dale lloyd: an open book
click here or on dale’s image to read the interview
Over the course of 15+ years, Dale Lloyd has been a sound artist, label owner, graphic designer,
producer, musician, and visual artist. In 2001, he founded and/OAR, a recording label focused on
presenting unique environmental recordings, sound art, avant-garde and electronic music.
From 2001 to 2005, Dale produced the highly regarded series of field recording compilations for
Phonography.org.
Prior to 2000, Dale spent much time involved in some capacity with critically acclaimed music
groups, production projects, and recording labels revolving around less conventional forms of
pop/rock music such as Lucid, Cindytalk / Bambule, Pram, Moonshake, My Diva, and After The
Flood (a studio project that worked with Cindytalk, Labradford, WIndy & Carl, Bowery Electric,
Steve Ball (formerly of League Of Crafty Guitar Players), Jeffery Taylor (of Climax Golden Twins),
Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive), My Diva, Marc Olsen/Sage, Sky Cries Mary, John Massoni /
Maxine, among others. And while a member of My Diva performed live with groups such as
Flaming Lips, Lush, Medicine, Sky Cries Mary, Sage, Love Battery, Jessamine, Common
Language, Maxine, Bewitched (Sonic Youth spin off band), among others.
The sound work of Dale Lloyd has been released by labels such as and/OAR, Overheard And
Rendered, Alluvial Recordings, Bremsstrahlung Recordings, Conv, Sirr.ecords, Non Visual
Objects, Sonic Arts Network, Mu label, Mystery Sea, Petite Sono, S’Agita Recordings, Staalplaat /
Open Circuit, Leerraum, Tiramizu, Accretions, Psyclone, Phonography.org, æ, World Domination /
CZ Records, Praxis, Space Age Recordings, Shadow Puppet Recording Company, Labile Music,
Throat, and Sonicabal. Links to MP3 works can be found on the DISCOGRAPHY page of this site,
and have been issued by 12k / Term, EARlabs, Bremsstrahlung Recordings / Trans>parent
Radiation, Stasisfield, Tiln Digital Diffusion, and microsound.org among others.
dale has been kind enough to provide an interview for this blog which you can read here. in addition to all the outstanding accomplishments listed in his bio, dale is a genuine guy who has always taken the time to say hello and offer good advice. part of my reason for interviewing dale and other label owners is to provide a link between fresh young artists and masters of the craft. i hope this interview provides some insight about dale’s labels, the artist that he publishes and the path to success in the evolving music industry.
please help support dale and and/OAR by checking out his impressive collection of music available for purchase.
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