Perceptual Outer Dimensions
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Perceptual Outer Dimensions
| image = HolmesIves2005.jpg
| caption = Holmes Ives in the Sound Booth
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| origin = Virginia, United States
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|downtempo}}
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = Fifth Colvmn, Yoshitoshi, MusicNow, Caffeine, Renaissance, Ministry of Sound, Shinichi, Bedrock, Ova, Six Degrees
| associated_acts = Holmes Ives, Jette-Ives, Memnon, Sophia & Ives, Oko Tek
| website = {{URL|holmesives.com}}
| current_members =
| past_members = Holmes Ives
}}
Perceptual Outer Dimensions was the music project of Washington, D.C.–based composer Holmes Ives. Under this moniker, Ives released two albums for Fifth Colvmn Records, 1994's The Journey to Planet POD and 1995's Euphonia.{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000307077|pure_url=yes}}|title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=September 2, 2020}}
History
Perceptual Outer Dimensions was founded in 1994 out of Virginia as a solo outlet for Ives. He recorded the compositions "Hinge" and "Lurid Dance of the Erimite" and released them on the 1994 Fifth Colvmn Records compilation Frenzied Computer Resonance.{{cite journal|first=Lee |last=Bartow |url=https://archive.org/details/IndustrialNation12/page/n55/mode/2up |title=Sonic Reviews: Acumen - Transmissions From Eville |journal=Industrialnation |date=1996 |issue=12 |access-date=September 2, 2020}} Still opting to release with Fifth Colvmn, he debuted a full-length studio album titled The Journey to Planet POD for the label in 1995.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000626962|pure_url=yes}}|title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: The Journey to Planet Pod > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqUJAQAAMAAJ |title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: The Journey to Planet POD |journal=Keyboard |publisher=GPI Publications |date=1996 |volume=20 |issue=7–12 |pages=29|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/pod-1.html |title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: The Journey to Planet Pod |journal=Sonic Boom |date=December 1, 1996 |access-date=September 2, 2020}} Perceptual Outer Dimensions released its second studio album for Fifth Colvmn in 1995 titled Euphonia.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000178917|pure_url=yes}}|title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: Euphonia > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLQ4AQAAIAAJ |title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: The Journey to Planet POD |journal=Option |publisher=Sonic Options Network |date=1995 |volume=60-65 |pages=121}}{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/pod-2.html |title=Perceptual Outer Dimensions: Euphonia |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1995 |volume=3 |issue=8 |access-date=September 2, 2020}} The same year the track "De La Luna" was released for the Forced Cranial Removal compilation.{{cite journal |first=Larry |last=Dean Miles |url=http://lundinoir.com/mag/BMv1_1.pdf |title=Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal |journal=Black Monday |date=1996 |issue=1 |pages=3 |access-date=September 2, 2020}} He recorded the new composition "Surya" and it was released on Echo in 1996.{{cite journal|first=Lex |last=Marburger |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1997/02/echo-review/ |title=Various artists: Echo |journal=Lollipop Magazine |date=February 1, 1997 |access-date=September 2, 2020}} Afterwards Holmes abandoned his Perceptual Outer Dimensions moniker and continued to release collaborative and "Holmes Ives presents" projects for his own label OVA Records.{{cite journal |first=Holmes |last=Ives |author-link=Holmes Ives |url=http://www.holmesives.com/ |title=Holmes Ives: aka memnon, oko tek, hdi, perceptual outer dimensions |website=holmesives.com |date=1996 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211223923/http://www.holmesives.com/ |archive-date=December 11, 2004 }}
In 2003, he remixed "Only Your Love" by Seroya and released on Deep Dish offshoot Shinichi, this remix was then featured on Deep Dish DJ Mix Global Underground 025: Toronto.{{cite web |title=Seroya - Only Your Love (Holmes Ives Mixes) |url=https://ra.co/reviews/1366?fbclid=IwAR3XBvHSKC2J29o909sqWdxV0yTGRJaqvfhfEL4ZA7YpuH9OL_L2Or0FLE4 |publisher=Resident Advisor |website=ra.com |access-date=8 December 2021}}
In 2005, he released "8 Letters" ft. Avalon Frost single on Shinichi Records, an offshoot of Yoshitoshi Recordings from Washington, DC. {{cite news |last1=Berkley |first1=Dave |title=JETTE-IVES "In the Deep" Ova HOLMES IVES "Holmes Ives Presents: In Love & Light |url=https://ra.co/reviews/2644 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Resident Advisor |date=January 22, 2005}}
In 2005, he and Sophie Melota released the 10 track album "Untie Me" under the Sophie & Ives moniker.{{cite web |title=Holmes Ives |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/470182-Sophie-Ives-Untie-Me |website=Discogs |date=14 June 2005 |publisher=BelowZeroBeats.com |access-date=8 August 2022}}
In 2006, he released his "In Love & Light Vol. 1" album on Ova Records, and collaborated with Jette Kelly on the Jette-Ives album "In The Deep".{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=JETTE-IVES "In the Deep" Ova HOLMES IVES "Holmes Ives Presents: In Love & Light |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2007/01/26/jette-ives-in-the-deep-ova-holmes-ives-holmes-ives-presents-in-love-38/0fb8ac19-8e5c-4daf-9a97-bcbb0f71ca7a/?fbclid=IwAR0ycfgY0uZ9FoH7xN9PzX6atUZmfhoCDbtmGYc1rgoM8VenQ7RXx3asLfs |access-date=8 December 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 26, 2007}}
In 2009, he had several monikers and collaborative production teams to his credit, which were Jette-Ives, Memnon, Oko Tek, and Perceptual Outer Dimensions.{{cite web |last1=Rothert |first1=Mason |title=Holmes Ives |url=https://belowzerobeats.com/holmes-ives?fbclid=IwAR1YpIIRrhuED30uuXPIDSoYaRnNX5dp1OXEaJGNjOEdF7ah_jiBbFwauU0 |website=Below Zero Beats |publisher=BelowZeroBeats.com |access-date=8 December 2021}}
In 2020, he collaborated with Devika Chawla on the original song "Jeb Se Piya", released on Ova Records.{{cite news |last1=Samarth |first1=Goyal |title=2020: The year indie music made it to the mainstream |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/2020-the-year-indie-music-made-it-to-the-mainstream/story-Yi1skIHTpffCBGChjCSmnM.html |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=Hindustan Times}} The song "Jab Se Piya" was then remixed by Bombay Dub Orchestra and licensed to the Buddha Bar XXIII (2021) Compilation.{{cite web |title=Buddha Bar XXIII |url=https://chilloutsounds.blogspot.com/search/label/Buddha%20Bar%2023%20-%20XXIII |publisher=Chillout Sounds |website=chilloutsounds.blogspot.com |access-date=8 December 2021}}
Discography
= Perceptual Outer Dimensions =
- The Journey to Planet POD (1994, Fifth Colvmn)
- Euphonia (1995, Fifth Colvmn)
= Other studio albums =
- Tetrasomia (2004, OVA Records)
- Satyriasis (2004, OVA Records)
- In Love & Light Vol 1 (2006, OVA Records)
- In Love & Light Vol 2 (2012, OVA Records)
- In Love & Light Vol 3 (2016, OVA Records)
- Pandora (2018, OVA Records)
- Pneuma (2020, Ova Records)
- Once Lost Then Found – Downtempo (2022, OVA Records)
- Once Lost Then Found – Uptempo (2022, OVA Records)
- Rooms with a View (2024, self-released) *Released under his name of Holmes Ives, with Donna Lewis
References
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External links
- {{Official website|holmesives.com}}
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- {{MusicBrainz artist|id=39bbd992-e60f-4430-ad35-84c4669a8995|name=Perceptual Outer Dimensions}}
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Category:Musical groups established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in Virginia
Category:American electronic musicians