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, Elevator Bath, 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's sound work has been described in the following manner:
"Dale Lloyd's ability to combine stark and heterogeneous elements to produce something unique
and engaging is strikingly apparent" (Furthernoise)
"...beautifully cultivated microscopic detail and great assembling mastery... ...deeply penetrating
music; there seems to be a sort of secretly predetermined walk through progressively immaterial
states as we move from sounds of glass and water through clicks, hums and controlled feedback
in preparation for what expect us at the end, namely the semblance of a protracted blur of time
suspension, a framework where seemingly endless textural delights push the compositions to the
highest spheres of sonic meditation." (Touching Extremes)
"...music that pulls you in with a magnetic force." (Ga-zeta)
"...intoxicating soundscapes in which thunder, rain, birds and insects fuse unconventionally
with the eternal subsonics of a distant earthquake rumble in waves whose depth is felt under the
muscle tissue. One can only imagine the painstaking process necessary to place every single
attribute in the right light, but such meticulous attention to detail pays high dividends, as the
slo-mo radiance coming out of the speakers throbs with vital resonance that's almost painful to
experience." (Paris Transatlantic)
"It’s clear a sensitive ear put the sounds together. Even the smallest of nuances arrives
weighted by intention. It seems he uses field recordings not as sound objects themselves but
more as a set of variables to extract a new world from, to be mined for their transformable /
interpretable qualities." (Monk Mink Pink Punk)
"Lloyd's mixing of different sounds and his subtle volume adjustments create a truly rich and
absorbing listening experience." (Wind And Wire)
"...Lloyd is reaching deep into his psyche to offer something not unlike a pearl in his very own
shell... ...Lloyd is more a choreographer of the elements than a straight shot musician... ...a
daydream inducing headtrip... ...a sensual meditation, cleansing your mind, eradicating the
incidental; drenching it, quenching it." (Igloo)
OVERVIEW:
1984: A member of jazz / rock trio Satyagraha
1984-86: A member of rock group Sound Color
1989-90: A member of rock group Harem Scarem
1989-91: Involved with recording projects Forever And A Day and Agra Mecca
1990-92: Involved with recording label Manna
1990-93: A member of the rock group My Diva
1994-97: Involved with recording label æ (AE)
1989-98: Involved with recording project After The Flood
1993-01: Involved with the group Lucid
1996-01: Involved with the groups Bambule and Cindytalk
2000-01: Involved with recording project DASL- Zen Tread
2000-01: Involved with recording label Overheard And Rendered
2001-05: Produced field recording compilations for Phonography.org
2002-09: Involved with the Seattle Phonographers Union
2000-10: Released and performed music under own name
2001-10: Involved with recording label (and mail order shop) and/OAR