Episode 36 speaking to Jim Coles aka Om Unit who's a producer and DJ based in Bristol, England. He's produced records spanning multiple genres for the likes of Goldie's Metalheadz, Mike Paradinas Planet Mu and D-Bridges' Exit records - and has DJed the world extensively. He's also part of Dream Continuum and produces under the alias Phillip D Kick.  

Jim also started out as a turntablist and also worked in community music in his early days. He teaches Music Production at BIMM in Bristol and recently released a new album entitled Acid Dub Studies. We caught up in March to discuss his career, diversity in the industry and tips for making sub heavy music. 

https://omunit.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/omunit

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Show Notes:

Thunderbirds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbirds_(TV_series)
Beastie Boys Brass Monkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0dxhSPoBjY
Flying Lotus https://flying-lotus.com/
BBC Radiophonic Workshop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop
Tape Packs https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tape+packs+rave&t=newext&atb=v242-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
DJ Hype https://www.discogs.com/artist/2323-DJ-Hype
Fabio & Grooverider https://soundcloud.com/fabioandgrooverider
Scream Tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_Tracker
BBS https://theoasisbbs.com/category/news/demo-scene/
Renoise https://www.renoise.com/
Getting Started In Renoise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJ4gJyEzjI
Youth Music https://youthmusic.org.uk/
Bristol Music College https://www.bimm.ac.uk/bristol/
Andrew Weatherall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Weatherall
Jiro Dreams Of Sushi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/
Andrew Huang https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcemy56JtVTrsFIOoqvV8g
Om Unit - Nothing https://soundcloud.com/omunit/nothing-feat-rider-shafique
Tom BugBrand https://bugbrand.bandcamp.com/
Splice https://splice.com/
oeksound Spiff https://oeksound.com/plugins/spiff/
Acid Dub Studies https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/acid-dub-studies
Leftism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftism_(album)
Mutable Instruments Clouds https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/clouds/
A Brief History Of Hardware Sequencers https://sonicstate.com/news/2021/03/02/a-brief-history-of-hardware-sequencers/
Metalheadz https://www.metalheadz.co.uk/home
Planet Mu https://planet.mu/
Exit Records https://exitrecords.co.uk/
Telekom Electronic Beats https://www.electronicbeats.net/
Autonomic Podcasts https://www.club-autonomic.com/

Incidental music by midierror

There was a problem with my mic so apologies for the sound of my audio.

midierror meets podcast

midierror meets... Om Unit [EP36] Electronic Musician / DJ

Off the course

This is a recording of an improvisation using some drums, cymbals and my system for live electronics. I developed a live electronics instrument that allows me to improvise with percussions. There's no post production on this strack.

Impro for drums and live electronics

Trax Mori w/ Personal Information: 1st April '25

Trax Mori w/ Yakka: 3rd June '25

1. Noise Beds
2. Devil Man ft Maddie Ellerby
3. Fractals
4. Who Hear ft. Rider Shafique
5. What It Means To Be Human (Cornel West Cut-Up)

Yakka debut release on his own imprint Trax Mori, founded together with the Italian experimental artist Personal Information.

A collection of tracks of multiple genres, that combine abstract electronic aesthetics with meaningful spoken word.

Who Hear EP (Previews)

Trax Mori w/ Pietro Michi: 5th August '25

Trax Mori w/ Yakka: 1st October '25

Trax Mori w- Yakka: 16th November '25

Guidance

A raw experiment on time stretching, pitch shifting and envelopes. Straight out from the CPU