BALM, by DJ Olive

BALM

by DJ Olive

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Josiah Grey I loved all of the Sleeping Pill mixes by DJ Olive, my favorite part from "Sleep" was Maybe on Sundays. I wasn't expecting this album to contain all the parts of each Sleeping Pill, but I was happy that Maybe on Sundays and various others made it to the album. Some of them are a bit different than they were in their respective mixes but overall the entire album itself is great. Hope to hear new Ambient creations from DJ Olive soon. Favorite track: Maybe on Sundays.

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this is 255 minutes of beatless music. you can stream the entire album from here or listen in any order. It is meant to be listened to as quietly as possible and act more like cozy company than music. waves on a beach or wind in the trees or an old fan in an ally these songs curl up around your feet at the edge of sleep.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Somewhere, THWIS, TURN THE TABLE (the jolly gootch sessions), DANCING ON HOT SAND (single), SLEEP, TRIAGE, BUOY, BALM, and 1 more. , and , .

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DJ Olive's BALM on CD
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Handmade peapod packaged by the artist. includes 4 CDR's, all 38 songs from DJ Olive's beatless record of sleeping pills called Balm. The tracks order is alphabetical with 2 seconds of silence between each track.

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the Sleeping Pills
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All the songs here on Balm, plus, all three of DJ Olive's mixtape sleeping pills Sleep, Buoy, & Triage, on a memory stick. files are 16bit wav or aif. This is a great gift to sleeping friends.(note stick in photo may not be the one used)

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Personall Sleeping Pill
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A personal sleeping pill mix on CDR. Pick your favorite songs (up to 74 mins of music) or allow Olive to choose what he likes from his record Balm and he will craft it into a personal one of a kind continuous mix just for you. this is limited to 1111 personal sleeping pills

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Personal Sleeping Pill with Painting
Hand Painted 12" paper jacket by DJ Olive containing a personal sleeping pill CDR. Pick your favorite songs (up to 74 mins of music) from DJ Olive's record Balm and he will craft it into a personal one of a kind continuous mix just for you to accompany your original painting.

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DJ Olive's third sleeping pill Triage
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DJ Olive's third sleeping pill Triage on CDR hand packaged by the artist. 60 mins.
Triage was commissioned by the Whitney Museum as the audio component in DJ Olive's installation at the 2008 biennial also called Triage. Triage was released on Room40 in 2008. Record Blanks is very happy to make it available here
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DJ Olive's second sleeping pill Buoy
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DJ Olive's second sleeping pill Buoy on CDR hand packaged by the artist. 60 mins.
Buoy was written during dawn at dj olive's brooklyn studio, skin tone, winter of 2003/04. Buoy was released on Room40 in 2004. Record Blanks is very happy to make it available here.

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DJ Olive's first sleeping pill Sleep
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DJ Olive's first sleeping pill Sleep on CDR hand packaged by the artist. one 48 min track.
Sleep was made in sept 2001 and was given away to dj olive's friends in new york that month as a hand made CDR. Sleep was composed in dj olive's brooklyn studio, skin tone riddles over many years and put together as a continuous sleeping pill sept 2001. This release was the beginning of a long exploration by olive into the idea of neutral field music as medicine. Sleep was released on Room40 in 2006. Record Blanks is very happy to make it available here.

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1.	All Together Something Else 12:08	info	buy track
2.	Afternoons 06:41	info	buy track
3.	Delirium 08:46	info	buy track
4.	Haemodynamic Compromise 04:30	info	buy track
5.	Letting Go 07:01	info	buy track
6.	Scooter 06:53	info	buy track
7.	Amphibious Bed 08:58	info	buy track
8.	Gone Fishing With No Hook 09:39	info	buy track
9.	Distress 07:05	info	buy track
10.	Left on the Lawn 05:59	info	buy track
11.	Sleep Walking Blimp 07:44	info	buy track
12.	Sit With Me 03:35	info	buy track
13.	Sunrise Come 08:00	info	buy track
14.	Psychomotor Agitation 06:02	info	buy track
15.	Wet Bitchumen in the Sun 05:15	info	buy track
16.	Dandelion Seed 07:46	info	buy track
17.	Seaweed and Plastic 09:47	info	buy track
18.	Bear Dream of Berries 08:19	info	buy track
19.	Maybe on Sundays 11:11	info	buy track
20.	Sleep on the Couch 04:21	info	buy track
21.	This Dolphin Knows Your Name 05:58	info	buy track
22.	Monday and Monday 05:58	info	buy track
23.	Wake Me At Midnight 07:21	info	buy track
24.	Hippopotamus Mime 10:15	info	buy track
25.	Neutral Ear 03:19	info	buy track
26.	Clouds 07:24	info	buy track
27.	Who Said Yes? 04:45	info	buy track
28.	Unresponsive 05:20	info	buy track
29.	Crossing the Bar 07:25	info	buy track
30.	You Left Still Here 03:02	info	buy track
31.	Triage Redux 02:42	info	buy track
32.	Clay Between Your Toes 06:05	info	buy track
33.	Rest Away a Bit 05:37	info	buy track
34.	Warehouse Waves 05:37	info	buy track
35.	Summer Dirt Smell 04:30	info	buy track
36.	Jumping Bean Smile 07:12	info	buy track
37.	Orbit Eyes 06:16	info	buy track
38.	Dew Drunk 06:44	info	buy track

about

From 1995 to 2008 DJ Olive worked on three voyages of beatless electronic warmth he calls "sleeping pills". The first called Sleep was assembled in September 2001as a mixtape for NYC friends who couldn't sleep. It was meant to be listened to as quietly as possible and act more like cozy company than music. These sleeping pills were released on Australian label ROOM40, with Olive's second sleeping pill Buoy being the first release in 2004 followed by Sleep in 2006 and ending with Triage in 2008. Triage was also presented as a four room installation at the Whitney Biennial that year.

Balm is a collection of all the songs used on DJ Olive's three sleeping pills. They are different versions, out takes, alternate takes, lost and found songs, brother and sister to the ones which appear on the sleeping pill mixtapes. There are also a few extra songs which almost made it on the sleeping pills included here.

"this is over 4 hours of music, 38 songs, 12 years of work, which can be listened to in any order. I have put together what I feel is the best versions of all these songs from my sleeping pill mixtapes, Sleep, Buoy, and Triage, and a few which were never included into one big album. I hope It is a kind of medicine. good for meditation, relaxation, distress relief, detox, decompress, sleep, choreography, film, calming, art installations, radical anxiety termination,.. i think you get the idea.

Many thanks to all the global electronic beatless producers of the 90's who put out so many 12" vinyl records which now have my fingerprints all over. Also thanks to the global music concrete composers from back in the day and all the incredible analog synths which flowered from their green musical thumbs. Thanks to lonie and dj lovegrove for the cloudwatch events and all the party promoters who made beatless rooms back in the early 90's. alex P for clearing the way for the rest of us "chillout" djs. "We™' brothers lloop & once11 for the gazillion hours huddled together over a soft and warm tone on many a cold brooklyn night. Thanks Once11, Escape Arts and Christian Fennesz for collaborating with me. thanks david watson, vija brazus, karl francke, dj reaganomics, and raz mesinai for the sound tools and laughs.
thanks ROOM40, Lawrence, beck and the yidder(r.i.p.)
thanks mum"

from time to time i will change the track order so if you come back and stream it another time it wont be the same.
thanks for your support,
_dj olive
2012

credits

released December 21, 2012

recorded at Skin Tone Riddles Brooklyn '95-2008. written produced engineered and mixed by gregor asch (c)&(p)  The agriculture ASCAP 2012

sound tools from:

TRIAGE 2008
david watson pagpipes
vija brazus percussion guitar vocals
karl francke harmonica vocals moog arp
dj reaganomics turntable
christian fennesz production & processing

BUOY 2004
raz mesinai voice

SLEEP 2001
escape art production & processing
once11 production & processing

dj olive's sleeping pill installation "Triage" at the 2008 Whitney Biennial www.djolive.com/whitney.html
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Somewhere

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BALM

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TRIAGE

Jan 2014
SLEEP

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BUOY

Jan 2014
TURN THE TABLE (the jolly gootch sessions)

Feb 2015
DANCING ON HOT SAND (single)

Mar 2014

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DJ Olive's BALM on CD
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the Sleeping Pills
USB Flash Drive + Digital Album

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Personall Sleeping Pill
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Personal Sleeping Pill with Painting

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DJ Olive's third sleeping pill Triage
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DJ Olive's second sleeping pill Buoy
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DJ Olive's first sleeping pill Sleep
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DJ Olive's BALM on CD
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the Sleeping Pills
USB Flash Drive + Digital Album

Personall Sleeping Pill
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

DJ Olive's third sleeping pill Triage
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

DJ Olive's second sleeping pill Buoy
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

DJ Olive's first sleeping pill Sleep
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album