Dale Lloyd has been a sound artist, label owner, graphic designer, producer,
musician, and visual artist (among other interests and activities).
In 2001, he founded and/OAR, a recording label committed to presenting
environmental recordings and sound art that utilizes them to varying degrees.
In 2003, and/OAR Diffusion was founded to help distribute releases from other
recording labels.
From 2001 to 2005, Dale produced the highly regarded series of field recording
compilations for Phonography.org ; and from 2001 to present, 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)
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, 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 other places.
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.
1989-98: Involved with recording project After The Flood.
1990-92: Involved with Manna (a recording label).
1990-93: A member of the rock group My Diva.
1993-01: Involved with the group Lucid.
1994-97: Involved with æ (a recording label).
1996-01: Involved with the groups Bambule and Cindytalk.
2000-01: Involved with Overheard And Rendered (a recording label).
2000-01: Involved with recording project DASL- Zen Tread.
2000-07: Released and performed music under own name.
2001-05: Produced field recording compilations for Phonography.org.
2001-07: Involved with and/OAR (a recording label / mail order shop).
2002-07: Involved with the Seattle Phonographers Union.
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