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Omlo Vent
2+ albums
chilloutambientcoolelectronicelectronica
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Omlo Vent is one of the aliases used by two British musicians and sound artists, Jon Seagroatt & Ian Staples. The pair also work under the names B So glObal (www.myspace.com/bsoglobal) and Miramar. The 1995 Omlo Vent album 'Mild Landing' was the outcome of studio experiments using unstably sync'ed drum machines and a slew of aging keyboards that had frequently unpredictable output characteristics. The resulting improvisations were recorded to 8 track reel to reel tape or 2 track DAT. The music was in part an extension of a long-standing interest Seagroatt and Staples had in the sonic experiments of early albums by the Art Ensemble of Chicago. These influences were manifested in the eruptions of dark humour, the collapsing rhythms and the deceptively hesitant, but oddly affecting melodic lines that characterise the sound of 'Mild Landing'. Having also previously been in the pioneering free music, avant-rock band, Red Square, Seagroatt and Staples were keen to experiment with improv as a method of instant composition / subliminal structuring within the genre of electronica. The album itself was commissioned by their then label, Chillum, who, on receipt of the master tape for the second B So glObal album, suggested to Seagroatt and Staples that they should go back into the studio and experiment without limitations or preconceptions as to outcome. Omlo Vent sometimes make guerrilla live appearances at selected unsuspecting venues, much to the consternation and bafflement of
