Ott
Encyclopedia
Ott is a record producer
and musician
who has worked with Sinéad O'Connor
, Embrace, The Orb
, and Brian Eno
, and has achieved recognition since 2002 for his own psychedelic dub tracks and his collaborations with Simon Posford (Hallucinogen
/ Shpongle
). He has released two albums on Twisted Records
: Blumenkraft
(2003), Skylon
(2008) and one album on Ottsonic: Mir
(2011).
, including various collaborations with founder Simon Posford. His first major contribution to Twisted was the record Hallucinogen - In Dub
, on which he remixed six classic Hallucinogen songs. In May 2003 he released his own album, Blumenkraft
, on Twisted; it was reviewed by The Wire
. His work has also been featured in releases from the record label Liquid Sound Design (now known as Liquid Sound, run by Martin Glover
), especially those compilations produced by Humphrey Bacchus during his time at the label. He followed up his debut album in January 2008 with Skylon
, followed by Mir
in March 2011.
Ott performed at the Glastonbury Festival
in 2007. His performance at Glade Festival in 2011 was described as "the perfect opening act" in an article at Virtual Festivals
. That publication also called Ott a "Psy-dub maestro
" and gave his performance a full 10/10.
He has also contributed to several other records on Twisted as well as other labels.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and 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....
who has worked with Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, Embrace, The Orb
The Orb
Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
, and Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
, and has achieved recognition since 2002 for his own psychedelic dub tracks and his collaborations with Simon Posford (Hallucinogen
Hallucinogen (musician)
Hallucinogen is the stage name of Simon Posford, an English electronic musician,specializing in Psychedelic trance music. His first studio album, Twisted, released in 1995, is considered one of the most influential albums in the genre; the first track "LSD" in particular remains the defining sound...
/ Shpongle
Shpongle
Shpongle is an English psychedelic downtempo/psybient music project formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford and Raja Ram . Their musical style combines eastern ethnic instruments and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music...
). He has released two albums on Twisted Records
Twisted Records (UK)
Twisted Records is a UK-based record label specialising in Electronica and psychedelic downtempo music for worldwide release, Film, TV and Web. The label was founded by Simon Posford a.k.a. Hallucinogen and Simon Holtom.-Musical Artists:* Hallucinogen...
: Blumenkraft
Blumenkraft
Blumenkraft is Ott's first album. It was released in May 2003 on Twisted Records. The title of the album is a loose German translation of the phrase "flower power". However, this translation was used already in 1990 as the title of an album by the Swedish band Lolita Pop Blumenkraft is Ott's first...
(2003), Skylon
Skylon (album)
Skylon is Ott's second album. It was released on 25 January 2008 by Twisted Records.- Track listing :#"From Trunch to Stromness" - 11:59#"The Queen of All Everything" - 7:52#"Rogue Bagel" - 8:29#"Daisies and Rubies" - 10:19#"Signals from Bob" - 7:48...
(2008) and one album on Ottsonic: Mir
Mir (album)
Mir is Ott's third album. It was released on 15 March 2011 on his Bandcamp.- Track listing :#"One Day I Wish to Have This Kind of Time" - 8:33#"Adrift in Hilbert Space" - 8:10#"Owl Stretching Time" - 7:41#"Squirrel and Biscuits" - 6:02...
(2011).
Career
Since the early 2000s, Ott has produced, mixed and recorded music released on Twisted RecordsTwisted Records (UK)
Twisted Records is a UK-based record label specialising in Electronica and psychedelic downtempo music for worldwide release, Film, TV and Web. The label was founded by Simon Posford a.k.a. Hallucinogen and Simon Holtom.-Musical Artists:* Hallucinogen...
, including various collaborations with founder Simon Posford. His first major contribution to Twisted was the record Hallucinogen - In Dub
In Dub (Hallucinogen album)
In Dub is a psychedelic-influenced dub album released in October 2002. It is a collection of Hallucinogen tracks remixed by the record producer Ott.-Track listing:#"Mi-Loony-Um "...
, on which he remixed six classic Hallucinogen songs. In May 2003 he released his own album, Blumenkraft
Blumenkraft
Blumenkraft is Ott's first album. It was released in May 2003 on Twisted Records. The title of the album is a loose German translation of the phrase "flower power". However, this translation was used already in 1990 as the title of an album by the Swedish band Lolita Pop Blumenkraft is Ott's first...
, on Twisted; it was reviewed by The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
. His work has also been featured in releases from the record label Liquid Sound Design (now known as Liquid Sound, run by Martin Glover
Martin Glover
Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:...
), especially those compilations produced by Humphrey Bacchus during his time at the label. He followed up his debut album in January 2008 with Skylon
Skylon (album)
Skylon is Ott's second album. It was released on 25 January 2008 by Twisted Records.- Track listing :#"From Trunch to Stromness" - 11:59#"The Queen of All Everything" - 7:52#"Rogue Bagel" - 8:29#"Daisies and Rubies" - 10:19#"Signals from Bob" - 7:48...
, followed by Mir
Mir (album)
Mir is Ott's third album. It was released on 15 March 2011 on his Bandcamp.- Track listing :#"One Day I Wish to Have This Kind of Time" - 8:33#"Adrift in Hilbert Space" - 8:10#"Owl Stretching Time" - 7:41#"Squirrel and Biscuits" - 6:02...
in March 2011.
Ott performed at the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
in 2007. His performance at Glade Festival in 2011 was described as "the perfect opening act" in an article at Virtual Festivals
Virtual Festivals
Virtual Festivals is a leading UK-based website publishing news, reviews, listings, photographs and interviews on music festivals.Started by Steve Jenner in 1999, the website has grown from its humble origins in his bedroom to its present day central London offices...
. That publication also called Ott a "Psy-dub maestro
Maestro
Maestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms...
" and gave his performance a full 10/10.
He has also contributed to several other records on Twisted as well as other labels.
Twisted
- Are You Shpongled?Are You Shpongled?Are You Shpongled? is the first of four albums released by Shpongle. This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.-Track listing:...
(Compiled and edited by Ott) - Eclipse - A Journey Of Permanence & Impermanence (Compiled and edited by Ott and Simon Posford)
- Hallucinogen - In DubIn Dub (Hallucinogen album)In Dub is a psychedelic-influenced dub album released in October 2002. It is a collection of Hallucinogen tracks remixed by the record producer Ott.-Track listing:#"Mi-Loony-Um "...
(Produced, programmed and mixed by Ott) - Nothing Lasts...But Nothing Is LostNothing Lasts...But Nothing Is LostNothing Lasts ... But Nothing is Lost is a 2005 album by Shpongle. It is the project's third and was announced as their last studio album, though the duo has since released a fourth. Like the previous two albums, it features many live musicians and vocalists in combination with computer-generated...
(Engineered by Ott. He also plays timbalesTimbalesTimbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
on track nr 3 and 5) - Hallucinogen In Dub Live
Other
- Scilly Automatic (from Talisman, Interchill RecordsInterchill RecordsInterchill Records is an independent downtempo/electronica record label based between Salt Spring Island and Nelson on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada....
CD015, 2002) - Ott Meets Billy The Kid (from Elucidations by Liquid Sound Design, 2002)
- Evil Do'ers by Gargoyles [Ott and Simon Posford] (from Talisman, Interchill Records] CD015, 2002)
- Joyful Wonder (from Backroom Beats 2, Twisted Records 2003)
- Spacebaby (Seiberg & Witten Mix) by Gargoyles (from Backroom Beats 2, Twisted Records 2003)
- Neon Tetra by Umberloid (written and produced by Ott and Chris Barker; from 13th Moon, Interchill Records CD016, 2003)
- Shpongle - The Remixes (Remix of Around The World In A Tea Daze, 2003)
- Tripswitch - Silver (Ott Remix) (from Wider Horizons', by Liquid Sound Design, 2004)
- Exit Chapel Perilous by Umberloid (written and produced by Ott and Chris Barker, from Soul vibration Vol. 1 by Liquid Records, 2005)
- EntheogenicEntheogenic (band)Entheogenic is a musical project consisting of Piers Oak-Rhind and Helmut Glavar that crosses musical style boundaries. According to the two members, the music mixes "coloristic electrophonics" with "impressionistic orchestra-like sound"....
- Dialogue Of The Speakers (Remixes of Timeless E.S.P. and Ground Luminosity, 2005) - Eye Of The Beholder (written and produced by Ott and Colin Bennun; from Free Range by O.O.O.D., Organic Records ORGCD0012, 2006)
- Bluetech - Prayer For Rain (Ott Remix) (from Natural Born Chillers 2, Aleph Zero Records 2009)
- Sound Tribe Sector 9 - The Spectacle (Ott Remix) (from STS9 - Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes, 2009)
- The Disco Biscuits - Konkrete (Ott Remix) (from The Disco Biscuits - Widgets EP, 2009)
- Terra Nine - No Return (Ott Remix) (from Terra Nine - Stream Of Consciousness, 2009)
- Hoopy Frood - Indigo (Produced by Ott, 2009)
Discography
- BlumenkraftBlumenkraftBlumenkraft is Ott's first album. It was released in May 2003 on Twisted Records. The title of the album is a loose German translation of the phrase "flower power". However, this translation was used already in 1990 as the title of an album by the Swedish band Lolita Pop Blumenkraft is Ott's first...
(2003) - SkylonSkylon (album)Skylon is Ott's second album. It was released on 25 January 2008 by Twisted Records.- Track listing :#"From Trunch to Stromness" - 11:59#"The Queen of All Everything" - 7:52#"Rogue Bagel" - 8:29#"Daisies and Rubies" - 10:19#"Signals from Bob" - 7:48...
(2008) - MirMir (album)Mir is Ott's third album. It was released on 15 March 2011 on his Bandcamp.- Track listing :#"One Day I Wish to Have This Kind of Time" - 8:33#"Adrift in Hilbert Space" - 8:10#"Owl Stretching Time" - 7:41#"Squirrel and Biscuits" - 6:02...
(2011)