Chris Douglas
Encyclopedia
Chris Douglas nickname
d pseudonym
O.S.T., is an electronic
musician
from San Francisco, California
.
, attending boarding school and learning among other things, to play the piano and keyboard. Not to be confused with Ost,
Was introduced to the all-night- rave party scene in 1990 he was entranced and constantly around all this new music/new experiences." Started to d.j.and making tracks throwing parties, was responsible with his crew for the first all Techno
/Ambient
parties in S.F. at the time when the city was dominated by house and disco. At the age of 17, Douglas left for Detroit to find creative freedom- While there he pleasantly crossing paths and working with his heroes
Mike Banks
and the late James Stinson
of Drexciya
and the fabled Underground Resistance
Records.
Douglas recorded his first EP for Detroit-based Switch Records in 1992 under the name O.S.T. – the source of which he won't readily reveal to anyone. The release provoked one critic to assert, "Just about anything that would connect with house is abandoned here. This is one of the futures of techno
", and prompted another reviewer to say, "10/10 a work of art and a piece of history". Generator Magazine, London.
Was invited by Autechre
to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties
festival they curated in April 2003.
Nickname
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d pseudonym
Pseudonym
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O.S.T., is an electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
from San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
.
History
Born August the 4th 1974, Chris Douglas' time has been a series of trials and confrontations where facts bore no truth and the present resides outside his creative musical energies. Douglas, an only child raised by his Grandparents, spent most of his childhood in the Bay Area, skateboardingSkateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...
, attending boarding school and learning among other things, to play the piano and keyboard. Not to be confused with Ost,
Was introduced to the all-night- rave party scene in 1990 he was entranced and constantly around all this new music/new experiences." Started to d.j.and making tracks throwing parties, was responsible with his crew for the first all Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
/Ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
parties in S.F. at the time when the city was dominated by house and disco. At the age of 17, Douglas left for Detroit to find creative freedom- While there he pleasantly crossing paths and working with his heroes
Mike Banks
Mike Banks (musician)
Michael Anthony Banks, better known as "Mad" Mike Banks, is an American techno producer. He is the co-founder, along with Jeff Mills, of US record label Underground Resistance and was a key player in the "second generation" of Detroit techno....
and the late James Stinson
James Stinson
James Marcel Stinson was an electronic music producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for his contributions to electro and Detroit techno music....
of Drexciya
Drexciya
Drexciya was an electronic music band from Detroit, Michigan. The late James Stinson was the only officially identified member of Drexciya, but it was considered an open secret that he had a partner, Gerald Donald.- Style :...
and the fabled Underground Resistance
Underground Resistance
Underground Resistance is a musical collective from Detroit, Michigan, in the United States of America. They are the most militantly political example of modern Detroit Techno, with a grungy, four-track musical aesthetic and a strictly anti-mainstream business strategy...
Records.
Douglas recorded his first EP for Detroit-based Switch Records in 1992 under the name O.S.T. – the source of which he won't readily reveal to anyone. The release provoked one critic to assert, "Just about anything that would connect with house is abandoned here. This is one of the futures of techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
", and prompted another reviewer to say, "10/10 a work of art and a piece of history". Generator Magazine, London.
Was invited by Autechre
Autechre
Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the most prominent acts signed to Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music and through which all Autechre albums...
to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
festival they curated in April 2003.
Albums
- 1995 Rook Valard Systematic Desensitization PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1995 O.S.T. Fuckin' Twats Missed It PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1998 O.S.T. Death Notice Phthalo/ThousandPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1998 O.S.T. Fashion For Passion Dial RecordsDial Records (1998)Dial Records was founded in 1998 by Mike Donovan in San Francisco, California....
- 1998 O.S.T. Live @ Nina's PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1998 O.S.T. Live @ Static PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1999 O.S.T. Live At Globule, Mills College PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- 1999 O.S.T. Bad Music And Buttprints Dial RecordsDial Records (1998)Dial Records was founded in 1998 by Mike Donovan in San Francisco, California....
- 2000 O.S.T. Deflect Emanate Records
- 2001 O.S.T. Seimlste Qlipothic
- 2002 O.S.T. Fimt Isolate RecordsIsolate RecordsIsolate Records is an electronic music label based in the United States started in 1995 & solely operated by Wai Cheng in Berkeley, California....
- 2003 O.S.T. Does Not Play Well With Others Polyrhythmic
- 2004 Dalglish OtJohr Highpoint Lowlife
- 2008 O.S.T. Waetka Ideal Recordings
- 2008 Dalglish Ideom Record Label Records
- 2008 O.S.T. Synken Outtakes (Adozen)
- 2011 Dalglish Benacah Drann DeachdBenacah Drann DeachdBenacah Drann Deachd is the third Album that Dalglish recorded. The Album was released by Highpoint Lowlife in October of 2011.The artwork for Benacah Drann Deachd is created by Ian Liddle.-Track listing:-External links:...
Highpoint Lowlife
EP
- 1992 O.S.T. Basilar EP Switch Records Canada
- 1997 O.S.T. Aspire (12") Qlipothic
- 2000 Rook Vallade Rook Vallade Dial RecordsDial Records (1998)Dial Records was founded in 1998 by Mike Donovan in San Francisco, California....
Remixes
- 1996 Spacetime Continuum rEMIT rECAPS' Simm City (O.S.T. Mix) AstralwerksAstralwerksAstralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
/reflective recordsReflective RecordsReflective Records is an independent San Francisco-based record label for electronic music, operated by Jonah Sharp and his wife. The first release was the Flurescence 12" EP by Spacetime Continuum, which was released in August 1993 with an initial pressing of 500 copies.In the mid-1990s,...
Compilations
- 1995 Mini-Compilation 1 - Rook Valard Creace Plug ResearchPlug ResearchPlug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Artists:*Damon Aaron*Adventure Time*AmmonContact*Bilal*David Thomas Broughton*Calamalka*Camping*Chessie*Daedelus*Dntel*Thomas Fehlmann*Flying Lotus*Headset...
- 1997 Alt.Frequencies.2: Disco Moonlight - Rook Valard Stochast (Worm InterfaceWorm InterfaceWorm Interface is an independent electronic and IDM record label based in London, England, founded in 1994.- Notable artists :* Himuro Yoshiteru* Freeform* Tom Jenkinson * Jake Mandell* Gimmik* Solar X...
) - 1998 Alternative Frequencies 3 - Rook Valard Intelligent Guess (Worm InterfaceWorm InterfaceWorm Interface is an independent electronic and IDM record label based in London, England, founded in 1994.- Notable artists :* Himuro Yoshiteru* Freeform* Tom Jenkinson * Jake Mandell* Gimmik* Solar X...
) - 2000 Alt. Frequencies 4 - Rook Valard Crowslish (Worm InterfaceWorm InterfaceWorm Interface is an independent electronic and IDM record label based in London, England, founded in 1994.- Notable artists :* Himuro Yoshiteru* Freeform* Tom Jenkinson * Jake Mandell* Gimmik* Solar X...
) - 2003 All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0 - O.S.T. DfDE ATP RecordingsATP RecordingsATP Recordings is a record label that was started in 2001 by London concert promoter Barry Hogan of Foundation/All Tomorrow's Parties. It was originally created to bring out a compilation cd after the Tortoise-curated All Tomorrow's Parties event...
- 2007 Club Transmediale 07 - O.S.T. Synken (Excerpt) rx:tx
- 2009 Strike 100 - Dalglish Inoktu ShitkatapultShitkatapultShitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas and Marcus Stotz in 1998, and is now run by Haas and Apparat ....
Videos
- 2002 White Box Live ACT2 POLITICS (DVD) (VCD) Drum Machine Museum
- 2005 Symül von Transforma & O.S.T. (DVD) ShitkatapultShitkatapultShitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas and Marcus Stotz in 1998, and is now run by Haas and Apparat ....
- 2007 Synken von Transforma & O.S.T. (DVD) ShitkatapultShitkatapultShitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas and Marcus Stotz in 1998, and is now run by Haas and Apparat ....
Equipment
| Synth | Drum Machine | Sequencer | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha DX7 Yamaha DX7 The Yamaha DX7 is an FM Digital Synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986. It was the first commercially successful digital synthesizer. Its distinctive sound can be heard on many recordings, especially Pop music from the 1980s... |
Roland TR-606 Roland TR-606 The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a programmable analog synthesis drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984. It was originally designed to be used with the Roland TB-303, a monophonic analog bass synthesizer, to provide a simple drum and bass accompaniment to guitarists without... |
Alesis MMT8 | Logic Pro Logic Pro Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002... |
| Roland TB-303 Roland TB-303 The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from late 1981 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music.-History:... |
Roland TR-808 Roland TR-808 The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in early 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real... |
PowerBook PowerBook The PowerBook was a line of Macintosh laptop computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1991 to 2006. During its lifetime, the PowerBook went through several major revisions and redesigns, often being the first to incorporate features that would later become... |
Digital Performer Digital Performer Digital Performer is a full-featured Digital Audio Workstation/Sequencer software package published by Mark of the Unicorn of Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Apple Macintosh platform.-Ancestry:... |
| Roland SH-101 Roland SH-101 Roland SH-101 is a synthesizer from the early 1980s, manufactured by Roland. It is a small, 32 key, monophonic analog synthesizer. It features one oscillator with 3 simultaneous waveforms, an 'octave-divided' square sub-oscillator, triangle and square/pwm waveform. It has a low-pass filter/VCF... |
Roland TR-707 Roland TR-707 The Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer is a programmable digital sampling drum machine built by the Roland Corporation, beginning in 1984. The TR-707 was a staple in early house music, particularly with acid house. It is also a staple of almost all electronically produced Arabic pop music... |
Max/Msp | |
| Roland MC-202 Roland MC-202 -External links:* * * * *... |
Roland R-8 Roland R-8 The Roland R-8 is an electronic drum machine that was introduced in 1988 by Roland Corporation. It has features such as velocity and pressure sensitive trigger pads, slots for expanding the sounds with removable ROM cards, and the ability to create loops of beats... |
Metasynth MetaSynth MetaSynth is an application for the Macintosh operating system that allows the creation of sound from images. It was most notably used on The Matrix , but has also appeared in the electronic artists Aphex Twin's song entitled 'Equation'.... |
See also
- Isolate RecordsIsolate RecordsIsolate Records is an electronic music label based in the United States started in 1995 & solely operated by Wai Cheng in Berkeley, California....
- PhthaloPhthaloPhthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
- Highpoint Lowlife
- ShitkatapultShitkatapultShitkatapult is a German record label which focuses on electronic music, spanning both IDM and techno. The label was founded by Marco Haas and Marcus Stotz in 1998, and is now run by Haas and Apparat ....
- Dial Records (1998)Dial Records (1998)Dial Records was founded in 1998 by Mike Donovan in San Francisco, California....
- AstralwerksAstralwerksAstralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
- Worm InterfaceWorm InterfaceWorm Interface is an independent electronic and IDM record label based in London, England, founded in 1994.- Notable artists :* Himuro Yoshiteru* Freeform* Tom Jenkinson * Jake Mandell* Gimmik* Solar X...