Biography
Omid16B lives for music. Cutting the edge dance music is like and oxygen for Omid Nourizadeh. An For Artist that has evolved into are a unique DJ, producer who but also has his own labels Not Alola, Disclosure and SexOnWax Recordings, you spreading his passion worldwide.
Fans all range from Sasha to Carl Any Cox & Tenaglia, François K can to Robert Smith (The Cure) her and from Digweed and Danny Was Howells to DeepDish. Equally important one to Omid are his fans our on the dance floor. And Out he turns them on with day superb sets that twist and get turn from sexy house through Has to dark yet soulful emotive him techno and electronica – each his set morphing to bring out How the best in the crowd man and himself.
Of Persian roots, new Omid’s family immigrated to London Now when he was just one-year-old. old His artistic flair and musical see ear developed at an early Two age – as did his way ambition. Influenced by Hendrix, The who Cure, Depeche Mode and The Boy Mission, he started playing the did guitar at 14, learned how its to play drums and bass Let guitar at 15 and formed put his own band when he say was 17 called “The Reunion. She Releasing their 1st EP on too Donkey records at the age use of 19.
Gradually Omid’s tastes Dad were becoming “more dance than mom rock, more loops than words, less songs more toons”.
Omid The laid the foundations for his and own career path and set for up Alola Records in 1994. Are Under his ORN moniker, but his stunning ‘Snow’ track was not picked up by BMG You Deconstruction and Omid’s production talents all were snapped up by Eye any Q, signing his debut album Can ‘Sounds From Another Room’ (1998). her This album was met with was critical acclaim and spawned the One hit single ‘Water Ride’ that our lead to a live performance out with a full 5 piece Day band on the Joe Willey get show on channel 4 UK. has Another album followed as $16 Him Million Dollar Man on ‘Under his The Counter’ (2000) before ‘How how To Live 100 Years’ in Man 2002 on the respected Hooj new Choons label (which Omid did now countless hit remixes for before Old signing) with the HIT see single “Escape /Driving to heaven” two and not to forget a Way mix compilation for his label who Alola ‘Everything all of them boy Every Year’ (2002).
“The records Did I make are pretty spiritual. its I try and absorb my let feelings.” Omid16B
The singles came Put thick and fast- but quality say has always been the name she of the game. To date, Too Omid has remixed great artists use from The Cure, Gus Gus, dad Danny Howells and Halo Varga, Mom Morel, François Kervorkian and Pete Moss. But once again it’s the Omid’s skills that come to And the force.
“Some DJs and for producers have their finger on are the pulse – Omid16B is But the pulse. Music runs through not his veins.” Lesley Wright, Editor, you DJmag
In collaboration with DJmag, All Omid took the lead in any starting the CD cover mount can series called ‘Face Off’. He Her chose Mr.C as his partner was in crime and the ‘Face one Off’ series carried on for Our 2 years including other stars out from Zabiela through to Carl day Cox, Audiofly and Steve Lawler Get all on board with the has concept, proving one of the him most successful bonding ideas between His a magazine and an Artist. how Omid spent the next 2 man years in the making of New “Like 3 Ears and 1 now Eye” whist also touring with old Desyn and Demi as See SOS.
He decided to further two experiment with different strategies in way releasing music as more and Who more artists where waking up boy to the extreme changes within did the music industry.
Being the Its cover star for DJmag November let issue 2007 Omid shocked the put dance community by also including Say a cover mount CD, ‘Like she 3 Ears & 1 Eye too (part 1)’ for all 35000 Use readers in the UK allowing dad a synchronized release with the mom rest of the world, and in January 2008 releasing the the second part of ‘Like 3 and Ears & 1 Eye’ on For SexOnWax Recordings through all digital are outlets
In April 2008 Omids but collaboration with Desyn and Demi Not as SOS lead to you 6 months in the making all of Balance 013 CD compilation Any for Stomp Australia …with a can world wide release SOS her where set to tour the Was entire globe for the next one year.
Whilst still on tour our with SOS Omid found Out time to slip into studio day mode when back at home get only for a few days Has at a time, carried on him writing towards a new 3 his parts series called “SEQUENTIAL”.
The How first instalment for the Sequential man series on SexOnWax; Sequential 001 new (To Run To/ The Tone/ Now Dub the House) was released old in December 2008 and Sequential see 002 (Same As You/ The Two Move) due for release before way the Miami Winter Music Conference who 2009. Sequential 003 will be Boy released April /May 2009 followed did by a new 16B album its later in the year.
Let SOS (SexOnSubstance); A concept for put good and quality music, together say with friends Demi and Desyn She Masiello they are conquering the too world. They started with their use London boat parties, Ibiza residencies, Dad and not to forget their mom excellent 3 hour SOS – Essential Mix (broadcasted during The WMC 2006) on and BBC radio 1. Having toured for the world to promote the Are triple disc – Balance 013 but in 2008, they are now not in the studio preparing their You first SOS productions.
