As a producer and DJ, the persistent contribution of Om Unit (aka Jim Coles) to an ever-changing musical landscape has solidified his place as a true pioneer and stalwart of electronic music. Jim took on the mantle of Om Unit in the late 2000s, and has since sought to challenge himself and his audience by going beyond the confines of typical genres and styles, striving for a more human and daring approach to connecting diverse threads of electronic music in unique ways.

Jim distils and cross-pollinates tropes of breaks, techno, hip-hop, dubstep, ambient, jungle, footwork, and dub into a fluid take on sound system culture and electronic music that sidesteps genre pastiche and creates new potentials for exploration and inspiration, with many following in his footsteps. Under his recently retired Philip D Kick alias, he pioneered the stylistic links between jungle and footwork via a series of acclaimed edits - these tracks led to what is now known as "160" as a movement.

On record his explorations into the deeper end of the electronic music spectrum have come via such releases as his critically acclaimed debut LP "Threads" via Civil Music, 2014's "Inversion" for Metalheadz (an homage to the label's original sound palette via DAT's lent by Goldie himself), 2017's "Self" via his own Cosmic Bridge label and his recent spate of conceptual "Acid Dub Studies" self-releases (complete with 2 sets of remixes from Hodge, Deadbeat, CV313, Yushh, Tapes, Surgeon's Girl and many more). Jim has played more than 500 shows across 30 countries, appearing on diverse lineups from Montreux Jazz Festival to Bass Coast, Waking Life to Mysteryland; he has worked with some of the most acclaimed names in electronic music (Martyn, TM404, Deadbeat, the list is endless...), and has produced mixes for BBC Radio 1, Boiler Room, Resident Advisor, FACT, XLR8R, Rinse FM, Keep Hush, Hör, and dozens of other platforms.

This unique online workshop represents a chance to explore your own creativity by taking a deeper dive in to Om Unit's own processes, philosophies and inspirations, whist also learning the ropes of different types of synthesis as well as how to process sounds in a variety of ways to add character and depth to your own work, in a way that draws from what inspires you, both as a music producer and music fan.

Over five packed, interactive group videocalls, we'll look at:





WHERE AND WHEN?

This is an online course, but it involves realtime sessions and contact time with your tutor - it's not a "download these videos and watch them at your leisure" type of thing - it's a real workshop with live lectures, individual tuition, assignments and feedback sessions. We've tried to make this remote session as close as possible to the experience of an onsite workshop at CAMP. The course starts on 23/10/2024 and ends on 20/11/2024. The schedule for sessions is as follows (all times are CET):

• Session 1: 23/10/2024, 19:00 - 21:00 CET
• Session 2: 30/10/2024, 19:00 - 21:00 CET
• Session 3: 06/11/2024, 19:00 - 21:00 CET
• Session 4: 13/11/2024, 19:00 - 21:00 CET
• Session 5: 20/11/2024, 19:00 - 21:00 CET

HOW TO BOOK

To book your place on the course, click the button in the green section above. You won't pay anything right now - we'll send you a booking confirmation email with everything you need to know next. Your place is reserved without payment for three days.

You'll find a payment link in the booking confirmation email - follow the link to make a payment (either in full, or the first payment of a 2 month payment plan). In the latter case, a monthly payment plan will be put in place, so your card will be charged 1/2 of the fee today, and 1/2 each month (on the same day) for an additional 1 months. All card payments are handled by Stripe, and are extremely secure. We don't store any card data ourselves - all of this is handled securely off-site by Stripe. If you have a discount or grant code, you will be able to add it when you follow the payment link in your confirmation email.

Once you've made a payment, you'll receive another email containing your receipt, links to resources, contact information and access to our group chat to discuss the workshop with other participants.