# Alap Momin

Alap Aman Momin (born 25 June 1974), professionally known as Alap Momin and Oktopus is an American musician, composer and producer.$^{:94}$ He is a former member of Dälek and MRC Riddims.

## Career

Alap Aman Momin was born to Indian parents and grew up in New Jersey. From a young age, Momin developed an interest in music and took up playing guitar at the age of 12 and began to join local bands. Gradually his interest shifted to engineering and he started his first recording studio in 1993 in his parents' basement in Parsippany, New Jersey.

### Dälek

In 1995, while at William Paterson University, Alap met Will Brooks and Joshua Booth. The three started collaborating as experimental hip hop group Dälek. The group has been described as hip-hop revolutionaries. Dälek released seven albums and embarked on a number of tours.
In 2010, Alap left Dälek and moved to Berlin, where he lived for two years. Momin began work on a solo project entitled BKGD Audio as well as Third Culture Kings, a collaboration with Jan Johanson from Glorybox.
Momin has engineered and produced: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Black Hollies, Miss TK and The Revenge, Lifetime, Dälek, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Rye Coalition, All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, Charles Hayward (This Heat), Faust, Jets To Brazil, Yael Naem, Will Oldham, David Byrne, Yann Tiersen, Alan Vega and Mark Mulcahy.

### MRC Riddims

MRC Riddims is the DJ/production team of Alap Now and Merc Anthony. In 2009 Alap began collaborating with longtime friend Merc, who was a member of the shoegaze band All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors. The two began exploring a sound that sought to fuse Jamaican Dancehall and House music.

### BKGD Audio

In April 2016 Alap released his first solo record "Round One" as BKGD Audio on NY label Internet and Weed. It was followed by his second album "Sufi Service" in 2021 on Sweat Equity. Apart from that he released several singles and also remixes as BKGD Audio in the meantime.

## Discography
### BKGD Audio

* Fluid City EP (2016)
* Round One (2016)
* Juakali - Believe That (2016)
* Anda - Talkin 2 Myself (2016)
* Nunta de Valoare Remixes (2016)
* Good Fellas Remixes (2016)
* Sweat Equity Hot New Tracks Comp (2015)
* Schwarz - Forever/Body Emotion Remixes (2015)

### MRC Riddims

* Medvede Vedia Volume 1 Comp (2014)
* Ghostigital - The AntiMatter Boutique Remixes (2013)
* You Know How/Internet And Weed 7" (2013)
* "Feel Me" 7" (2013)
* MRC Riddims/Karaoke Tundra - split 12" (2013)
* Picore - Assyrian Vertigo Remixes (2011)

## Film, television and videogame composer

* Sundance Film Festival Bumper - (2016)
* Welcome To Showside - Ian McGinty (2015)
* Sundance Film Festival Bumper - (2015)
* Sundance Next Fest Bumper - (2014)
* Sundance Next Weekend Festival Bumper - (2013)
* Flipbook Fighters - iPad/iPhone - (2013)
* Lilith - Sridhar Reddy (2011)
* Ferrari Challenge - Wii - (2009)
* Choke - Clark Gregg (2008)
* The Guitar - Amy Redford (2008)

## Producer and engineer

| Band | Album name | Label | Year | Notes | Credit |
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| Assfactor 4 | Assfactor 4 | Old Glory Records | 1995 | LP album | Recorded and mixed by |
| V/A | Nothing's Quiet On The Eastern Front | Reservoir Records | 1996 | CD comp | Sequenced and mastered by [pre-mastering] |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | Koombia Music | 1996 | CD album | Engineer |
| Ensign | Ensign | Indecision Records | 1996 | 7" | Engineer |
| The Van Pelt | Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves | Gern Blandsten Records | 1996 | CD album | Engineer |
| Goodbye Blue Monday | Goodbye Blue Monday | Self Released | 1996 | 7" | Recorded by |
| Mothman | Mothman / Okara Split | Troubleman Unlimited/Rocket Science Records | 1996 | 7" | Recorded by |
| Rocket Science | Well Known Drag | Simba Recordings | 1996 | 7" | Engineer |
| Dahlia Seed | Greg Leto's Tears / Milkteeth | Snowblind Recordings | 1996 | 7" | Engineer |
| Rye Coalition | Hee Saw Dhuh Kaet | Gern Blandsten | 1996 | CD album | Engineer |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | I Am Where You Were | Gern Blandsten | 1996 | 7" | Recorded and mixed by |
| Endeavor | Constructive Semantics | Trustkill Records | 1997 | CD album | Engineer and mixed by |
| Floorpunch | Twin Killing | Equal Vision Records | 1997 | 7" | Recorded and mixed by |
| Hellbender | Con Limón | Reservoir | 1997 | CD album | Engineer |
| The Hal Al Shedad | The Hal Al Shedad | Troubleman Unlimited/Buddy System Records | 1997 | CD album | Recorded by |
| The Van Pelt | Sultans Of Sentiment | Gern Blandsten | 1997 | CD album | Producer |
| Unanswered | Charles Bronson / Unanswered Split Single | Track Star Records | 1997 | 7" | Engineer |
| Seven Storey Mountain | Leper Ethics | Art Monk Construction | 1997 | CD album | Engineer and mixed by |
| Black Army Jacket | Spazz / Black Army Jacket Split Single | Dogprint Records | 1997 | 7" | Recorded by |
| 97A | Abandoned Future E.P. | Coalition Records/Teamwork Records | 1997 | 12" EP | Recorded by |
| The Trans Megetti | Steal The Jet Keys | Art Monk Construction Records | 1997 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| Endeavor | Crazier Than A Shithouse Rat | Conversion Records | 1997 | CD album | Mixed by |
| The Impossible Five | Eleven Hours In Antwerp | Gern Blandsten | 1997 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| The Impossible Five | Jen Hitt/The Better Automatic/El Guapo Comp | Resin Records | 1997 | 7" comp | Recorded and produced by |
| Endeavor | Endeavor / Envy Split | HG Fact Records | 1997 | 7" | Recorded by |
| Rye Coalition | Karp / Rye Split CD | Troubleman Unlimited Records | 1997 | CD comp | Recorded by |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | Catcher | Rocket Science | 1997 | 7" | Engineer |
| Unanswered | Entropy / Unanswered Split Single | Figure Four Records | 1997 | 7" | Engineer |
| The Lapse | Betrayal! | Gern Blandsten | 1998 | CD album | Engineer |
| My Favorite Citizen | The Emo Diaries Chapter Two: A Million Miles Away | Deep Elm Records | 1998 | CD comp | Recorded by |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | Turning Into Small | Gern Blandsten | 1998 | CD album | Engineer |
| Floorpunch | Division One Champs | In My Blood Records | 1998 | 7" | Recorded by |
| Dälek | Negro Necro Nekros | Gern Blandsten | 1998 | CD album | Engineer |
| Full Speed Ahead | Born And Bred | Teamwork Records | 1998 | CD EP | Recorded by |
| El Secondhand | All The Lonely People | Motherbox Records | 1998 | CD EP | Engineered and mixed by |
| 97A | Society's Running On Empty… | Teamwork Records | 1999 | CD album | Recorded by |
| Full Speed Ahead - Kill Your Idols | Kill Your Idols/Full Speed Ahead Split Single | Hell Bent Records | 1999 | 7" | Recorded by |
| Rye Coalition | The Lipstick Game | Gern Blandsten | 1999 | CD album | Engineer |
| The Transmegetti | Fading Left To Completely On | Gern Blandsten | 1999 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| S Process | S Process / The Party Of Helicopters Split Single | Track Star Records | 1999 | 7" | Engineer |
| Antarctica | 81:03 | File 13 Records | 1999 | 2X CD album | Engineer |
| Computer Cougar | Gern Blandsten | Spirit Of Orr Records | 1999 | 7" | Recorded and mixed by |
| Endeavor | Don't Die With Your Eyes Closed (1992-1998) | Trustkill Records | 1999 | CD comp | Mixed by |
| Rye Coalition | Metroschifter - Encapsulated Doghouse Records | I Can't Believe It's A Record Company | 2000 | CD comp | Engineer |
| Your Adversary | Aero Bending Various - Technology | Skyscraper Magazine | 2000 | CD comp | Recorded by |
| Burnt By The Sun | Luddite Clone- Split Release | Ferret Music | 2000 | CD comp | Recorded, mixed and produced by |
| Jett Brando | The Movement Toward You | Gern Blandsten | 2000 | CD album | Engineer |
| Judas Factor | Kiss Suicide | Revelation Records | 2000 | CD album | Recorded and engineered by |
| All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors | Straight Blue Line | Gern Blandsten | 2000 | CD comp | Engineer and produced by |
| Dälek | Classical Homicide/Megaton | Matador Records | 2000 | 12" single | Writer, remixer, producer, recording and mix engineer |
| Burnt By The Sun | Burnt By The Sun | Relapse Records | 2001 | CD album | Engineer and produced by |
| The Yah Mos | Undefeated | Gern Blandsten | 2001 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Oddateee | Steely Darkglasses | Gern Blandsten | 2001 | CD album | Written and mixed by |
| Your Adversary | 3 | Create A Villain Of Your Own | 2001 | CD album | Recorded by |
| Countdown to Putsch | Ideas For The Living And Willing To Act | Ebullition Records | 2001 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| The Love Scene | In A Real Country Dark | GrapeOS | 2001 | CD album | Engineer and mixed by |
| Dälek | Dälek vs. Dälek | Music Is My Heroin | 2002 | 7" | Engineer |
| Dälek | From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots | Ipecac Recordings | 2002 | CD comp | Engineer and mixed by |
| Dälek | Kid 606 vs Dälek EP | Tigerbeat 6 Records | 2002 | 12" EP | Writer, remixer, producer, recording and mix engineer |
| Full Speed Ahead | Jodie Fosters Army Various - Death To Hardcore - Death To Reagan | Mike Fitzgerald Records/Moshstache | 2003 | LP comp | Recorded by |
| Countdown to Putsch | Interventions In Hegemony | CrimethInc. | 2003 | 2xCD album | Recorded by |
| Books Lie | Various - Times Are Hard For Dreamers: A Benefit Compilation | Waking Records | 2004 | CD comp | Recorded and mixed by |
| Dälek | Absence | Ipecac Recordings | 2004 | CD album | Engineer and mixed by |
| Spiraling | Challenging Stage | Brizmuzik | 2004 | CD EP | Mixed by |
| Isis | Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations | Hydrahead Industries | 2005 | CD comp | |
| High School Sweethearts | Heels 'N' Wheels | Get Hip Recordings | 2005 | CD album | Recorded by |
| Dälek | Dälek vs Zu | Psychotica/Wallace Recordings | 2005 | 7" | Writer, remixer, producer, recording and mix engineer |
| Serena Maneesh | Drain Cosmetics | Playlouderecordings | 2006 | CD/12" single | Remixer |
| Dälek | Streets All Amped | Ad Noiseam | 2006 | 12" EP | Mixed by |
| The Black Hollies | Crimson Reflections | Ernest Jenning Record Co./Telstar Records | 2006 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Lifetime | Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey | Jade Tree | 2006 | 2xCD comp | Recorded and mixed by |
| MGR | Innature | Barge Recordings | 2006 | CD comp | Recorded and mixed by |
| Rye Coalition | Curses | Gern Blandsten | 2006 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Some Action | The Band That Sucked The Life Out Of Rock N Roll | Gigantic Records | 2006 | CD album | Engineer |
| IfWhen | We Will Gently Destroy You | Clairecords | 2007 | CD album | Mixed by |
| MGR | Wavering On The Cresting Heft | Conspiracy Records | 2007 | CD album | Recorded by |
| The Butterflies of Love | Famous Problems | Fortuna Pop! | 2007 | CD album | Recorded by |
| Ringfinger | Decimal | Magic Bullet Records | 2007 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Fulton Lights | Fulton Lights | Android Eats Records | 2007 | CD album | Recorded and co-produced by |
| Dälek | Abandoned Language | Ipecac Recordings | 2007 | CD album | Engineer and mixed by |
| Dälek / Destructo Swarmbots / Oddateee | Deadverse Massive | Public Guilt | 2007 | 12" limitied picture disc | Mixed by |
| Destructo Swarmbots | Clear Light | Public Guilt | 2007 | CD album | Mixed by |
| The Black Hollies | Casting Shadows | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Harmonize Most High | Babylon | Ruby Red Editora | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| MGR | Shipping Gold | Barge Recordings | 2008 | CD comp | Recorded by |
| Dälek vs. Ifwhen | Hear Less / No Good Trying | Claire's Echo | 2008 | 12" EP | Mixed by |
| Oddateee | Halfway Homeless | Deadverse Recordings | 2008 | CD album | Mastered by |
| Paint It Black | New Lexicon | Jade Tree | 2008 | CD album | Engineer |
| Luminous Orange | Sakura Swirl | Navigation (Japan) | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| M.G.R. y Destructo Swarmbots | Amigos De La Guitarra | Neurot Recordings | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Mike Edison | I Have Fun Everywhere I Go | Interstellar Roadhouse | 2008 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| Fulton Lights | The Way We Ride | Android Eats Records/Catbird Records | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Bikini Machine | The Full Album | Platinum | 2009 | CD album | Mixed by |
| This Immortal Coil | The Dark Age Of Love | Ici Daileurs France | 2009 | CD album | Mixed by |
| The Black Hollies | Softly Towards The Light | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | 2009 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Harmonize Most High | Babylon | Ruby Red Editora | 2008 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Dälek | Gutter Tactics | Ipecac Recordings | 2009 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| Heavy Trash | Midnight Soul Serenade | Crunchy Frog | 2009 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Bikini Machine | Good Morning | Platinum Records | 2009 | 7" single | Engineer |
| Dälek | DJ Baku vs. Dälek | Daymare Recordings | 2009 | CD comp | Mixed by |
| SkeletonBreath | Eagle’s Nest, Devil’s Cave | Ernest Jenning Record Co. | 2009 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Starkweather | This Sheltering Night | Deathwish Inc. | 2010 | CD EP | Engineer and mixed by |
| Picore | Assyrian Vertigo | Jarring Effects | 2011 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Lucky Paul | The Slow Ground EP | Somethink Sounds | 2011 | 12" EP | Mixed by |
| The Naked Heroes | 99 Diamond | Drug Front Records | 2011 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| Orka | Oro | Ici D’Alleurs | 2011 | CD album | Recorded and co-produced by |
| Frostfelt | I Have A TV Set | Tutl | 2011 | EP | Mixed by |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Meat And Bone | Mom + Pop | 2012 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Ghostigital | Division Of Culture And Tourism | Smekkleysa | 2012 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Niveau Zero | Jasmine | Ad Noiseam | 2012 | CD album | Co-producer |
| Franz Nicolay | Do The Struggle | Xtra Mile Recordings | 2012 | CD album | Producer, recorded and mixed by |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Bag Of Bones | Mom + Pop | 2012 | 7" single | Mixed by |
| Numbers Not Names | What's the Price? | Ici d'ailleurs | 2012 | CD album | Composer, producer, recorded and mixed by |
| Antzkilla | Feel Me | Araca Records | 2013 | 7" single | Remixer |
| Cold Fur | Altamont Every Night | Self Release | 2013 | CD album | Recorded and mixed by |
| MRC Riddims | Internet & Weed/You Know How | Araca Records | 2013 | 7" | Composer, producer, recorded and mixed by |
| Franz Nicolay | The Hearts of Boston | Sabot Productions | 2013 | 7" | Produced, recorded and mixed by |
| Oddateee | 1973 | Jarring Effects | 2013 | CD album | Produced and mixed by |
| Orka | Leipzig | Tutl | 2014 | CD album | Arranger and samples |
| Emilyn Brodsky | Eats Her Feelings | Self Release | 2014 | Digital | Mixed by |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Freedom Tower No Wave Dance Party 2015 | Mom + Pop | 2015 | CD album | Mixed by |
| Mity Lion | Nite Flite | Don Giovanni Record | 2015 | CD album | Mixed by |
| The Klvn | In The Making EP | Self Release | 2015 | Digital | Recorded and mixed by |
| Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Live In Tokyo 2015 | Bronzerat Records | 2015 | LP album | Mixed by |
| Elucid | Blame The Devil | Backwoodz Studioz | 2016 | Digital | Produced and mixed by |
| Boss Hog | Psychopticotic Vol. One | Pop Catastrophe | 2016 | 10" | Mixed by |
| Orka | Vad | Kervio | 2016 | CD album | Produced and mixed by |