Musical artist
Omid Walizadeh , also known as Omid or OD , is a hip hop producer based in Long Beach, California .[ 2] He has produced tracks for the likes of Freestyle Fellowship ,[ 3] [ 4] Busdriver ,[ 5] [ 6] 2Mex ,[ 7] Subtitle ,[ 8] and Awol One .[ 9]
History
Omid Walizadeh graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's degree in recording arts. He has produced tracks since 1992.[ 10]
Inspired by the underground hip hop movement at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s, he released a collaborative album, Beneath the Surface , in 1998. It featured over 30 rappers, mainly from Los Angeles.[ 11] [ 12]
His solo debut album, Distant Drummer , was released on Beneath the Surface in 2002.[ 13] It was inspired by Dan Simmons ' novel Hyperion , the music of Sun Ra , among other things.[ 10]
In 2003, he released the album, Monolith , on Mush Records .[ 14] It featured contributions from the likes of Abstract Rude , 2Mex ,[ 15] Buck 65 ,[ 16] Luckyiam , Aceyalone , Murs , and Slug .[ 17] The title comes from Arthur C. Clarke 's novel 2010: Odyssey Two .[ 18]
In 2007, he released the instrumental album, Afterwords 3 , on Alpha Pup Records .[ 19]
He is the music supervisor of This Is the Life , a documentary film which chronicles the Good Life Cafe.[ 20] [ 21]
In 2013, he returned with Modern Persian Speech Sounds .[ 1]
Style and influences
In a 2003 interview, Omid Walizadeh talked about his music making process: "90% of my music is sample based, but I tweek and rearrange and change the samples to my bidding. Just taking a note here and a drum hit there and creating a whole different arrangement."[ 18]
He uses an Ensoniq ASR-10 , Yamaha CS1x , and Pro Tools .[ 10]
Discography
Albums
Beneath the Surface (1998)
Distant Drummer (2002)
Monolith (2003)
Afterwords 3 (2007)
Modern Persian Speech Sounds (2013)
Singles
"Percussion Precaution" b/w "Rush" (2002)
Productions
Busdriver - "Overshadow" from Memoirs of the Elephant Man (1999)
Self Jupiter - "OD's Swing" "It Was on This Night" "When the Sun Took a Day Off and the Moon Stood Still" from Hard Hat Area (2000)
Scarub - "Savvy Traveler" from Heavenbound (2000)
Radioinactive - "Una Cosa" from Pyramidi (2001)
2Mex - "Percussion Percaution" "Offering" from B-Boys in Occupied Mexico (2001)
Busdriver - "Jazz Fingers" from Temporary Forever (2002)
Sach - "Illustrations (Remix)" from Suckas Hate Me (2002)
Freestyle Fellowship - "Can You Find the Level of Difficulty in This?" "Got You on the Run" "Desperate" "Once Again" from Shockadoom (2002)
Neila - "Unintentional Violence" from Vertical Trees with Eternal Leaves (2003)
Writer's Block - "Sunset Limited" "Situations" from En Route (2004)
Neila - "Rules" "Operating Instructions" from For Whom the Bells Crow (2004)
Awol One - "Memowrecks" from Self Titled (2004)
Sach - Sach 5th Ave (2004)
2Mex - "Alive-A-Cation" "Only As Good As Goodbye" "The Return of Fernandomania" "Ghost Memo" "Escape the Toyota Matrix" from 2Mex (2004)
Busdriver - "Reheated Pop!" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
Subtitle - "Leave Home" from Young Dangerous Heart (2005)
SonGodSuns - "Minors into Fire" from Over the Counter Culture (2005)
Ellay Khule - "Califormula Mix" "Needle Skipping" "Fading Rhythms" "Very Latest Styles" "Time" "Call Me Khule" from Califormula (2005)
Escape Artists - "E Pur Si Muove" from EA3 (2005)
Subtitle - "Let's Get Lit" from Terrain to Roam (2006)
Acid Reign - "Comfort Zone" from Time & Change (2006)
Busdriver - "Me-Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest)" "Unsafe Sextet/Gilded Hearts of Booklovers" from Jhelli Beam (2009)
Friday Night - "Friday Night Fever (Omid Remix)" from Friday Night Remixed (2010)
Nomadee - "Forever" from Daydreams (2011)
Freestyle Fellowship - "Introduction" "This Write Here" from The Promise (2011)
Thirsty Fish - "Home Movies" (2012)
References
^ a b c Jeff Weiss (December 25, 2013). "Omid Mines Music From the Streets Of Iran" . LA Weekly.
^ Jessica Holland (February 9, 2014). "Omid Walizadeh's new album mixes hip-hop with music from the pre-Iranian Revolution era" . The National.
^ Sam Chennault (July 14, 2002). "Freestyle Fellowship: Shockadoom" . Pitchfork Media.
^ Thomas Quinlan (October 18, 2011). "Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise" . Exclaim!.
^ Rollie Pemberton (March 8, 2005). "Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent" . Stylus Magazine.
^ Daniel Levin Becker (August 12, 2009). "Busdriver - Jhelli Beam" . Dusted Magazine.
^ Steve 'Flash' Juon (May 4, 2004). "2Mex - 2Mex - Paladin Creative/Image Entertainment" . Rap Reviews.
^ Erik Otis (October 25, 2011). "Giovanni Marks aka Subtitle drops an exclusive mix with Sound Colour Vibration" . Sound Colour Vibration. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.
^ Thomas Quinlan (July 2004). "Awol One - Selftitled" . Exclaim!.
^ a b c Tadah (January 13, 2002). "Omid Interview 2002" . Urban Smarts.
^ "Earth Night in Long Beach" . Reality Sandwich. April 22, 2011.
^ "Interviews: OD / Omid" . Erasoul. Summer 2002.
^ DJ Anna (March 26, 2003). "Distant Drummer" . XLR8R. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011.
^ "OMID Monolith" . The Milk Factory. December 2003.
^ J-23 (January 10, 2004). "Omid - Monolith" . Hip Hop DX. {{cite web }}
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^ Jennifer Kelly (December 10, 2003). "Omid: Monolith" . Splendid Magazine.
^ Rollie Pemberton (November 18, 2003). "Omid: Monolith" . Pitchfork Media.
^ a b Tadah (September 1, 2003). "Omid Interview 2003" . Urban Smarts.
^ "Alpha Pup fall slate: edIT, Daedelus, Carlos Nino" . Plug One. September 11, 2007.
^ Billyjam (March 9, 2009). "AMOEBA'S MONDAY MOVIES @ SPACE 15TWENTY: THIS IS THE LIFE" . Amoeba.
^ Andrew Barker (March 10, 2009). "This Is the Life" . Variety.
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