articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2010 someoddpilot type agency industry web design graphic design record label founded chicago illinois 1999 headquarters chicago illinois usa subsidiaries someoddpilot records website www.someoddpilot.com someoddpilot is primarily a visual communication agency and someoddpilot records is an independent record label that exists within the larger visual communication agency . they are located in the wicker park neighborhood of chicago and owned by chris eichenseer . 1 as an agency they work with web design web development branding art direction photography print design packaging design animation information architecture and video . 1 many of their clients are involved in the independent music scene including the chicago based online music criticism publication pitchfork media and music labels drag city records jagjaguwar and secretly canadian though they have also worked with clients such as coca cola sony and caterpillar . 1 as a record label they have signed artists such as the timeout drawer and la makia soma . 2 contents 1 history 2 clients and work 3 shows 4 someoddpilot records 5 bands and artists who have released material on someoddpilot records 6 references 7 other sources history edit chris eichenseer founded someoddpilot in 1999 three years after graduating from the university of illinois urbana champaign with a bfa in photography . 3 it was during his time at the university of illinois that he met fellow artist andy mueller who graduated in 1993 with a degree in media studies . upon graduation mueller formed ohiogirl his freelance design company . 4 in 1994 they both moved to chicago where they met justin fines the owner of demo design . mueller moved to los angeles california in 1999 and eichenseer formed someoddpilot in chicago and formed a working partnership with justin fines and his company demo design . 5 clients and work edit someoddpilot has produced work for a wide range of clients . they designed the identity branding and website for pitchfork media one of the more important indie music tastemakers in any medium . 6 in august 2009 someoddpilot redesigned the website for drag city records an independent rock label who has signed such bands as loose fur stereolab joanna newsome and bonnie prince billy . 7 they have designed album artwork for a variety of artists and musicians including blondfire caural the timeout drawer consumers and optimus . shows edit in july 2009 someoddpilot sponsored this public works a gallery show by artists chris eichenseer justin fines andy mueller and cody hudson at the andrew rafacz gallery in chicago . 1 the show focused on the influence of the independent music and art communities on their work . the pieces in the show were wholly representative of the dual influences of fine and commercial art in the artists lives the gallery covered in an egalitarian display of screenprints a digital pastiche of color blocks greco roman statues sardonic portrait photography and dungeons and dragons references . 5 the show included a series of lectures by artists including jay ryan the famous poster artist from the bird machine chris kaskie the publisher of pitchfork media and dawn hancock the owner of firebelly design in chicago . speakers shared experiences in making low profit public work . 4 someoddpilot records edit chris eichenseer began someoddpilot records with jason goldberg in 1999 when he established someoddpilot as a visual communication agency . 8 they focus on providing electronic ambient experimental post rock and obscure music forms . as of 2002 they have 15 releases . 9 bands and artists who have released material on someoddpilot records edit the timeout drawer salvo beta la makia soma molar mill k rad defender dj dumb american beak references edit a b c d someoddpilot 28 october 2009 someoddpilot records 30 october 2009 linkedin 25 october 2009 . a b the 217 25 october 2009 . a b this public works 25 october 2009 . garage rock meets garage critics new york times 29 august 2005 accessed on 31 october 2009 drag city records 31 october 2009 bands someodpilot 30 october 2008 . distribution pravada records 27 october 2009 . other sources edit http chicago.timeout.com articles art design 77523 public works at andrew rafacz gallery http www.thequietlife.com http www.ohiogirl.com http www.chriseichenseer.com about.html http www.aigachicago.org node 13961 http the217.com articles view uiuc alums a part of chicago art show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title someoddpilot & oldid 743337173 categories american independent record labelscompanies based in chicagorecord labels established in 1999hidden categories orphaned articles from june 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view