OKS Recordings of North America
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OKS Recordings of North America is an experimental music
label specializing in small releases of noise, electronic, improvised and musique concrète
. The label began in 2006 by co-owners multimedia
artist Bill Byrne and filmmaker Jonah Goldstein. The artists on the label include The Painful Leg Injuries, The Harmful Free Radicals, El Plan De Aguavodka, Marco Oppedisano
, David Lee Myers (aka Arcane Device
), BIOS, Barry Seroff, Alex Spalding, and the Unevenness of the Moon's Surface.
The label's launch officially occurred in January 2006, with three podcasts that featured a new weekly track by the artists El Plan De Aguavodka (John Ibarra), The Painful Leg Injuries (label co-owner, Bill Byrne and his wife, cellist Suzanne) and The Unevenness of the Moon's Surface (label co-owner Jonah Goldstein). The Painful Leg Injuries and El Plan De Aguavodka's Podcasts are still running but The Unevenness of the Moon's Surface ended his podcast
at the end of 2006.
In 2007 experimental guitarist and composer Marco Oppedisano
, wild-jam band Little Ricky's House of Chankletas, joined the label. Also the BIOS project began in 2007 a collaboration between Marco Oppedisano, John Ibarra and Bill Byrne. Also in 2007, the label aired three episodes of a podcast by Jez Stephens before a mutually amicable end of the series. Little Ricky's House of Chankletas also started a podcast in late 2007, that was canceled in spring 2008 when Barry Seroff left the band. Soon after the Barry Seroff Podcast began. Also in late 2007 the label premiered a podcast by noise musician Alex Spalding. As of May 2010, OKS Recordings of North America officially discontinued the weekly podcast series.
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
label specializing in small releases of noise, electronic, improvised and musique concrète
Musique concrète
Musique concrète is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The compositional material is not restricted to the inclusion of sounds derived from musical instruments or voices, nor to elements traditionally thought of as "musical"...
. The label began in 2006 by co-owners multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
artist Bill Byrne and filmmaker Jonah Goldstein. The artists on the label include The Painful Leg Injuries, The Harmful Free Radicals, El Plan De Aguavodka, Marco Oppedisano
Marco Oppedisano
Marco Oppedisano is an American guitarist and composer whose compositions focus on the innovative use of electric guitar in the genre of electroacoustic music. Since 1999, his musique concrète/acousmatic music compositions have utilized multitrack recording and extended performance techniques for...
, David Lee Myers (aka Arcane Device
Arcane Device
Arcane Device was the recording name of musician David Lee Myers from 1987 to 1993. He has collaborated with musicians such as Asmus Tietchens, Tod Dockstader, Marco Oppedisano, and Kim Cascone.-Discography:* Devices 1987-2007 double CD...
), BIOS, Barry Seroff, Alex Spalding, and the Unevenness of the Moon's Surface.
The label's launch officially occurred in January 2006, with three podcasts that featured a new weekly track by the artists El Plan De Aguavodka (John Ibarra), The Painful Leg Injuries (label co-owner, Bill Byrne and his wife, cellist Suzanne) and The Unevenness of the Moon's Surface (label co-owner Jonah Goldstein). The Painful Leg Injuries and El Plan De Aguavodka's Podcasts are still running but The Unevenness of the Moon's Surface ended his podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
at the end of 2006.
In 2007 experimental guitarist and composer Marco Oppedisano
Marco Oppedisano
Marco Oppedisano is an American guitarist and composer whose compositions focus on the innovative use of electric guitar in the genre of electroacoustic music. Since 1999, his musique concrète/acousmatic music compositions have utilized multitrack recording and extended performance techniques for...
, wild-jam band Little Ricky's House of Chankletas, joined the label. Also the BIOS project began in 2007 a collaboration between Marco Oppedisano, John Ibarra and Bill Byrne. Also in 2007, the label aired three episodes of a podcast by Jez Stephens before a mutually amicable end of the series. Little Ricky's House of Chankletas also started a podcast in late 2007, that was canceled in spring 2008 when Barry Seroff left the band. Soon after the Barry Seroff Podcast began. Also in late 2007 the label premiered a podcast by noise musician Alex Spalding. As of May 2010, OKS Recordings of North America officially discontinued the weekly podcast series.