Aver aka Joey Average is a hip-hop artist from Manchester now living in Berlin. He began making music in 2004 as part of The Natural Curriculum (TNC). Aver's first official album came in 2011 as part of Dayse & Aver, a splinter group of TNC, which saw him provide the heavy dystopian beats that served as the backdrop to Dayse's intelligent, sharp lyricism. In October 2016 Aver moved to Berlin. During his first six months in Germany, Aver had been working relentlessly on making beats and had amassed the bulk of what would go on to be Die Berlin Dateien, his first full-length instrumental LP with Village Live. Aver began collaborating with a number of jazz musicians to further flesh-out his instrumental work and in the following year built Dressed for CCTV his second release with Village Live. This collaborative process took a life of its own whilst the group - now working under the name Move 78 - rehearsed to play Dressed For CCTV live. They began improvising in the studio around clusters of samples and breaks. Aver then took these recordings away, chopped them up, rearranged them and subjected them to further sessions of improvisation. This many layered approach helps create the band's sound: a balance between free flowing jazz and programmed hip-hop. They released their debut EP The Algorithm Smiles Upon You in Spring 2021 and are in the process of finishing their first full length album 'Automated Improvisation', scheduled for release Spring 2022.