JLD #156 – Omega

by Construct | 9th January 2012

Coming hard and heavy, we’ve got JLD #156 by Colorado’s OMEGA to start off this very hectic week which I think this mix is well suited to explain the chaos and full on party which is about to rein over Montreal. A frozen event on the port of Montreal that we call Igloofest. To follow this, we’ll have a strong deep mix to warm you back up at the end of the week.

Anyway back to Omega… cause this mix is hectic, and packed with all his own production and sprinkled with remixes of his. And not to worry cause it definitely delivers on all ends. Keep a close eye on this guy as his Burn EP comes out tomorrow on MalLabel Music, more info about it tomorrow on JLD.

BURN EP PREVIEW – OUT JAN 10th 2012
Omega – Burn EP (Preview) by OmegaDubstep

BIO BLIPS:

Omega is a bass music producer and DJ, currently residing in Denver, Colorado, US. He first discovered electronic music through the big beat, IDM, and industrial scenes during the late ’90s, and bought his first pair of turntables in 2000. Over the years his tastes have also included jungle, progressive breaks, psychedelic trance, and dub – and in the last couple of years have settled into dubstep and related forms of bass music. Though DJing will always hold a special place in his heart, recently writing and producing tunes has become Omega’s primary obsession.

Omega performances are a hybrid between a DJ set and a live performance – using a laptop running Ableton Live, with several MIDI controllers, effects processors, and synths. An Omega set will always include many original tunes, remixes, edits, and mashes, with a heavy emphasis on live improvisation and manipulation. His energy and stage presence, combined with his monster tunes, inevitably whip a crowd into a frenzy of bassed out bliss. He has shared the stage with: EOTO, Liquid Stranger, Vaski, Eskmo, The Malah, Cold Blank, Bird of Prey, Trillbass, Roksonix, Virus Syndicate, NiT GriT, Calvertron, and many more.

Omega tunes blend the most raw and aggressive aspects of dubstep – snarling synth sounds and organ churning sub-bass – with a careful attention to sound design and elegant use of melody, creating a sound that is at once primal, funky, and psychedelic. Racking up nearly half a million plays on his Soundcloud profile, and getting DJ support from the likes of Liquid Stranger, Jantsen, Samples, Sugarpill, Love + Light, Future Simple Project, The Crystal Method, Zeno, and many others, it’s clear that Omega is a force to be reckoned with in the bass music scene.

2010 saw numerous original and remix releases on various labels, including an Omega remix on The Crystal Method’s “Sine Language” Remix EP. 2011 will bring many more official remixes and singles, several EPs, his first vinyl release, some epic collaborations, and an extensive touring schedule.

LINKAGE:
OmegaDubstep.com
Soundcloud
MalLabel Music – BURN EP
Facebook

TRACK LIST
Shotgun Radio Feat. Mimi Page – A Bad Place (Omega Remix)
Von Ukuf & DJ Thee-O – Calle (Omega Remix)
The Digital Connection – Your Brain (Omega Remix)
Painting the Prototype – 8bitstyl3 (Omega Remix)
Breakage – Justified (Omega vs. Dublic Remix)
Omega – To Be
Omega – Suspension of Disbelief
Omega – Point 50
Omega – False Vacuum
Omega – Bedtime Stories
Omega – The Happy Plant
Omega – Diencephalon
Samples – Viricapnity (Omega Remix)
K Theory – Roll Out (Omega Remix)
Excision – Subsonic (Omega Remix)
Omega – Without Control
Omega – Supersymmetry
Opus 3 – Fine Day (Omega Remix)
Omega – Belly
Omega – Burn
Omega – DADstep VIP
Natalia Kills – Mirrors (Omega Remix)
AWOLNATION – Sail (Omega Remix)