midierror meets... Om Unit [EP36] Electronic Musician / DJ
Episode 36 speaking to Jim Coles aka Om Unit who's a producer and DJ based in Bristol, England. He's produced records spanning multiple genres for the likes of Goldie's Metalheadz, Mike Paradinas Planet Mu and D-Bridges' Exit records - and has DJed the world extensively. He's also part of Dream Continuum and produces under the alias Phillip D Kick. Jim also started out as a turntablist and also worked in community music in his early days. He teaches Music Production at BIMM in Bristol and recently released a new album entitled Acid Dub Studies. We caught up in March to discuss his career, diversity in the industry and tips for making sub heavy music. https://omunit.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/omunit Support the podcast: www.paypal.me/midierror www.ko-fi.com/midi_error www.gofundme.com/f/midierrormeets Show Notes: Thunderbirds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series) Beastie Boys Brass Monkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0dxhSPoBjY Flying Lotus https://flying-lotus.com/ BBC Radiophonic Workshop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop Tape Packs https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tape+packs+rave&t=newext&atb=v242-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images DJ Hype https://www.discogs.com/artist/2323-DJ-Hype Fabio & Grooverider https://soundcloud.com/fabioandgrooverider Scream Tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_Tracker BBS https://theoasisbbs.com/category/news/demo-scene/ Renoise https://www.renoise.com/ Getting Started In Renoise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJ4gJyEzjI Youth Music https://youthmusic.org.uk/ Bristol Music College https://www.bimm.ac.uk/bristol/ Andrew Weatherall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Weatherall Jiro Dreams Of Sushi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/ Andrew Huang https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcemy56JtVTrsFIOoqvV8g Om Unit - Nothing https://soundcloud.com/omunit/nothing-feat-rider-shafique Tom BugBrand https://bugbrand.bandcamp.com/ Splice https://splice.com/ oeksound Spiff https://oeksound.com/plugins/spiff/ Acid Dub Studies https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/acid-dub-studies Leftism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftism_(album) Mutable Instruments Clouds https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/clouds/ A Brief History Of Hardware Sequencers https://sonicstate.com/news/2021/03/02/a-brief-history-of-hardware-sequencers/ Metalheadz https://www.metalheadz.co.uk/home Planet Mu https://planet.mu/ Exit Records https://exitrecords.co.uk/ Telekom Electronic Beats https://www.electronicbeats.net/ Autonomic Podcasts https://www.club-autonomic.com/ Incidental music by midierror There was a problem with my mic so apologies for the sound of my audio.