NEXCYIA is the music alias of Adam Dove, a Franco-American sound artist, and experimental ambient musician living in Berlin.

NEXCYIA's compositions blend immersive sound design and textural soundscapes using elements of noise, granular synthesis, found sounds and rhythms.  His sound traverses various moods and emotions, delving into themes of otherness and belonging, using an approach of layering and manipulating archival audio sourced and compiled from home videos and the deep corners of the internet, his process results in ever-evolving pieces that invite listeners into a captivating sonic journey.  

Dove holds a degree in Sound Arts and a Master’s in Contemporary Art Practice, specializing in sound installation. His ongoing practice and research, initiated in 2016 with INTER(FEAR)ENCE, exploring the sonification of race and the racialization of listening. The work examines the hierarchical division sounded between whiteness and blackness, while exploring the dynamics between the powerful and the powerless.  Inspired by the notion that fear acts as a sound filter, obscuring our shared humanity, Dove’s practice draws heavily from personal and public vernacular archives. Through sound, he seeks to unsettle fixed perspectives and positions, creating works that are both deeply present and intangible.

Having performed and shown work at many venues, contemporary art spaces and festivals across the world, including  locations such as the Barbican Centre, Institute of Contemporary Art, Cafe OTO,  Chisenhale Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery and White Cube.  NEXCYIA has established a notable presence in the ambient music scene with features in 180 FACT, The Wire, The Quietus, Crack Magazine as well as, appearances on platforms such as Nina Protocal, NTS and BBC Radio.  NEXCYIA has performed with the likes of Caterina Barbieri, Kali Malone and Astride Sonne, and was a resident  at the Cité internationale des arts  in Paris and was part of  SHAPE+ Platform 23/24.

NEXCYIA's has released "Endless Path of Memory"  via John Talabot's sub-label Pensaments Sonics (Hivern Discs) and most recently "Exodus" on Haunter Records.

Other releases include “Crawl” on Alien Jams,  “Origin” on Cafe OTO’s in-house label Takuroku.