Michael Olsen
Illustration — Michael Peter Olsen performing with Zoon in Toronto August 2021 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, Kevin Hearn, The Constantines, Gentleman Reg, Great Lake Swimmers, The Hidden Cameras, and Zoon. He is also well known as a producer and has worked with Ohbijou, and Spiral Beach.
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Michael Olsen
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- 1974 · Vancouver.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- record producer · composer
- Fields
- alternative rock
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Illustration — Michael Peter Olsen performing with Zoon in Toronto August 2021 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, Kevin Hearn, The Constantines, Gentleman Reg, Great Lake Swimmers, The Hidden Cameras, and Zoon. He is also well known as a producer and has worked with Ohbijou, and Spiral Beach.
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Michael Olsen (born 1974) is a composer and record producer, of Canadian nationality. The composer was born in Vancouver. The work spans alternative rock.
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Drake
Drake
Olsen was a founder and operator of the Toronto recording studio Uncomfortable Silence. Olsen currently fronts the Toronto band Our Founders, whose members include Spencer Cole of Weaves. Their album The Nines was released in October 2013. He was a Canadian Film Centre Slaight Music Lab Resident from 2014 to 2015 in Toronto.
• Views (2016)
Our Founders
Our Founders
• The Nines (2013)
The Great Lake Swimmers
The Great Lake Swimmers
• Ongiara (2007) • Lost Channels (2009)
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire
• Funeral (2004) • Cold Wind (2005) • Dark Was the Night (2009)
Hidden Cameras
K-os
K-os
• Joyful Rebellion (2004)
Jim Guthrie
Jim Guthrie
• Now, More Than Ever (2003) • Morning Noon Night (2003)
Ohbijou
Ohbijou
• Swift Feet for Troubling Times (2006), Producer/Engineer
Spiral Beach
Spiral Beach
• 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
The Organ
• The Organ (Mint Records/604, 2008), Mix Engineer
2017 Slaight Music Residency performers Michael Peter Olsen, Laura Barrett, Aimee Bessada, Chris Reineck and Rebecca Everett.
Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada · The 2017 CFC Annual Gala Auction
Larissa Girioux, Executive in Charge of Music Acting Programs, CFC; with Slaight Music Residency alumni Michael Peter Olsen and Joseph Murray.
Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada · The 2017 CFC Annual Gala Auction
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- 1.Jim Guthrie ++ Press.
- 2.Great Lake Swimmers Discography.
- 3.UWO Gazette. Toronto band began as a "social experiment".
- 4.Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority. Hidden Cameras: One Nation Under A Fag.
- 5.CBC Radio 3. Ohbijou.
- 6.Sparks Music – News. Spiral Beach Announce New Album and National Tour.
- 7.Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority. Spiral Beach – The Only Really Thing.
- 8.Rolling Stone. Bands To Watch: Weaves.
- 9.Now. Our Founders. October 3, 2013.
- 10.CFC. Michael Olsen Bio.
- 11.Hand Drawn Dracula home.
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