Chris Douglas
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chris Douglas |
| Also known as | O.S.T. Dalglish Rook Vallade Rook Valard Wooli Bodin Harry Rod |
| Born | August 4, 1974 |
| Genre(s) | Experimental IDM Ambient Industrial Electronic Noise |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Composer Songwriter Programmer Remixer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano Synthesizers Drum machine Electronics Laptop computer Guitar |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Label(s) | Isolate Records Phthalo Dial Records Highpoint Lowlife Shitkatapult Polyrhythmic Emanate Records Qlipothic |
| Associated acts | The Church Steps Autechre |
| Website | http://www.amhain.net |
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| Chris Douglas | |
O.S.T. (Chris Douglas) (born 4th August 1974) is an electronic music musician from San Francisco
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[edit] 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, skateboarding such places as Derby Park in Santa Cruz, California and The Pipeline in Upland, California attending boarding school and learning among other things, to play the piano and keyboard.
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 James Stinson of Drexciya (R.I.P.) 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
[edit] Background
[edit] Also known as
- O.S.T.
- Rook Vallade
- Rook Valard
- Dalglish
- Wooli Bodin
- Harry Rod
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1995 Rook Valard Systematic Desensitization Phthalo
- 1995 O.S.T. Fuckin' Twats Missed It Phthalo
- 1998 O.S.T. Death Notice Phthalo
- 1998 O.S.T. Fashion For Passion Dial Records
- 1998 O.S.T. Live @ Nina's Phthalo
- 1998 O.S.T. Live @ Static Phthalo
- 1999 O.S.T. Live At Globule, Mills College Phthalo
- 1999 O.S.T. Bad Music And Buttprints Dial Records
- 2000 O.S.T. Deflect Emanate Records
- 2001 O.S.T. Seimlste Qlipothic
- 2002 O.S.T. Fimt Isolate Records
- 2003 O.S.T. Does Not Play Well With Others Polyrhythmic
- 2004 Dalglish OtJohr Highpoint Lowlife
[edit] EP
- 1992 O.S.T. Basilar EP Switch Records Canada
- 2000 Rook Vallade Rook Vallade Dial Records
[edit] Remixes
- 1996 O.S.T. rEMIT rECAPS Simm City (O.S.T. Mix) Astralwerks
[edit] Compilations
[edit] Videos
- 2002 White Box Live ACT2 POLITICS (DVD) (VCD) Drum Machine Museum
- 2005 Symül von Transforma & O.S.T. (DVD) Shitkatapult
- 2007 Synken von Transforma & O.S.T. (DVD) Shitkatapult
[edit] Other Projects
The Church Steps
[edit] Equipment
| Synth | Drum Machine | Sequencer | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha DX7 | Roland TR-606 | Alesis MMT8 | Logic Pro |
| Roland TB-303 | Roland TR-808 | PowerBook | Digital Performer |
| Roland SH-101 | Roland TR-707 | Max/Msp | |
| Roland MC-202 | Roland R8 | Metasynth |
[edit] Citations and References
- Text: Interview - San Francisco Bay Guardian
- Text: Aquarius - Warp Records Info
- Text/Interview: Jens Pacholsky - Goon Magazine (German)
