OCnotes, AKA Otis Calvin III, is a Seattle-based producer / singer / MC / multi-instrumentalist (playing 12 instruments at last count) in the past described in local press as a cross between Madlib and Mos Def, a reductive tag (you'd probably want to add equal parts Daedelus, Dungeon Family and Cody ChesnuTT to get closer to the fact) but a handy enough reference. His solo work and collaborations with such Seattle vibe-setters as THEESatisfaction have made him a darling of the Emerald City's most forward-listening. The latest (and greatest) addition to his already sizable, self-released catalogue is Pre Future Post Modern Love Songs AKA AlienBootyBass.

The titular genre premise implied by AlienBootyBass is a playful jab at the minds that have to swaddle art in preconceptions and labels for them to feel comfortable around it in the first place. Far from such, OCnotes is in fact one of Seattle's most genre-flouting artists—and Pre Future Post Modern Love Songs ambitiously (not to mention credibly) weaves acid-house workouts ("Bayside Funk"), scratchy basement-demo alt-rock ("Red Alert Song"), and psilocybinized trip-pop ("The Science") into a cohesive, half-instrumental-mental headtrip straight to the depths of OC's innerspace. That's just scratching the surface—easily a half-dozen dizzying new dimensions are glimpsed throughout it's 32-minute running time.

The artist's yearning for connection and understanding is palpable, though, even through his music's obscurant waves of sweet, purplish haze; "please get yourself together", he winsomely drags, over the hypnotic opener "A.S.P.O.W.T." It's in these smoky, freaky serenades ("Morgan Free & ODB", "Why Do Birds") where OCnotes' fractured, dreamy brilliance is the most accessible, on this, his brightest and tightest work yet.

At Sasquatch!, OCnotes will be doing a rare performance with a live backing band, the Golden Gods, featuring Erik Blood (bass), Vox Mod (synths), Thomas Hunter (guitar), and Trent Moorman (drums).