10 Facts About Dave Odlum

David Odlum is an Irish music producer, engineer, guitarist, and drummer who has worked and played with Academy Award winners and Mercury Prize nominees.

Dave Odlum has established a long running association with singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, producing her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Night on My Side, as well as later albums The Hollow of Morning, Let It Break and an as-yet untitled fifth album due in 2014.

In late January 2012 Dave Odlum travelled to Australia to record Australian indie band Blackchords.

Dave Odlum began his musical career as one of a series of about twenty buskers on the streets of Dublin.

Dave Odlum joined Kila, a band made up of a group of these buskers, where he played in the city's live venues.

Dave Odlum co-produced the band's album Dance the Devil and For the Birds with Steve Albini and Craig Ward which led to the band achieving acclaim at home and internationally.

Dave Odlum played drums and electric guitar on Mark Geary's 2004 album Ghosts.

Dave Odlum gave a talk at The Music Show on 5 October 2008.

Dave Odlum previously dated Gemma Hayes, having first met the singer in the Irish Film Centre's coffee shop.

Hayes had called Dave Odlum to ask him about making a demo and then invited him to one of her shows to hear her songs.