DJ Olive is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 and turntablist active in free improvisation

Free improvisation

Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician involved. The term can refer to both a technique and as a recognizable genre in its own right....

, jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and illbient

Illbient

Illbient is a term allegedly coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in 1994...

 music. He is often credited with coining the latter term.

DJ Olive is a member of We

We (group)

We™ was an illbient production and DJ collective that was formed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the early 90's by DJ Olive aka Gregor Asch, Lloop aka Rich Panciera and Once 11 aka Nacho aka Ignacio Platas. They have released music on Asphodel Records alongside DJ Spooky, Byzar and Sub Dub. They are...

, Lunchbox and Liminal. He has collaborated with William Hooker, Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon

Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz...

, Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom-made one-of-a kind electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion...

, Uri Caine

Uri Caine

Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.-Early years:The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he came...

, Medeski Martin and Wood, Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas (trumpeter)

Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...

, and others.

Discography

Studio Albums

• Bodega (The Agriculture, 2004)http://www.theagriculture.com/djolive.html
• Buoy (Room40, 2004)http://www.room40.org/releases-buoy.shtml
• Sleep (Room40, 2007)http://www.room40.org/releases-sleep.shtml

Collaborations

with jp DESSY

• Scories (Sub Rosa
  Sub Rosa
  The Latin phrase sub rosa means "under the rose" and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality, similar to the Chatham House Rule....
  
  , 2005) http://www.subrosa.net/index_fr.htm

with Ikue Mori and Kim Gordon

• SYR 5 (SYR Records, 2000)http://www.smellslikerecords.com/sonicyouth/7.php?cat_no=syr005

Live

• Heaps As, Live in Tasmania (The Agriculture, 2006)http://www.theagriculture.com/djolive.html
• DJ Olive meets I/O3: Powerhouse Sessions (Room40)http://www.room40.org/releases-djolive.shtml

External links

• Official Site