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Omid 16B
12+ albums
britishambientHouseelectronicUK
about
Omid16B biography “I love music… how it can make our emotions flow; how it can change the way we think; the way we love; the way we express ourselves.” Omid16B Omid16B lives for music. Cutting edge dance music is like oxygen for Omid Nourizadeh. An Artist that has evolved into a unique DJ, producer who also has his own labels Alola, Disclosure and SexOnWax Recordings, spreading his passion worldwide. Fans range from Sasha to Carl Cox & Tenaglia, François K to Robert Smith (The Cure) and from Digweed and Danny Howells to DeepDish. Equally important to Omid are his fans on the dance floor. And he turns them on with superb sets that twist and turn from sexy house through to dark yet soulful emotive techno and electronica - each set morphing to bring out the best in the crowd and himself. Of Persian roots, Omid’s family immigrated to London when he was just one-year-old. His artistic flair and musical ear developed at an early age - as did his ambition. Influenced by Hendrix, The Cure, Depeche Mode and The Mission, he started playing the guitar at 14, learned how to play drums and bass guitar at 15 and formed his own band when he was 17 called “The Reunion. Releasing their 1st EP on Donkey records at the age of 19. Gradually Omid’s tastes were becoming “more dance than rock, more loops than words, less songs more toons”. Omid laid the foundations for his own career path and set up Alola Records in 1994. Under his ORN moniker, his stunning ‘Snow’ track was picked up by BMG
