001-A has an incredible rhythm. If you follow the high end rhythmic patterns the beat seem kinda groovy and laid back but if you follow the kick drums, it has an intense, propulsive feel. It's pretty great. Reminds me of hearing Luciano for the first time.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 18 December 2009 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
That track is just so goddam powerful. The bizzare fusion-jazzesq synth line, the half time dubby bass kick, the faster house kick rhythm underneath. I hear where you're coming from with the Luciano comment, but the only music that I can really link Ayhun's tracks too is the Knife. There's something expressed in the style that is at once deeply human and integral while also totally alienating and distant. For all of the derivative elements in Deep Cuts, Silent Shout, and these tracks, there is something about them that makes them sound like nothing else.
― Moles Rad (Moles_Read), Friday, 18 December 2009 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
If all DJ sprinkles stuff is technically 2008, I guess that just makes OAR003B the best track of the year :)
(and curse everyone who bought it up on forced exposure before I could!)
― EDB, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess that just makes OAR003B the best track of the year :)
word!
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
It has been the closing number on no less than the last three mixes I've made.
― EDB, Thursday, 24 December 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
it's still fairly new to me but i might just agree w/u guys
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^only listened to it 3 times but i'm prepared to say it's an instant classic and one of the best house records i've heard in years. almost brought a tear to the eye.
― or something, Friday, 25 December 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I admit that it's a great record. One that makes me orgasm musically. But somehow, I don't see playing it again a year or even months from now..
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 25 December 2009 11:32 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, but who cares, though.
I'd argue there's something here that exceeds your average grindhouse tool or nesrib or whathaveyou. And it doesn't seem like it's easy to put into sets in the first place.
― EDB, Friday, 25 December 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
even discogs says it's olof dreijer- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Oni+Ayhun
― psychgawsple, Monday, 28 December 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
even wiki says that he wants hen fap
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― This part of the sentence is even dumber. (lukas), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
One of the things I love about this track is the "live" feel, which I assume I'm getting mostly from the reverb on the synths, plus the dissonance between the melody and the bass. Sounds a little like the best minidisc bootleg of all time, and makes me picture somebody with a rack of gear up on a platform - red light, white room - rocking back and forth as he tweaks his controllers and taps out his rhythms.
― This part of the sentence is even dumber. (lukas), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Is this poorly worded, or are all of his releases Creative Commons?
http://oniayhun.com/CC.html
― This part of the sentence is even dumber. (lukas), Thursday, 7 January 2010 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
what is this "catholic" linked to at the bottom of his website? I wouldn't be surprised about the creative commons, if he was trying to make money from the songs he would've just e-mailed pitchfork and been like "I'm that dude from the Knife" and let them blow him for a while...
― Moles Rad (Moles_Read), Friday, 8 January 2010 01:22 (fourteen years ago) link
HAHAHAHAHAHA i need to go the Sweden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gtsCMFjQtw&feature=related
― Moles Rad (Moles_Read), Friday, 8 January 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
further proof...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Hr-mtAFbo&feature=related
http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/01/mnml-ssgs-mx47-oni-ayhun.html
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 January 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Catholic was a sort of avant/disco/rock collab between Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras; Stefan Goldmann and Finn Johannssen's Macro label just released it, plus a couple of EPs with remixes from the likes of Morgan Geist, Kink, etc.
http://www.myspace.com/cowleysocarras
― pshrbrn, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:06 (fourteen years ago) link
OAR004 is out4-A is a tough listen4-B is better, nice drum sounds, but still some high-pitched bullshit that makes me wanna cover my ears. i could see mixing B into something from Achso
― rafsan (rahni), Monday, 29 March 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/oni-ayhun-oar004/
― sam500, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
This stuff always makes me think of Leo Anibaldi's "Void" record on Rephlex.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
OAR004 side B being a perfect example.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I am definitely loving 4-B here. Weird Panasonic-y plastic high-pitchness.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 April 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
so has it actually been "officially" confirmed that this is olof dreijer? i assumed it was, partly because of numerous live performances that have been reported as confirming it. certainly oni ayhun himself is v visible in youtube clips (though that "gotcha!" moment was scuppered by not being 100% sure what olof looks like). anyway olof's pr categorically denied it to me, fwiw.
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i havent heard anything official but both 'tomorrow in a year' and the oni ayhun records are released under creative commons, which seems unlikely to be a coincidence with music of this caliber
― hot_382_gay_3848_fox_5832_yiff (diamonddave85), Thursday, 28 October 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
he's playing in london this friday. i'll shout OLOF and see if he looks up.
― jabba hands, Thursday, 28 October 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lol'd
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 28 October 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
just saw that he posted two new trax: http://www.oniayhun.com/OARFREE.html
― FLEETWOOD MAC OS THE XX FILES (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Thursday, 28 October 2010 16:36 (1 month ago)
pretty sure its him
don't think anyone else involved
― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
btw those free tracks are way wild flanged noise jams, dissonant and crunched out stuff that sounds like oldschool industrial noise (maybe Brume or Arcane Device), it's very brave and "out" stuff for sure
― the tune is space, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
waste of 20 minutes
― harlan, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i enjoyed his show a lot but yeah it was pretty uncompromising stuff. a lot of the audience drifted off, i guess it became obvious it wasn't gonna start sounding like the knife any time soon. he dropped oar003-b at the end and it was hilarious how smooth it sounded compared to everything else he'd played.
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Nablus sounds kinda like The Haters.
― scary-cat-mascot-costumes-for-kids2.tk (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
OAR005 PLEASE
― shabba lambides (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 23 April 2012 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8r49EhMZes
yes please
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 29 June 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
banger
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Thursday, 29 June 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
Love this so much, is it too much to dream of a full-length?
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Sunday, 2 July 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
Maybe not. When he announced it he said "I've been making music again" not "I mad a track"
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Sunday, 2 July 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
there's his recent full-length with Mount Sims "Souvenir" where they explore the sociopolitical ramifications of using steel drum sounds in Western music (!) it's very good but it's not exactly a series of bangers
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 2 July 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link