Jim O’Rourke (18 Jan 1969 - )

Male Person - United States US musician & producer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (109)

Official

Album

  1. Remove the Need 1989
  2. Some Kind of Pagan 1989
  3. It Takes Time to Do Nothing 1990
  4. Tamper 1991
  5. Secure on the Loose Rim 1991
  6. Scend 1992
  7. Disengage 1992
  8. Remove the Need 1993
  9. Terminal Pharmacy 21 Oct 1995
  10. Happy Days 18 Feb 1997
  11. Bad Timing 25 Aug 1997
  12. Eureka 10 Feb 1999
  13. jim:computer:hotel 2000
  14. Insignificance 25 Oct 2001
  15. Old News, Volume 1 2002
  16. Old News, Volume 2 2002
  17. Two Organs Jun 2004
  18. Mizu no Nai Umi 19 Oct 2005
  19. Corona: Tokyo Realization 02 Nov 2006
  20. 6 Oscillators ’87 / Guitar ’88 2006
  21. Long Night 11 Aug 2008
  22. The Visitor 08 Sep 2009
  23. Old News #5 10 Jun 2011
  24. Old News #6 Aug 2011
  25. Old News #7 21 Feb 2012
  26. Old News #8 Sep 2012
  27. Steamroom 6 31 Aug 2013
  28. Steamroom 5 31 Aug 2013
  29. Steamroom 4 31 Aug 2013
  30. Steamroom 3 31 Aug 2013
  31. Steamroom 2 31 Aug 2013
  32. Steamroom 1 31 Aug 2013
  33. Old News #9 30 Oct 2013
  34. Steamroom 10 31 Jan 2014
  35. Steamroom 0 10 Feb 2014
  36. Steamroom 11 08 Mar 2014
  37. Steamroom 12 25 Mar 2014
  38. Steamroom 13 01 Jul 2014
  39. Steamroom 15 14 Oct 2014
  40. Steamroom 14 14 Oct 2014
  41. Steamroom 17 21 Jan 2015
  42. Steamroom 18 25 Feb 2015
All Release Results >>

Album - Live

  1. I’m Happy, and I’m Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4 14 Dec 2001
  2. Steamroom 16 29 Nov 2014
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. He Who Laughs 2002
  2. United Red Army 02 Aug 2008
  3. Steamroom 8 31 Aug 2013
  4. Steamroom 7 31 Aug 2013
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 00.06.27 (Meltdown Festival, London RFH) 27 Jun 2000
  2. Live at Japan 2002.9.16 16 Sep 2002
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Relationships (16)

Member Of

  1. Gastr del Sol (1993)
  2. Sonic Youth (1999 - 2005) bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
  3. Male Slut
  4. Bonjintan
  5. Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
  6. Brise-Glace
  7. Mimir
  8. Fenn O’Berg
  9. ONJT +
  10. Original Silence
  11. Delivery Health
  12. Phunk Junkeez guitar
  13. Kafka’s Ibiki
  14. Plastic Palace People
  15. Yona-Kit
  16. Loose Fur

Recordings by (276)

  1. [untitled] 19:52 (1989)
  2. Hold These Goddamn Chickens 11:51 (1989)
  3. Bound Up With Memory: In the Waiting Place 13:40 (1989)
  4. Stayed a While Then Went Away 4:08 (1989)
  5. Solving Problems Until They All Disappear 4:27 (1989)
  6. Heaven Is No Longer Paved in Gold 10:19 (1989)
  7. Far Along a Vacany Sea 5:05 (1991)
  8. Spirits Never Forgive 18:15 (1991)
  9. He Felt the Patient Memory of a Reluctant Sea 15:13 (1991)
  10. Ascend Through Unspoken Shadow 12:54 (1991)
  11. And Then West 10:09 (1991)
  12. Nothing But Obstacles Dreaming 3:25 (1991)
  13. Continued 3:03 (1991)
  14. Sometimes It Takes Knowing 10:05 (1991)
  15. Eveh 8:24 (1991)
  16. Mere, Part 1 15:31 (1992)
  17. Mere, Part 2 17:09 (1992)
  18. Mere, Part 3 13:13 (1992)
  19. A Young Person's Guide to Drowning, Part 1 23:09 (1992)
  20. A Young Person's Guide to Drowning, Part 2 28:02 (1992)
  21. Scan 32:37 (1992)
  22. Rules of Reduction 16:47 (1993)
  23. Muni 4:50 (1993)
  24. Michel Piccoli 4:44 (1993)
  25. Chicago One 8:06 (1993)
  26. Zurich One 5:00 (1993)
  27. Zurich Two 8:08 (1993)
  28. Chicago Two 29:51 (1993)
  29. Remove the Need ?:?? (1993)
  30. Flat Without a Back 4:47 (30 Aug 1994)
  31. Purge 7:50 (1994)
  32. Cede 41:32 (21 Oct 1995)
  33. [silence] 0:57 (21 Oct 1995)
  34. Terminal Pharmacy 8:21 (21 Oct 1995)
  35. Sinking Lights in Lambeth 8:32 (1995)
  36. Milena Dravic 2:33 (1995)
  37. Tacere Fas 18:31 (1995)
  38. As In 8:57 (Mar 1996)
  39. Happy Days 47:32 (18 Feb 1997)
  40. NAMM Weekend Pass Mix 7:32 (Apr 1997)
  41. House of Kaya 4:12 (16 Jun 1997)
  42. There’s Hell in Hello, But More in Goodbye 9:37 (25 Aug 1997)
  43. 94 the Long Way 13:57 (25 Aug 1997)
  44. Bad Timing 9:59 (25 Aug 1997)
  45. Happy Trails 10:33 (25 Aug 1997)
  46. There As 6:51 (19 Sep 1997)
  47. Strictly Yours 4:40 (1997)
  48. Divided 5:56 (30 Jan 1998)
  49. Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Spring Breaks and Back to Winter) 3:05 (21 Feb 1998)
  50. Prelude to 110 or 220 / Women of the World 8:47 (10 Feb 1999)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. The Bells of St. Mary 4:00 Gastr del Sol (21 Nov 1996)

Performer

  1. Shining Star 2:43 Organum (1994)
  2. Æo 5:42 Organum (1994)
  3. The Bells of St. Mary 4:00 Gastr del Sol (21 Nov 1996)

Instruments

  1. Try Matty’s 2:32 Aretha Franklin (24 Aug 1970) guitar
  2. Fooltish 7:01 Eddie Harris (1970) guitar
  3. Don't You Know Your Future's in Space 5:24 Eddie Harris (1970) guitar
  4. Why Don't You Quit 6:38 Eddie Harris (1970) guitar
  5. Nowhere to Go 5:30 Eddie Harris (1970) guitar
  6. Everybody’s Talkin’ 2:39 King Curtis (1972) guitar
  7. Hold These Goddamn Chickens 11:51 Jim O’Rourke (1989) guitar
  8. Bound Up With Memory: In the Waiting Place 13:40 Jim O’Rourke (1989) guitar
  9. Heaven Is No Longer Paved in Gold 10:19 Jim O’Rourke (1989) guitar
  10. Stayed a While Then Went Away 4:08 Jim O’Rourke (1989) guitar
  11. Solving Problems Until They All Disappear 4:27 Jim O’Rourke (1989) guitar
  12. Iuel 3:22 Organum (1990) guitar
  13. The Ocean of Truth 9:43 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  14. The Palace of Memory 11:42 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  15. Stations of the Tide 5:18 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  16. A Long Life Is a Slow Death 20:43 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  17. Spirits Never Forgive 18:15 Jim O’Rourke (1991) cello, electronic instruments, percussion
  18. Last of the Few 3:55 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  19. He Felt the Patient Memory of a Reluctant Sea 15:13 Jim O’Rourke (1991) percussion, oboe
  20. All Aboard for Futuresville! 7:23 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  21. Just as a Wall of Quiet Flowing Stands Near 10:24 Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke (1991) guitar
  22. Bathroom Floor 1:55 Smog (27 Mar 1995) guest, cello
  23. Goldfish Bowl 2:00 Smog (27 Mar 1995) guest, cello
  24. Wild Love 1:35 Smog (27 Mar 1995) guest, cello
  25. Prince Alone in the Studio 7:15 Smog (27 Mar 1995) cello

Remixed

  1. Obon 4:48 Organum (1994)
  2. Initial Gesture Protraction 4:47 Tortoise (1995)
  3. Suspension (Hyaline) 13:02 Main (1995)
  4. Reference Resistance Gate (remix by Jim O’Rourke) 8:47 Tortoise (21 Oct 1996)
  5. Do While (Jim O'Rourke remix) 5:36 Oval (10 Dec 1996)
  6. House of Kaya 4:12 Jim O’Rourke (16 Jun 1997)
  7. "I Took the Opportunity to Antique My End Table" 7:28 The Sea and Cake (1997)
  8. Okinai (Jim O'Rourke remix) 7:45 Die Haut (30 Mar 1998)

Engineered

  1. Spanish Moss ?:?? Smog (1997)
  2. Came Blue ?:?? Smog (1997)

Produced

  1. Far Along a Vacany Sea 5:05 Jim O’Rourke (1991)
  2. Trapped and Drowning 7:01 Barbara Manning (10 Jun 1997)

Edited

  1. House of Kaya 4:12 Jim O’Rourke (16 Jun 1997)

Recording Engineer For

  1. And Goodbye 8:48 Flying Saucer Attack / Roy Montgomery (1997)

Mixed

  1. Wolf 4:01 Organum (1990)
  2. Iuel 3:22 Organum (1990)
  3. Coal Cooker 18:46 Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke (26 Mar 1996)
  4. Shoe Chocolate 19:56 Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke (26 Mar 1996)
  5. Fruit Pants 5:39 Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke (26 Mar 1996)
  6. Sock Shaver 8:23 Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke (26 Mar 1996)
  7. Hair Toaster 5:17 Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke (26 Mar 1996)

Credited as (134)

  1. Jim O’Rourke
  2. Nurse With Wound & Jim O’Rourke
  3. Jim O’Rourke & Mats Gustafsson
  4. Tri-Dim & Jim O’Rourke & Barry Guy
  5. Merzbow & Carlos Giffoni & Jim O’Rourke
  6. Carlos Giffoni and Jim O’Rourke
  7. Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke
  8. Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi
  9. Kevin Drumm, Darin Gray, Jim O’Rourke
  10. Steve Shelley, Jim O’Rourke, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo
  11. Kazuyuki K. Null & Jim O’Rourke
  12. Eddie Prévost & Jim O’Rourke
  13. Jim O’Rourke, Michael Prime & Eddie Prévost
  14. Henry Kaiser & Jim O’Rourke
  15. Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Fennesz / O’Rourke / Drumm / Siewert
  16. Werner Dafeldecker, Christof Kurzmann, Fennesz, Jim O’Rourke, Kevin Drumm & Martin Siewert
  17. Jim O’Rourke & Glenn Kotche
  18. Loren Connors & Jim O’Rourke
  19. Loren MazzaCane Connors & Jim O’Rourke
  20. Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley & Jim O’Rourke
  21. Jim O’Rourke & Christoph Heemann
  22. Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke & Christoph Heemann
  23. Müller / Voice Crack / O’Rourke
  24. Günter Müller, Voice Crack & Jim O’Rourke
  25. Ambarchi / O’Rourke / Haino
  26. Jim O’Rourke & Günter Müller
  27. Mats Gustafsson / Jim O’Rourke
  28. Fire! with Jim O’Rourke
  29. White Out with Jim O’Rourke
  30. Underwonder & Jim O’Rourke
  31. White Out with Jim O’Rourke and Thurston Moore
  32. Oren Ambarchi & Jim O’Rourke
  33. Thomas Ankersmit & Jim O’Rourke
  34. Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi
  35. Jim O’Rourke, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Marclay
  36. Weasel Walter / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Jim O’Rourke
  37. Akita / Gustafsson / O’Rourke
  38. Keiji Haino / Jim O’Rourke / Oren Ambarchi
  39. The Thing with Jim O’Rourke
  40. ジム・オルーク & カヒミ・カリィ
  41. The New Blockaders / Thurston Moore / Jim O’Rourke
  42. The New Blockaders & Jim O’Rourke
  43. Koji Wakamatsu & Jim O’Rourke
  44. Oren Ambarchi, Jim O’Rourke & Keiji Haino
  45. Kazuyuki K.Null with Fred Frith, Guy Lohnes, Ichiro Agata & Jim O’Rourke
  46. Peter Brötzmann, Haino Keiji & Jim O’Rourke
  47. PBK / Jim O’Rourke
  48. Jim O’Rourke / My Cat Is an Alien
  49. Sonic Youth / Jim O’Rourke
  50. Peter Brötzmann, Haino Kenji & Jim O’Rourke
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Works (77)

Wrote

  1. Dripping Dream
  2. Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
  3. Stones
  4. Dude Ranch Nurse
  5. New Hampshire
  6. Paper Cup Exit
  7. I Love You Golden Blue
  8. Peace Attack
  9. Unmade Bed
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Composed

  1. Rules of Reduction (Feb 1993 - Apr 1993)
  2. Tokyo Pt. 7 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  3. Tokyo Pt. 8 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  4. Tokyo Pt. 4 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  5. Tokyo Pt. 5 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  6. Tokyo Pt. 6 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  7. Shutting Down Here (2019)
  8. Best That You Do This for Me (2020) (2020)
  9. The Empty Page
  10. Disconnection Notice
  11. Rain on Tin
  12. Karen Revisited
  13. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
  14. Plastic Sun
  15. Sympathy for the Strawberry
  16. Far Along a Vacany Sea
  17. Ghost Ship in a Storm
  18. Movie on the Way Down
  19. Through the Night Softly
  20. Please Patronize Our Sponsors
  21. Eureka
  22. Happy Holidays
  23. The Surrealist Dream No. 2
  24. Hey Chicken
  25. The Ruling Class
  26. Answers to Your Questions
  27. Apostolic
  28. Stupid as the Sun
  29. Pretty Sparks
  30. An Ecumenical Matter
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Lyrics

  1. Ghost Ship in a Storm
  2. Movie on the Way Down
  3. Eureka
  4. Happy Holidays
  5. Elegant Transaction
  6. So Long
  7. The Ruling Class
  8. Answers to Your Questions
  9. Apostolic
  10. Stupid as the Sun
  11. Thou Shalt Wilt
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Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Fantômas & John Zorn at Kenneth Anger Film Festival
  2. All Tomorrow’s Parties 2003
  3. Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2001

Support Act At

  1. Projections Sonores: Butch Morris Conducting # 70 – Tit for Tat / Jim O’Rourke – Run Out of Recognize

Links (24)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000266590/POPULAR/
  2. https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/artist/jim-orourke
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134744896
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jim_orourke
  5. https://www.whosampled.com/Jim-O'Rourke/
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13981638c

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Jim+O%E2%80%99Rourke

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3550

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000756318

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642553/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/46954816

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547373

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/29719

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/5548
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/46urSPEzIrRVqKqciwOq2f

Bandcamp

  1. https://steamroom.bandcamp.com/

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/5662433
  2. https://tidal.com/artist/3760387

Fan Pages

  1. http://markmartucci.com/jimorourke.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonic_Youth_live_20050707_02.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/172aab84-4c01-4dc0-b2ad-e723033e10ec

Discography Pages

  1. http://tisue.net/orourke/

Social Networking

  1. https://mastodon.social/@SteamroomLive
  2. https://twitter.com/steamroomlive