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Om Records
Type	Private
Founded	1995
Headquarters	San Francisco, United States
Key people	DJ Fluid
Industry	Record Label
Products	Dance Music CDs, Merchandise
Revenue
Website	www.om-records.com

Om Records is a US-based record label, established in 1995, specialising in electronic dance music. Founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Christopher Smith. Om's catalogue extends from both artist albums and various genres of compilations.

The company has grown considerably from its beginnings, opening further North American offices, and now has plans to open offices in London, Barcelona and Ibiza.

Om Records holds various exclusive worldwide nightclub events, and is a frequent resident company at Nikki Beach, Seattle's Trinity, Mansion in Miami, SmartBar in Chicago, Fabric in London, Pacha in New York City and Ibiza, Balance in Los Angeles, Sacred Grounds in Los Angeles, El Divino in Ibiza, The Loft and Fonfone in Barcelona and is a regular at many more of the world's superclubs and the Coachella Music and WMC music festivals.

Om Records is renowned for its signature Funky House and Deep House. Many Om DJ's go on to become worldwide DJ's. Some of Om's lineup include: Kaskade, Mark Farina, J Boogie, King Kooba, Colette, DJ Heather, Miguel Migs, DJ Sneak, DJ Fluid, Andy Caldwell, Derrick Carter, Marques Wyatt, and many more.

Contents 1 History of the Om series 1.1 Om Lounge 1.2 Sounds of Om 1.3 Deep Concentration 1.4 House of Om 1.5 Mushroom Jazz 1.6 San Francisco Sessions 1.7 Om: Beached 1.8 Om: Miami 1.9 Electrolush 1.10 Om 10: A Decade of Future Music 1.11 Om 100: A Celebration of Om's 100 Releases 1.12 LIVE at Om 1.13 Reconstructed Soul 1.14 Golden Gate Breaks 1.15 Sound Design 1.16 reMIXED 1.17 The United Nations of Future Music 1.18 Late Night 1.19 Legends 2 Sub-Labels and Affiliated Labels 2.1 Naked Music NYC 2.2 Salted Music 2.3 UNO 2.4 MoreHouse Records 3 Artist Albums 4 See also 5 External links

Offerings from Om Records encompass many genres of House, Hip Hop, Downtempo and Lounge music. Om Records is known for the critically acclaimed Mushroom Jazz, Om Lounge, San Francisco Sessions and Deep Concentration series. Releases pre-2000 are especially hard to find, and therefore this exclusivity has molded Om Records into one of the most sought-after labels.

The Om Lounge series encompasses Om's signature Lounge/Deep House aesthetic and atmospherics, making the series one of the most popular downtempo compilations.

• Om Lounge
• Om Lounge 2
• Om Lounge 3
• Om Lounge 4
• Om Lounge 5
• Om Lounge 6
• Om Lounge 7
• Om Lounge 8
• Om Lounge 9
• Om Lounge 10

The Sounds of Om series focuses on Om's own offerings and is usually mixed by renowned DJ's such as Andy Caldwell and Kaskade.

• Sounds of Om: House Compilation 01
• Sounds of Om: House Compilation 2 Mixed by Andy Caldwell
• Sounds of Om 3rd Edition Mixed by Kaskade
• Sounds of Om 4
• Sounds of Om 5

The Deep Concentration series is a signature Om Hip Hop compilation.

• Deep Concentration
• Deep Concentration 2
• Deep Concentration 3
• Deep Concentration 4
• Deep Concentration 5

The House of Om series are some of the most sought-after house compilations, and are mixed by some of the world's best DJ's, including DJ Sneak, Colette, DJ Heather, Fred Everything, Kaskade, Miguel Migs and Groove Junkies.

• House of Om Volume One: Get Salted by Miguel Migs (2004)
• House of Om Volume Two: DJ Sneak (2005)
• House of Om Volume Three: Kaskade (2005)
• House of Om Volume Four: Groove Junkies (2005)
• House of Om Volume Five: Fred Everything (2005)
• House of Om Volume Six: Colette and DJ Heather (2006)
• House of Om Volume Seven: Mark Farina (2007)

Mushroom Jazz is the hybrid of Acid Jazz, Hip Hop and Broken beat, pioneered by Mark Farina and released by Om Records. It is highly successful and critically acclaimed worldwide.

• Mushroom Jazz (1996)
• Mushroom Jazz 2 (1998)
• Mushroom Jazz 3 (2001)
• Mushroom Jazz 4 (2002)
• Mushroom Jazz 5 (2005)

The San Francisco Sessions series focuses on San Francisco's House offerings and is usually mixed by popular DJ's such as Mark Farina and JT Donaldson.

• San Francisco Sessions Mixed by Mark Farina (1999)
• San Francisco Sessions 2 Mixed by Kaskade (2000,2004)
• San Francisco Sessions 3 Mixed by DJ John Howard (2000)
• San Francisco Sessions 4 Mixed by DJ Garth (2000)
• San Francisco Sessions 5 Mixed by JT Donaldson and Lance Desardi (2003)

The 'Beached' series by Om is a collection of summer house music with Latin-inspired influences

• Om Beached (2005)

The Om 'Miami' series is relatively new and focuses on summery, funky house from Om.

• Om: Miami 2006 (2006)
• Om: Miami 2007 (2007)

This compilation sees Om stepping into the minimal and electro house genre.

• Electrolush (2006)

Om 10: A Decade of Future Music encompasses Om's 10th birthday celebratory House music, Downtempo and Classics and has become a chart-topping success.

• Om 10: A Decade of Future Music (2005)

Om Records marked its 100th release with a celebratory compilation of some of Om's most popular releases.

Om 100: A Celebration of Om's 100 Releases (2000)

The LIVE at Om series showcases Om's residency nights and the tracks played by their DJs.

• LIVE at OM: Derrick Carter
• LIVE at OM: Mark Farina

(Both are separate discs in the same compilation)

This compilation was the first full-length release from Naked Music NYC, a former Om Records act. Naked Music NYC then split from Om Records, unhappy with the purported poor marketing of Reconstructed Soul by Om records. Naked Music NYC producer Jay Denes later established a records label named Naked Music that specialises in deep house.

• Naked Music NYC: Reconstructed Soul (2000)

This compilation focuses on San Francisco's Bay Area electronic music scene.

• Golden Gate Breaks Volume 1 (2003)

This series focuses on electronic music and is mixed by critically acclaimed deep house DJ's.

• Sound Design Volume One: Marques Wyatt (2000)
• Sound Design Volume Two: Mark Grant (2001)

The 'reMIXED' series highlights remixes and dubs of Om's songs by popular DJ's.

• reMIXED Volume One (2004)
• reMIXED Volume Two (2005)
• reMIXED Volume Three

Om's conceptual 'future house' genre is showcased in the 'United Nations of Future Music' series.

• The United Nations of Future Music One (2000)
• The United Nations of Future Music Two (2000)

This series focuses on deep house and is mixed by popular DJ's.

• Late Night With King Britt (2005)
• Late Night With Andy Caldwell (2005)

The 'Legends' series sees legends come together on one compilation.

• Legends Volume One Mixed by Juan Atkins (2005)

Om Records also has a roster of sub labels and affiliated labels.

Naked Music is the brainchild of DJ/Producer Jay Denes. It is known for its signature deep house and downtempo releases and labels it's music as being a genre called 'Naked'.

Notable Naked Music artists include: Lisa Shaw, Aquanote, Andy Caldwell, Miguel Migs, Aya and Gaelle.

Salted Music is the production company of DJ/Producer Miguel Migs. It is relatively new and collaborated with Om records for House of Om: Get Salted presented by Miguel Migs.

UNO Records is managed and created by DJ/Producer Andy Caldwell. It is credited with such releases as 'Du What U Du' by Yoshimoto. Its current artists include: DJ Behrouz, Andy Caldwell, Gina René, Yoshimoto and Trentemoller.

This label was set up by Om family members Groove Junkies and is purely focused on House music.

• Soulstice - Illusions (2001)
• Andy Caldwell - Universal Truth (2006)
• Rithma - Music Fiction (2000)
• Mark Farina - Air Farina (2004)
• Mark Farina - Connect (2003)
• Colette - Hypnotized (2005)
• Kaskade - It's you, it's me
• Strange Fruit Project - The Healing (2006)
• Zion I & The Grouch - Heroes in the City of Dope (2006)

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