 After graduating from Trinity College of Music, Marvin Ayres toured with his own band as songwriter, singer and violinist.Ayres also made solo contributions and arrangements to bands and artists throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, including members of Culture Club, Simply Red and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.In 1999 he was signed to the avant-garde label Mille Plateaux as composer/producer, and released two minimalist albums, "Cellosphere" and "Neptune".