Ollie Olsen co-founded the alternative electronic music record label Psy-Harmonics with Andrew Till in 1993.
16 Facts About Ollie Olsen
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Ollie Olsen grew up with a sibling in suburban Blackburn and when he was 11 years-old the family spent four months in Norway in mid-1969.
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Ollie Olsen developed an interest in electronic music as a teenager in the mid-1970s, studying with Felix Werder.
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Ollie Olsen issued a range of work from experimental to film and television soundtracks, pop and dance music, installation projects and established record labels.
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Ollie Olsen was the driving force behind the Psy-Harmonics label.
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Ollie Olsen wrote two tracks and co-wrote the third with Murphy.
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Ollie Olsen returned to Australia in the following year and continued Hugo Klang with Alan Bamford, Tom Hoy and Laughton Ellery, before this group split up in 1983.
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Ollie Olsen supervised the reforming of acts from the late 1970s little band scene and produced music recordings for the soundtrack.
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Ollie Olsen returned to Australia and turned his attentions to trance music, co-founding Australian electronic music label, Psy-Harmonics, with Gus Till's brother, Andrew Till, and recording under the name Third Eye.
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Ollie Olsen lectured on and taught electronic music at various universities and symposia, and performed with a wide variety of international artists.
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In January 2019, Ollie Olsen announced his retirement from music via Facebook.
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In 2020 Ollie Olsen was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy.
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Ollie Olsen's MSA was announced in June 2023 and the new rendition featuring Mick Harvey, Andrew Duffield and Mat Watson was due for release in July with proceeds in support of his ongoing medical expenses.
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In early October 2024 it was announced that Ollie Olsen would be inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame on 24 October 2024.
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Ollie Olsen married his long-term partner and carer, Jayne Ollie Olsen on 9 October 2024.
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In 1993 Ollie Olsen formed Psy-Harmonics, an independent record label, with Andrew Till, which specialised in electronic music.