Jim O'Rourke (musician)

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Jim O'Rourke
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation(s)Musician, instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, synthesizer, piano, electric bass guitar, hurdy-gurdy, vocals
Labels

Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician, instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.[1] He is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are instrumental, and has been acclaimed for his music that spans varied genres, including avant-garde styles such as ambient, noise and minimalism, and styles of rock like indie rock and post-rock.[2] He has been associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene, as well as with New York City when he relocated to it in 2000 for his tenure as a member of American indie rock band Sonic Youth. He subsequently moved to Japan and has since been a Japanese resident.[3]

Biography

O'Rourke performing in Minneapolis, 2003

O'Rourke was born on January 18, 1969, in

Chicago, Illinois. He is an alumnus of DePaul University
.

O'Rourke has collaborated with

Have One On Me.[4]

O'Rourke has previously been a member of Illusion of Safety,

Gastr Del Sol[4] with David Grubbs[5] and Sonic Youth. Beginning in 1999 he played bass guitar, guitar and synthesizer with Sonic Youth, in addition to recording
and mixing duties with the group. He withdrew as a full member in late 2005, but continued to play with them in some of their side projects.

O'Rourke has also released many albums under his own name on a variety of labels, exploring a range of electronic and avant-garde styles.

The Man Who Fell To Earth
.

With music director Takehisa Kosugi, he played for the Merce Cunningham dance company for four years. He was a guitarist for the 1999 premiere of Cunningham's ballet Biped with Gavin Bryars in Berkeley, California.

O'Rourke received a 2001 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

Since 2013, O'Rourke has used his Steamroom Bandcamp page to release reissues of rare and older material, as well as original newer pieces.

Work in films

Drag City discography

Partial solo discography

  • Some Kind of Pagan (Sound of Pig, 1989)
  • It Takes Time To Do Nothing (Audiofile Tapes, 1990)
  • Secure on the Loose Rim (Sound of Pig, 1991)
  • The Ground Below Above Our Heads (Entenpfuhl, 1991)
  • Tamper (Extreme Records, 1991)
  • Disengage (Staalplaat, 1992)
  • Scend (Divided Records, 1992)
  • Remove the Need (Extreme Records, 1993)
  • Rules of Reduction (Metamkine, 1993)
  • When in Vanitas... (
    Skin Graft
    , 1994)
  • Terminal Pharmacy (Tzadik Records, 1995)
  • Happy Days (Revenant Records, 1997)
  • Bad Timing (Drag City, 1997)
  • Eureka (Drag City, 1999)
  • Halfway to a Threeway EP (Drag City, 1999)
  • Insignificance (Drag City, 2001)
  • Mego
    , 2001)
  • Mizu No Nai Umi (vector7/HEADZ54, 2005)
  • Corona / Tokyo Realization (
    Columbia Music Entertainment, 2006) – Japan only release. Dedicated to Tōru Takemitsu
  • The Visitor (Drag City, 2009) – Dedicated to Derek Bailey.
  • All Kinds of People ~ Love Burt Bacharach (AWDR, 2010)
  • Old News #5 (Mego, 2011)[9]
  • Old News #6 (Mego, Aug 2011)
  • Old News #7 (Mego, Feb 2012)
  • Old News #8 (Mego, Sep 2012)
  • Old News #9 (Mego, Oct 2012)
  • Simple Songs (Drag City, 2015)
  • Sleep Like It's Winter (Newhere Music, 2018)
  • To Magnetize Money and Catch a Roving Eye (Sonoris, 2019)
  • Shutting Down Here (Portraits GRM, 2020)
  • Too Compliment (DDS, 2021)

References

  1. ISBN 1-84195-017-3
    .
  2. ^ Cooper, Sean. "Jim O'Rourke – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (August 29, 2023). "From Japan, With Love: Catching Up With Jim O'Rourke". Spin. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Richards, Sam (May 18, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: indie's unsung perpetual polymath". The Guardian. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  5. ISBN 1-84195-335-0
    , p. 522-3
  6. ^ Bowe, Miles (July 26, 2018). "Catching Up With Jim O'Rourke". Stereogum.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  7. ^ Lim, Dennis (June 22, 2008). "Soft-Core Auteur Turns Attention to Radicals". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  8. ^ Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (4 May 2023). "Jim O'Rourke Details Hands That Bind Soundtrack Album, Shares New Song: Watch the Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jim O'Rourke announces vinyl series for Editions Mego". tinymixtapes.com. April 14, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

External links

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