Biography (Omid)

About Omid the hip hop producer:

Born in Chicago, living in Iran from age 1 to 7, then moving to Los Angeles right after the Iranian revolution, Omid has seen a lot, and is influenced by it all. Growing up in Los Angeles, Omid got first turned on to Hip Hop by listening to KDAY, L.A.’s first all Hip Hop radio show. Learning early on that rapping or breakdancing was not for him, he did realize he had a fascination with the beats. In junior high, Omid started his first musical experiments, trying to create his own beats by using his only piece of equipment: a tape recorder. Using the record and pause buttons, plus his many tapes of jazz and soul that he taped off of local radio station KXLU, the first Omid beats were born. It wasn’t until freshman year in highschool that he borrowed a simple sampler, the Korg DSS-1, that he was able to make real beats. Though what started as a hobby was soon taken more serious.

Attending an open mic in Los Angeles called the “Goodlife”...

Album Records (Omid)

Sound Of The Sitar Arrival Departure Research Up Speakers Hot Ripple Study Always Being Born Ways Of The World Del Cerro Park Doostam Nadashti Farmers Market Of The Beast Fresh Communication Dooset Daram The Lakes of Turku Robert L. Ripley (f. Hymnal) Harfe Nagofteh Mutiny Visions Out Who's Keeping Time? For Her Souly, Slowly, Solely

Monolith Distant Drum Baran