M . O s t e r m e i e r

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M. Ostermeier writes and records music in Baltimore, Maryland.

He was the driving force behind the 1990's shoegaze/post-rock band Should, whose debut release A Folding Sieve was on the Austin, Texas label ND. He is co-owner of Words On Music, an independent record label of international post-punk, dreampop, post-rock, and chamber pop artists founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1998. He has recently mixed albums for Nebraska's post-punk legends For Against (Shade Side Sunny Side, Never Been) and folk-pianist Brynn Andre.
 
M. Ostermeier's recent solo material has taken an electroacoustic/ambient turn. Many of his compositions are built from skeletal piano melodies that are augmented with electronics, guitar, and acoustic recordings to evoke a melancholic stillness.
 
His debut recording under his own name was the mini-album Percolate on [parvoart]. This was followed by the mini-album Lakefront on Hibernate in March. His debut full-length CD will be release by Tench in August 2010
 


Reviews of past work:
 
  • "Soundtrack music for the mind." — Magnet

  • "This is so pretty it almost hurts." — Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover

  • "Slow, winding melodies, dense, layered guitars, and enough white noise to bring My Bloody Valentine out of retirement." — CMJ