anticon. records

artist info

Meet David P. Madson, a.k.a. Odd Nosdam: artist, musician, DJ, and co-founder and ex-art director of Bay Area record label/collective Anticon.

Through the years, this Middle American maestro of beat-driven collage has championed a sound reflective of his greatest influences (hip-hop, indie rock, reggae, ambient), but one that can only be paired with the Odd Nosdam name. His source materials are meticulously selected from dusty vinyl archives, field recordings and occasional live instrumentation, then spun into heady atmospheric bliss via sampling, knob turning, layering, tape-dubbing, and the happy accidents that come with the territory. His oeuvre comprises album-length opuses of shadowy soundscapes (2005 and 2007’s fuzz-addled, dub-damaged wonder twins, 'Burner' and 'Level Live Wires'), hodgepodge instrumental collections (1999’s 'Plan 9... Meat Your Hypnotis.', 2002’s 'No More Wig For Ohio', and 2006’s self-released 'Vol. 8'), crate-digging mix tape delights (like 2002's masterful DJ mash-up 'Le Mixtape Delux' and 2007's smash-up 'Mixtape Super Delux'), original soundtracks (most notably, for Element Skateboards' 2007 feature length film, 'This Is My Element'), and compilations of choice odds and ends (2008's double disc set of remixes, B-sides, videos and original songs, 'Pretty Swell Explode').

In collaboration as well, Nosdam has made deep forays into the far side of sound, first gaining wide acclaim for the megaspheric drone and warped pop of his former group cLOUDDEAD (with fellow Anticon founders Why? and Doseone); more recently, working closely with Mike Patton on his Peeping Tom project and remixing tracks by a variety of bands including The Notwist, Danielson Famile, Serena-Maneesh, Boards of Canada, Bracken and Black Moth Super Rainbow. He’s also produced, mixed or collaborated with Jel, Jessica Bailiff, Reaching Quiet, Restiform Bodies, Thee More Shallows, TV On The Radio, Kool Keith, Themselves, Sole, Sage Francis, Mr. Dibbs, Dosh, Fog, Why?, Alias, Múm, Eluvium, Grouper, Greenthink, Hood and others.

(permanent link)

photos

related releases

T.I.M.E. Soundtrack
abr0092

Pretty Swell Explode
abr0083

Level Live Wires
abr0074

burner
abr0053 CD/2LP (2005)

untitled three (featuring Jessica Bailiff)
abr0051 12

your american bonus - buy david odd nosdam
abr0040 7

no more wig for ohio
abr0028 CD/LP (2003)

the why? and odd nosdam split ep!
abr0017 CD/Vinyl EP (2001)

complete discography

artist news

November 24, 2009

We've added two new items to the store. The first is an extremely limited cassette split between Odd Nosdam and Northwestern duo Drape. It's 60 minutes of dense instrumental ambiance from the Sanity Muffin label, and it's limited to 100 copies worldwide. We have 30.

October 14, 2009

Odd Nosdam's back on the road next week, kicking things off in New York at CMJ (dates at Santos Party House and Cake Shop) then skipping around the East Coast with Bre'r, rocking Princeton with Dâm-Funk and Gary Wilson, then wrapping up back in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory. Flyer below, and dates in "upcoming events."

-----

May 12, 2009

The good Nosdam news continues. XLR8R has chosen to include Odd Nosdam's recent podcast in its monthly radio show for Scion. Listen to the whole thing here.

May 07, 2009

Pitchfork gave Odd Nosdam's T.I.M.E. Soundtrack a glowing review today. Longtime P4K writer Ian Cohen applauds the album's "polish and structure," pointing out that it "never strays far from a grainy boom-bap." He even calls T.I.M.E. "one of the year's most enjoyable surprises." Read more.

-----

April 03, 2009

Odd Nosdam and Jel's exclusive XLR8R track, "Tune In An Afternoon," released just last week, is that site's number one most downloaded track for March. Peep the list here.

Also, click here to check out this Amoeba feature from earlier in the year featuring Nosdam on a crate-digging expedition with the Notwist's Markus Acher

-----

March 25, 2009

Odd Nosdam and Jel are the subject of a new XLR8R TV feature. The magazine gave the duo 40 bucks and a few hours to buy some used records and compose a song. Right-click here to download an MP3 of the result, "Tune In An Afternoon," and peep the process below.