin Gray is a GRAMMY® and JUNO® award-winning producer, artist & engineer. His album IMMERSED won the 2026 GRAMMY® Award for Best Immersive Audio Album.
IMMERSED is a cinematic visual album featuring 38 musicians from around the world. Conceived from the ground up for immersive presentation, the project places the listener at the center of the ensemble, with music unfolding across a three-dimensional soundscape. Every sound was composed, performed, and captured with its spatial role in mind. The accompanying film brings audiences into the studio, weaving performance with dance, visual art, and the natural world.
As an immersive audio mixing and mastering engineer, Gray has mixed and mastered for artists, producers and labels worldwide. His credits include Olivia Rodrigo, Snoop Dogg, The Tragically Hip, Brandy, Nelly Furtado, Mother Mother, Blue Rodeo, Arkells, Jann Arden, Karan Aujla, Mae Martin, Marcin, Lola Brooke, and Josh Ross.
Gray operates an immersive audio post-production studio and serves on faculty at Humber Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, where he teaches audio production.
This presentation offers a practical framework for composing and producing music where immersive playback is not an afterthought, but the foundation of the artistic vision. In this talk Justin Gray will explore the immersive recording and production approach behind Immersed, a GRAMMY® Award–winning album created entirely with three-dimensional playback in mind. Rather than adapting stereo recordings into immersive formats, each piece on the album was conceived spatially from the outset. Every instrument was performed and captured with a defined role in the surrounding field.
While many immersive techniques originate in orchestral and concert hall traditions, this presentation focuses on translating those principles into contemporary studio environments. Through detailed breakdowns of sessions from Immersed, Justin Gray demonstrates how microphone arrays, height capture, spatial orchestration, and production design were integrated into the creative process.
Playback examples in Dolby Atmos will be supported by diagrams, session photos, and video documentation. Musical excerpts will include drum kit, piano, strings, brass, handpan, sarangi, bass veena, Himalayan singing bowls, kalimba, vocals, synthesizer, and immersive re-amping techniques (“worldizing”)—illustrating how spatial intent shaped both performance and mix decisions.
Disse meetupene ledes av den amerikanske kunstneren Monica Bolles og komponist Mariam Gviniashvili.
Mariam Gviniashvili er en lydkunstner og komponist som kombinerer elektronikk, elektroakustikk og 3D-lyd med visuelt materiale, dans og performance for å trenge inn i den fysiske og følelsesmessige essensen av lyd og rom.
Monica Bolles er kunstner, audioingeniør og komponist som benytter nye teknologier, vitenskap og design til å skape rom for utforskning av menneskelig erfaring i en verden i stadig utvikling og transformasjon. Gjennom sammenstilling av det organiske og det digitale, kunst og vitenskap, teknologi og menneskelighet, undersøker hub kontinuerlig på hva det vil si å være menneske i dagens samfunn.
Meeting ID: 926 0674 7841
Link: https://zoom.us/j/92606747841
