Michael Peter Olsen (born June 28, 1974) is a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, composer and arranger currently based in Toronto, Ontario.
Olsen has collaborated live on tour and on records with bands and artists such as Arcade Fire, Drake, K-OS, Jim Guthrie,[1] Kevin Hearn, The Constantines, Gentleman Reg, Great Lake Swimmers[2] The Hidden Cameras.[3][4] and Zoon.
He is also well known as a producer and has worked with Ohbijou,[5] and Spiral Beach.[6][7] Olsen was a founder and operator of the Toronto recording studio Uncomfortable Silence.[4]
Olsen currently fronts the Toronto band Our Founders, whose members include Spencer Cole of Weaves.[8] Their album The Nines was released in October 2013.[9]
He was a Canadian Film Centre Slaight Music Lab Resident from 2014 to 2015 in Toronto.[10]
As a solo artist, Olsen released a full-length record titled "Yearning Flow" in the spring of 2021 on the Canadian independent label Hand Drawn Dracula [11]
Selected performance discography
editDrake
edit- Views (2016)
Our Founders
edit- The Nines (2013)
The Great Lake Swimmers
edit- Ongiara (2007)
- Lost Channels (2009)
Arcade Fire
edit- Funeral (2004)
- Cold Wind (2005)
- Dark Was the Night (2009)
Hidden Cameras
edit- The Hidden Cameras Play the CBC Sessions (2002)
- The Smell of Our Own (2003)
- A Miracle (2003)
- Mississauga Goddam (2004)
- Awoo (2006)
- Origin:Orphan (2009)
K-os
edit- Joyful Rebellion (2004)
Jim Guthrie
edit- Now, More Than Ever (2003)
- Morning Noon Night (2003)
Selected production discography
editOhbijou
edit- Swift Feet for Troubling Times (2006), Producer/Engineer
Spiral Beach
edit- Ball (Sparks/EMI, 2007), Co-Producer/Engineer
- The Bonus Disc (Sparks/EMI, 2008), Producer/Engineer
- The Only Really Thing (Sparks/EMI, 2009), Producer/Engineer
The Organ
edit- The Organ (Mint Records/604, 2008), Mix Engineer
References
edit- ^ "Jim Guthrie ++ Press". Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Great Lake Swimmers Discography". Archived from the original on February 12, 2010.
- ^ "Toronto band began as a "social experiment"". UWO Gazette. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "Hidden Cameras: One Nation Under A Fag". Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Ohbijou". CBC Radio 3. Archived from the original on March 1, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Spiral Beach Announce New Album and National Tour". Sparks Music – News. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
- ^ "Spiral Beach – The Only Really Thing". Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Bands To Watch: Weaves". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "Our Founders". Now. October 3, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "Michael Olsen Bio". CFC. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "Hand Drawn Dracula home".
External links
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