David Meme Explained

David Meme is primarily known as a producer and musician currently living and working in Brighton. As well as recording under the moniker Meme he is also one half of the electronic music duo Ward.^[1] He co-founded the open source label Loca Records, with graphic designer Marcus McCallion in 1999.^{[2] [3]} Meme has been played by John Peel on his John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 a number of times as both Meme and as another project, Ward (with co-musician Richard Williams from Birmingham band Calvados Beam Trio). His latest project is ØxØ with Barnaby Thorn,^[4] released on Truant Recordings in 2019.^[5]

Discography as Meme

Albums

• Eudaimonia Loca Records (2001)
• Affectivity Loca Records (2003)

Singles and Extended Players

• Kinematic EP Loca Records (1999)
• Mandibles EP Loca Records (2001)

Collaborations

• Invisible Meme & Tome, Mirrordisc Records (2001)
• 24 EP Meme versus Xan, Loca Records (2004)
• mythologies EP ØxØ, Truant Recordings (2019)

Compilations

• 1971 WIAIWYA Records.

Discography as Ward

Albums

• It's Not Necessarily Your Height It Could Be Your Feet Loca Records (2002)
• It Might Be Useful For Us To Know Loca Records (2005)

Singles and Extended Players

• Sesquipedalian Origins Static Caravan Recordings (2002)
• De Fernius/Armonica or Something Static Caravan Recordings (2004)

Compilations

• C, Ward. 1 Minute. WIAIWYA Records.

See also

• Open source record label

External links

• ØxØ Discuss the Big, Post-Digital Ideas Behind Their Debut EP
• Loca Records – an Open Source Record Label
• Publicity photo of David Meme
• Svenska Dagbladet Newspaper Interview with David Meme
• Interview in Sound on Sound article on Copyleft licensing
• Interview – fr 1st, en below – in Dogmazic.net on music, Loca, copyleft & libre music
• David Meme's latest project St Hanshaugen

Notes and References

1. News: Record Label Sings New Tune. en-US. Wired. 2021-07-19. 1059-1028.
2. Web site: Creative Commons, Copyright & The Independent Musician. 2021-07-19. www.soundonsound.com.
3. Web site: 2006-12-04. Interview with David Meme (LOCA Records) - Dogmazic.net, musique libre. 2021-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20061204024308/http://www.dogmazic.net/article.php?sid=274&choice_user_language=english. 4 December 2006.
4. Web site: ØxØ Discuss the Big, Post-Digital Ideas Behind Their Debut EP self-titled. 10 December 2019. 2021-07-19. en-US.
5. Web site: Truant Recordings. 2021-07-19. truantrecordings.com.