The Okapi is a mammal which was only discovered in 1901 by an acousmatic engineer. It lives wild in the forest of the Itur Region in Upper Zaire. It was named the Okapia Johnstoni and it also commonly known as the "Daft Giraffe of the Forest".
One of its strangest characteristics is that it is the only known mammal to wash out its own ears with its tongue: just to catch the weird melodies of nature! He adores those ferocious and vindictive chants that make him sway like ... and he fights relentlessly for the domination and hegemony of incorrect and unlistenable music. He hates talking about music and certain music purists of the Forest are definitely not his friends! In recent years he has played for Dogon tribal rituals (Massimo_Zu e Martux_m) and for those more intimate Metaxu deliriums, but he is considered a solitary mammal and consequently has only published one anthem to protophony (Where's the beef?) for Inlfatabl.rec (small label of the American prairies).

Økapi Dj set (orig. 140min.) extract (30min.) Download !!!

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LOVE HIM vol.1 & Vol.2
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OKAPI & ALDO KAPI ORCHESTRA - Vol.1 (Sonic Invaders/-Belligeranza)



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OKAPI & ALDO KAPI ORCHESTRA - Vol.2 (Sonic Invaders/-Belligeranza)

Økapi
2008 - CD - Love Him VOL.1 - Okapi plays the music of Aldo Kapi - KML rec (FR)
2008 - CD - Love Him VOL.2 - Okapi plays the music of Aldo Kapi - KML rec (FR)
2005 - CD "Where's the beef?" - Inflatabl - (USA)
2004 - CD "Bah!" - ComfortStand - www.comfortstand.com

Aa/vv
2008 - CD - Party Ruiners vol. 2 - Egotwister (FR)
2006 - CD "La mia parte intollerante" Okapi (rivoltante) remix - EMI (I)
2006 - CD "Altri Massaggi" - Zarbing - CNI (I)
2006 - web "Massaggi" - Tribute to John Peel
2005 - 10" "Pignottimi d'aprosi" - Superselecta: Abbuffet! - RadioDD (I)
2005 - CD "Zu vs Okapi" - Beta - SillyBoy rec. (I)
2002 - CD "Ru-dicolus" - Dada Swing remix - Cochonrec. (USA)
2001 - CD "Intro/outro" - Hup rec. sampler (I)
2000 - CD "My secret love" - Sotto il sole di Roma- Sonagli (I)
2000 - CD "Ring ring 99 Around the world" - Meta-Zu - ReR (UK)

With Zu
2008 - CD - Zu-Okapi-Reeks - Intermediate Spirit Receiver - KML rec (FR)
2007 - 7" picture - Zu-Okapi-Reeks - Observing... - Public guilt (USA)
2005 - 7" "V/A - Zu/Dlek/Okapi" - Wallace Rec (I)

Metaxu
2004 - CD "Rumors of...WAR" - metaxu - no type (Canada)
2001 - CD "4 Dramas For The Radio" - Cane CapoVolto/Metaxu (I)
2000 - CD "MetaXu" - MetaXu - Plate Lunch (D)

Dogon
2003 - CD "Who is playing in the shadow of whom?" - Wallace rec. (I)
2002 - CD "Before and after Dogon" - Dogon - Stereosupremo (I)

Cinema - video:

2008 - Cover-Boy (Carmine Amoroso)
2008 - Fratelli di TAV (Manolo Luppichini)
2006 - Tre donne morali (Marcello Garofalo)
2006 - Entropic party (Festival Cinema di Torino)

A CD compilation featuring Fadt Fanfare, Retrigger, Allemand Berger Allemand, Bacalao, [guÿôm], Okapi, Oligarch, Niwouinwouin, Silencide, Nouveau Pratique Gratuit, Debmaster feat. Kaigen, amnésie, Vladimir Vlechnivsky’s Team, Flexion Flûte, The Discoghost, Vernon Lenoir, Edmond Leprince, Yvan&Lendl, Ben et béné, Taxi Nouveau, Ipaghost and Qebrus, with an artwork by Sammy Stein.

After 2 years of silence, Vernon LeNoir returns with a new album. Inspired by intense meditation in the Prometheus monastery in the caucasian mountains, a pilgrimage along the paths of St. George and a shaman ritual in Siberia he returns with the concept of faith : defined in syncopatic chants, transcribed to western notation and substituted by fragments of popular music. Because in early Coptic churches each breath represents an adventure of the soul - here come the "New Adventures Of Vernon LeNoir".

But there is more : alongside LeNoir's new album, there is an extra EP with remixes by artists he adores and worships every second and who, with their music, bring joy into our lives just like Prometheus brought fire to man. These Artists are : Ergo Phizmiz - Okapi - Tep - End. - Satanicpornocultshop - Thiaz Itch