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Ollo
12+ albums
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OLLO SO FAR... Since their debut album, ‘Sleeper’ appeared in late 2002 to rave reviews ollo have been on quite a ride. They have played live in Australasia, the USA and Europe, supported both Ninja Tune's Neotropic on tour in the USA, and Matthew Herbert at Sydney Festival. Live performances have been broadcast on Radio National and SBS Radio. They've presented Extended Play, a weekly radio show on Sydney's 2SER for the last 18 months, and have created celebrated audio collage soundscapes for FBI 94.5's experimental show 'Sunday Night at the Movies'. Lars recently performed one of these at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. They also write for Australia's Cyclic Defrost magazine and act as informal A&R scouts for UK/US label 12 Apostles, so far resulting in signings WA's Streaky Jake and Thailand's A Beautiful Taley. Ollo's remix of 1978 punk track by John Peel favourites The Dodgems reached number 8 in BBC Radio 1's Festive 50 chart in the UK in 2005, and was playlisted on FBI. They've also remixed Dsico, UK band R.O.C, and Stewart & Melville. Local DJ gigs include a residency at Sunday night institution Frigid, The Gypsy Tea Room, Überlingua, Club Kooky, Popfrenzy, Zero Kelvin, Sydney Esquisse, Speakeasy, The Museum of Contemporary Art and the Sydney Opera House. Internationally they've DJ'd in Europe, the UK, the US (including the Sundance Film Festival), and NZ. In May this year they played 2 live showcases in London, one at renowned label Rough Trade's club R
