Ollie Olsen

Real Name:Ian Olsen
Profile:Ollie Olsen has been producing innovative music in Australia for the past twenty-five years. He began studying electronic music in the mid 70s under Felix Werder, a German composer living in Australia who had studied under Karlheinz Stockhausen. In the late 70's Ollie formed one of the first electronic bands, Whirlywirld, releasing a number of recordings on Missing Link Records. During the next ten years Ollie formed experimental outfits Hugo Klang and Orchestra of Skin and Bone, then the hard-core industrial techno band, NO.

In the 1980s Ollie was invited to be the music producer for the movie "Dogs In Space". He provided much of the soundtrack himself, including writing the hit song Rooms For The Memory for INXS front man, and the movie's star, Michael Hutchence. After a brief collaboration with U2 on the single New York, New York by Echo Homo, Ollie was approached by Michael Hutchence to produce an album with him. The result was the successful and critically acclaimed MAX Q which spawned the hits Way Of the World and Sometimes. Ollie also worked at this time with legendary American producer Todd Terry and UK producer/DJ Paul Oakenfold.

From the success of MAX Q came a major record company deal and Ollie formed the band Third Eye. The group made one critically acclaimed album of songs before Ollie decided to concentrate on instrumental electronic music. Thus Psy-Harmonics was born, with the Third Eye LP Ancient Future as the first release. Ollie's role as A&R for Psy-Harmonics has been instrumental in the unique vision and sound of the label.

Ollie also produces a great deal of work for Psy-Harmonics. He has collaborated with other musicians on such projects as The Visitors, Antediluvian Rocking-Horse, Psyko Disko, Fluro Conspiracy, Higher Spin States, Assasin Device, Shaolin Wooden Men and many others. His latest release is an LP under his own name. This album, Emptiness, explores Ollie's roots in avant-garde / experimental composition.

Besides work in his on-going commitment to Psy-Harmonics, Ollie also lectures on electronic music and continues to compose for film and television. Recent film and television credits include acclaimed feature film "Head On" from director Anna Kokkinos (which earned him an AFI nomination), "RAW FM" and "Eugenie Sandler" for ABC TV. He often collaborates on interactive projects with Troy Innocent and worked on the electronic component of Australian composer Richard Mills' new opera, "Batavia", which received high praise from critics and audiences alike.

Ollie can be seen in live experimental music performances and he performs occasionally with the Australian Art Orchestra...in 2002 he will be collaborating on a major orchestral project with AAO Director Paul Grabowsky.
URLs:http://www.myspace.com/iamtheserver
Aliases:Hugo Klang, Special Go-Man
In Groups:Antediluvian Rocking Horse, Dumb & The Ugly, Fluro Conspiracy, Higher Spin States, In Honour, Lion Feed, Max Q, Nemo (10), No (2), Orchestra Of Skin And Bone, Quark (3), Shaolin Wooden Men, Third Eye, Unthinkable, Visitors, The (2), Zyé yé yé
Name Variations: All | Ollie Olsen | O. Olsen | Olli | Ollie Olson | Olsen
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Releases:
Solo Recordings (Cass)   Extreme 1987
Emptiness (CD, Album)   Psy-Harmonics 1999
I Am The Server (CD)   Creative Space Records 2006
Simulated (CD, Album, Dig)   Creative Space Records 2007
Remixes:
Psy-Harmonics Volume One (CD, Comp) Mystic Force (Psychic ... Psy-Harmonics 1994
Psy-Harmonics Vol. 3 - Hacking The Reality Myth (CD, Comp) Speculator (Into The A... Psy-Harmonics 1996
Experience - Psy-Harmonics Volume 5 (2xCD) Like No Other (Psy Har... Psy-Harmonics 2001
Psy-Harmonics Sampler (CD) Time Travel For Beginn... Freeze (Magazine) 2001
Wetsound Orchestra (2xCD, Album, Dig) The Key (Ollie Olsen R... Poeta Negra 2006
Consume Psy-Harmonics Volume 6 (2xCD) Meat Blaster Psy-Harmonics 2008
Production:
Dogs In Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ◄ (6 versions)   Mercury ... 1986
Eve / Wheel Girl (7")   Rampant Releases 1986
Untitled (LP)   Major Records (3) 1986
Max Q ◄ (4 versions)   Mercury ... 1989
Sometimes ◄ (4 versions)   Mercury 1989
Way Of The World (Single) ◄ (7 versions)   CBS ... 1989
Dreaming (12")   Razor Records (3) 1990
Pray (12", EP)   Regular Records (2) 1991
Razor Cuts Vol. 1 (2xLP) Dreaming Razor Records (3) 1991
Heard It All Before (CD, EP, Dig)   Id 1992
Eternal Brainwave (CD, Album) Say Goodbye To The Dar... Nova Zembla 1993
New Life (CD, Maxi)   DanceNet 1997
Mix:
Isis Overload (12", W/Lbl, Ltd, Sta) Untitled Not On Label 1991
Appears On:
The Wheel Of Fat / Mouse Runner (7")   Au Go Go 1982
1984-1986 (Cass)   Extreme 1986
Dogs In Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ◄ (4 versions) Win / Lose, Diseases, ... Mercury ... 1986
Untitled (LP)   Major Records (3) 1986
Melbourne Stuff (LP, Comp) Done No Wrong, Done No... Chase Records (5) 1987
Rooms For The Memory ◄ (2 versions) Rooms For The Memory WEA Records Pty Ltd. 1987
Max Q (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Mercury 1989
Max Q (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Mercury ... 1989
Once We Were Scum Now We Are God (LP)   Au Go Go 1989
Way Of The World (12")   Atlantic 1989
Sometimes (7")   Mercury 1990
The Real Thing ◄ (2 versions) Behold The Angel Of Fr... Regular Records (2) ... 1990
1984-1986 (CD, Album)   Unclean Production 1991
Razor Cuts Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Dreaming Razor Records (3), Mushroom Records 1991
Third Eye (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Regular Records (2) ... 1991
Ancient Future (CD, Album)   Psy-Harmonics 1993
Eternal Brainwave (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Lysergide Induction, T... Nova Zembla ... 1993
Morphic Resonance (12")   Save The Vinyl 1993
Dance Of Creation (CD, Album)   Nova Zembla 1994
Psychic Harmony (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Mystic Force (Psychic ... Bull & Butcher Recordings ... 1994
Sound Trucks Massed At Dawn (CD, Album)   Psy-Harmonics 1995
Abstract Phaze (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Stylophone Matsuri Productions ... 1996
Overdose / Pho Rue Yang (12")   Nephilim Records 1996
Psy-Harmonics Vol. 3 - Hacking The Reality Myth (CD, Comp) Tiny Little Engines, A... Psy-Harmonics 1996
Psycho Disco (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Flying Rhino Records ... 1996
Psyko Disko E.P. (12", EP)   Flying Rhino Records 1996
Shamanic Trance - Dada Funk Mix By Tsuyoshi Suzuki (CD, Comp, Mixed) Reality Check Return To The Source, Volume 1996
Tantrance 3 - A Trip To Psychedelic Trance (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Nobody Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean 1996
Aurora Psychedelika (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Nobody EastWest Japan 1997
Destination Goa - The Fourth Chapter - DG4 (2xCD, Comp) Tiny Little Engines Why Not Records 1997
Feel The Noyze (CD, Mixed, Comp) Ancient Suns Matsuri Productions 1997
Funk (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Rigorous Doughnut Symbiosis Records 1997
Goa Inside 3 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Reality Check Connection (4) 1997
Goa-Head Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Ancient Suns Leguan 1997
Greetings From Goa (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Get Away Legoan 1997
Infinity Hz 2 (CD, Comp) Capt'n Good Vibes EastWest Japan, Matsuri Productions Tokyo 1997
Let It Rip (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Reality Check Matsuri Productions 1997
New Life (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   DanceNet 1997
Technobotanic Tryptamines (CD, Comp) Overdose Nephilim Records 1997
The Wizardry Of Oz (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) The Rhythm Sticks, Cha... Transient Records 1997
The Wizardry Of Oz - Taster EP (12", EP, Smplr)   Transient Records 1997
10 Kilors (CD, Comp) Heinous Groove Gland 10 Kilo 1998
Another Taste Of Transient (2xCD, Comp) Tiny Little Engines Transient Records 1998
Progressive Trance (2xCD, Dig) Mon Ami Millennium Records 1998
Psychic Harmony (2xCD) Morphic Resonance, Get... Psy-Harmonics 1998
Reality Check & Good Vibes EP (12", EP)   Matsuri Productions 1998
Miditation: Digital And Peaceful (CD, Comp) It's Ok, Mosquito Ceiba Records 1999
Ambi-Ant Beatz: A Chill-Out Journey (2xCD) Atmosphere 145 Green Ant 2000
Experience - Psy-Harmonics Volume 5 (2xCD)   Psy-Harmonics 2001
Psy-Harmonics Sampler (CD) Phaze (Remix), Never K... Freeze (Magazine) 2001
The Weirder Module (CD, Album) An-too, Plugger, Antafro Lunar Debris 2001
The Age Of Steam (2xCD, Mixed) Traffic Psy-Harmonics 2002
The Complete Studio Works (CD)   Missing Link 2002
I Won't Dance (CD, Comp) Quickening Eros Music 2003
Deep Down Under (CD) Heaven Transmission Freeze (Magazine) 2006
Art Imitating Life (CD, Album) Kuala Lumpur 1983 Psy-Harmonics 2007
The Final Akt (Cass)   Not On Label  
Tracks Appear On:
Dogs In Space (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ◄ (6 versions) Win / Lose Mercury ... 1986
Ophicleide Stopover (Cass) Untitled Extreme 1987
Children Of Low Resolution (CD) Ono Zettai ! Dinoplasm 2003
Forward Into The Furniture (CD) Forward Into The Furni... Start Transmission Special Projects 2003
Tales From The Australian Underground - Vol. 2: 1977-1990 (2xCD) Win/Lose Feel Presents 2006
Unofficial Releases:
Greetings From Goa (2xCD) Get Away CD Media Records 1997
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