Omid Walizadeh

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Omid Walizadeh
Also known asOmid, OD
Born Chicago, Illinois [1]
Origin Long Beach, California [1]
Genres Instrumental hip hop
Alternative hip hop
Occupation(s) Producer
Instruments Sampler, synthesizer
Years active1998-present
LabelsBeneath the Surface
Mush Records
Alpha Pup Records
Associated acts Project Blowed
Website Omid Walizadeh on SoundCloud

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]

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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

Singles

Productions

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jeff Weiss (December 25, 2013). "Omid Mines Music From the Streets Of Iran". LA Weekly.
  2. ↑ Jessica Holland (February 9, 2014). "Omid Walizadeh's new album mixes hip-hop with music from the pre-Iranian Revolution era". The National.
  3. ↑ Sam Chennault (July 14, 2002). "Freestyle Fellowship: Shockadoom". Pitchfork Media.
  4. ↑ Thomas Quinlan (October 18, 2011). "Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise". Exclaim!.
  5. ↑ Rollie Pemberton (March 8, 2005). "Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent". Stylus Magazine.
  6. ↑ Daniel Levin Becker (August 12, 2009). "Busdriver - Jhelli Beam". Dusted Magazine.
  7. ↑ Steve 'Flash' Juon (May 4, 2004). "2Mex - 2Mex - Paladin Creative/Image Entertainment". Rap Reviews.
  8. ↑ 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.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ Thomas Quinlan (July 2004). "Awol One - Selftitled". Exclaim!.
  10. 1 2 3 Tadah (January 13, 2002). "Omid Interview 2002". Urban Smarts.
  11. ↑ "Earth Night in Long Beach". Reality Sandwich. April 22, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Interviews: OD / Omid". Erasoul. Summer 2002.
  13. ↑ DJ Anna (March 26, 2003). "Distant Drummer". XLR8R. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  14. ↑ "OMID Monolith". The Milk Factory. December 2003.
  15. ↑ J-23 (January 10, 2004). "Omid - Monolith". Hip Hop DX.
  16. ↑ Jennifer Kelly (December 10, 2003). "Omid: Monolith". Splendid Magazine.
  17. ↑ Rollie Pemberton (November 18, 2003). "Omid: Monolith". Pitchfork Media.
  18. 1 2 Tadah (September 1, 2003). "Omid Interview 2003". Urban Smarts.
  19. ↑ "Alpha Pup fall slate: edIT, Daedelus, Carlos Nino". Plug One. September 11, 2007.
  20. ↑ Billyjam (March 9, 2009). "AMOEBA'S MONDAY MOVIES @ SPACE 15TWENTY: THIS IS THE LIFE". Amoeba.
  21. ↑ Andrew Barker (March 10, 2009). "This Is the Life". Variety.
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