Omid Walizadeh aka O.D. hit the West Coast hip hop scene hard with his debut production, Beneath the Surface. A guide to the then nascent scene, the list of MCs on this instant classic reads like a prescient who’s-who of what’s still going on in the Cali Southland. Aceyalone, P.E.A.C.E., Of Mexican Descent, Ellay Khule, Awol One, Radioinactive, 2Mex, J-Smoov, and Sach all have continued to work and release records.

Since, Omid has produced many projects, including the highly acclaimed single with the Freestyle Fellowship and Adlib entitled "Can You Find The Level Of Difficulty In This?". Omid also remixed the Beastie Boys' "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" for the Beastie Boys DVD Video Anthology, self-released a production LP which was followed up by one on Mush and has recently produced LPs by 2Mex & Sach.

The original “BTS” was immediately accepted and received reviews like this one in the New York Times

The best alternative rap release since Dr. Octagon comes from the producer OD (Omid Walizadeh), who spent two years gathering vocals from the Los Angeles underground (2Mex, Darkleaf, Visionaries, Global Phlowtations) into a brilliant, bizarre album of visionary sci-fi hip-hop. - Neil Strauss

We’ve always been fond of these tracks so when, following the positive response to our reissue of the “Distant Drummer” DLP, he asked us if we wanted to release a DLP of the instrumentals from this sound icon we leapt at the chance.

Inside you’ll find a pleasantly moody collection of beats and melodies reaching across a wide range of tone colors. Expect lots of Eastern instrumentation, quirky lounge samples, some funky rock riffing, gypsy violins, everything soulful – nothing superfluous. If you need something to help set the mood, reach for this.