offthesky

(Michael) Jason Corder began devising sonic schemes in the womb by performing on the uterus wall to cope with the intense darkness. He finally forged an escape plan in 1977 and upgraded his musical medium to a sterling kitchen floor kit. Many years later during the dark ages of the 386/amiga, Jason retired the cutlery to began forging into the vast void of 8bit tracking.

Later he began his travels to countless electronic music events which catalysted him into a fertile pit of sonic clay. Using adverse software such as buzz, Jason began an evolution. Though after realizing the creative short comings of purely digital creation, acoustics, space resonation, and concept became common place. Instruments such as guitar, piano, sine waves, field-recordings and weather pattern data are mainstays for off the sky.

Today Jason resides in the City of Denver, Colorado and composes experimental electronic music in collaboration with other working musicians. occasionally, he still writes music for fetuses..

About the moniker, or why offthesky?

off the sky was the original version but much later Jason decided to simplify and evolve the phrase by truncating the spaces to forming an even more unique morpheme. Originally the idea of the truncation was in order that solo projects could exist and be released under the offthesky iteraton and group based projects could use the off the sky version - however this quickly became confusing for labels, the fans, and the scene in general so Jason has since decided to simplify and go minimal with the latest evolution of 'offthesky.

As the story holds, years ago Jason - being a movie freak - was watching the film 'Trainspotting' and translated a thickly spoken phrase from a particular scene where Renton is declaring his will to get 'off the scag'. Jason swore for the longest time that the main charachter of the film was saying 'off the sky' - mis-interpreting 'sky' to having been a british street slang reference to heroine and the act of getting high on heroin. Not until years later, until the internet matured to a point was Jason able to consult the actual script for trainspotting realizing that the phrase 'off the sky' was actually not in the movie:

Renton: Never again, Swanney. Im off the scag.
Swanney: Are you serious?
Renton: Yeah, no more. Im finished with that shite.
Swanney: Well, its up to you, man.
Renton: Gonna get it right this time. Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good.

Also Jason has produced several misc. records using his own name: Jason Corder - typically these 'non-descript' projects that don't quite fit into any band or other moniker get put into the 'production' category that go under his own name - much like a film director would put their movie under there own name. Other groups/monikers Jason is or was involved in besides offthesky are: Color Cassette, Juxta Phona, Aeris Ash, Muridae, Shelters End, and Lights Like Windows.

For more information please visit: offthesky via myspace.

• 2003 - Cold Distances - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Studies Of Lifeform In Transit - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - It Is Impossible To Say Just What I Mean - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Gently Down The Stream - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Caustic Light - 320 Kbps
• 2006 - We All Fall Down [with The Circular Ruins] - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - The Geist Cycles - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - Rare Decay - 320 Kbps
• 2007 - Form Creek - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Creek Caught Fire - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - !Escape Kit! - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Dwelling Spells - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - Fluorescence - 192 Kbps
• 2009 - Flyover Sound [with Billy Gomberg] - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - On Aerial Archetype - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - Suspended [with Darren McClure] - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Du Soleil - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Hiding Nature - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - The Beautiful Nowhere - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Endless Yonder - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Subtle Trees - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - A Dream In A Dream [with Pillow Garden] - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - The Boy With The Golden Cough - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - The Door in the Wall - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - The Curio Collection [in Kinder Scout] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - The Lowern Decay - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - I Will Love You, Always [with Radere] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - changeyourprocess - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Through The Lines - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Afar, Farewell [with Man Watching The Stars] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - Breathing [with Ryonkt] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - Exit to Anywhere - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - 85% [with Isnaj Dui, & Orla Wren] - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - Stationaryrace - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - A Thousand Fields [with Pleq] - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - Light Loss - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - Temporaryspace [with Radere] - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - The Soft Parallel - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - The Serpent Phase - 320 Kbps

See also compilations with Jason's participation:

• 2008 - The Silence Was Warm, Vol. 2 - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - Imaginary Friends - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Slower Moves - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Wvndrkmmer - 256 Kbps
• 2011 - Festive Greetings from Hibernate & Home Normal - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Hibernate Sampler 4 - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Hidden Landscapes - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Kanshin - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - One Minute for the Stars - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Sequence1 - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Stitched in Fire - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Escala 2.3 - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Hidden Landscapes 2 - 320 Kbps

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