Damien Olsen (born May 20. 1961) Is an Experimental Musician, Improvisor, Sound Designer, Performer, Photographer, Digital Artist, Sculptor. Lived in Brazil during the 80s and 90s. Trained in Zen, Capueira and Graham technique of contemporary dance.
Damien Olsen produced wood and cardboard sculptures between 1987 and 2005.
He was disciple of the Finnish/American Composer and guitar player Raoul Bjorkenheim.
Since moved to NYC in 1999 Damien Olsen self produced more than 13 albums of Hybrid Ambient Music.
Some of this albums are still in process of editing and mastering while others were already commercially released.
Some of his compositions are merely sound explorations, collages made out from field recordings,
software processed acoustic piano, deconstructions of other pieces and remixes; while other pieces are more musically accomplished.
In his own words:
"Ambient is a sonic substance that contains many other genres and non genres of music,
after all music is sound which is sufficient in itself"
The crafting of his music is strongly influenced by the legendary British Label em:t.
Four of his albums were released between 2004 and 2008:
Ambient Standards, Elektronische, Radio Valhalla and Ghosts, they are all four available via
iTunes, Napster, Amazon and many other stores for mp3 consumers.
Although they were published in limited editions to increase the collectability of the cd albums. Format that still remains as his main vehicle but there's a future project of publishing some of this and upcoming albums in vinyl.
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