Ott (record Producer)

Ott (born 1968) is a British 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 three albums on Ottsonic: ''Mir'' (2011), ''Fairchildren'' (2015) and ''Heads'' (2022). His stage name is a reference to ethnobotanist Jonathan Ott who coined the term "entheogen".

Career

Since the early 2000s, Ott has produced, mixed and recorded music released on Twisted Records, 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''.Ott kicks off the next evolution of Glade Festival 2011
: Psychedelic Dub Producer Ott Sets The Tone for the Weekend. Joe Taylor, ''Virtual Festivals'', 10 June 2011. Retrieved July 2011. That publication also called Ott a " psy-dub maestro" and gave his performance a full 10/10.First Review: Glade Festival 2011
. Joe Taylor, ''Virtual Festivals'', 13 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011. "Psy-dub maestro Ott kick starts proceedings..."

He has also contributed to several other records on Twisted as well as other labels.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Blumenkraft'' (2003)
* '' Skylon'' (2008)
* ''Mir'' (2011)
* ''Baby Robot EP'' (2013)
* ''Fairchildren'' (2015)
* ''Heads'' (2022)

As engineer

* ''Are You Shpongled?'' (Compiled and edited by Ott)
* ''Eclipse – A Journey of Permanence & Impermanence'' (Compiled and edited by Ott and Simon Posford)
* '' Hallucinogen – In Dub'' (Produced, programmed and mixed by Ott)
* '' Nothing Lasts...But Nothing Is Lost'' (Engineered by Ott. He also plays timbales on tracks 3 and 5)
* ''Hallucinogen in Dub Live''

Other

* ''Scilly Automatic'' (from ''Talisman'', Interchill Records CD015, 2002)
* ''Ott Meets Billy The Kid'' (from ''Elucidations'' by Liquid Sound Design, 2002)
* ''Evil Do'ers'' by Gargoyles tt 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)
* '' Entheogenic (band), Entheogenic – 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)

References

External links

Ott at discogs.com

Ott's official Website

Ott at Twisted Records

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English record producers
Dub musicians
Living people
1968 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
English electronic musicians