Ollie Bown
Ollie Bown is an electronic musician, programmer and researcher working in live electronic music performance. His musical output is best known through his work in the band Icarus (Leaf, Output UK) with his cousin Sam Britton, remixing the likes of Fourtet and Murcof, and he has previous and ongoing projects with Tom Arthurs and other members of the Not Applicable Artists. He has also collaborated extensively with multi-media artists Squidsoup. He recently completed a PhD at Goldsmiths College in London looking at theories of the evolution of cultural behaviour such as music, using simulation models. He has worked on systems for music information analysis and live software improvisation. He is currently at the Centre for Electronic Media Art, based at Monash University, working on the use of ecosystemic principles to develop generative artworks.
Albums on Not Applicable:
All Is For The Best In The Best Of All Possible Worlds – Icarus
Rubik / Compression / Vero – Tom Arthurs / Ollie Bown Electric Duo
Carnivalesque – Icarus
Misfits – Icarus
Soviet Igloo – Icarus
Tracks on Not Applicable:
Spin – Lothar Ohlmeier / Ollie Bown
Elliogy – Icarus
Duetto (part I) – Maurizio Ravalico / Ollie Bown
Slog – Adem Ilhan / Ollie Bown
Duetto (part II, III) – Maurizio Ravalico / Ollie Bown
Static – Tom Arthurs / Ollie Bown Electric Duo
Tubes – Lothar Ohlmeier / Maurizio Ravalico / Ollie Bown / Tom Arthurs
She Closes Her Windows at Night – Adem Ilhan / Lothar Ohlmeier / Maurizio Ravalico / Ollie Bown / Tom Arthurs
Films on Not Applicable:
Strecken – directed by Britt Hatzius, music by Lothar Ohlmeier / Ollie Bown
Schneefall – directed by Britt Hatzius, sound and music by Ollie Bown
Treatment – directed by Yannig Willmann, music by Icarus
Carnivalesque Part 2 – directed by Laurent Duriaud, music by Icarus
A Film – directed by Daniel Clift, music by Icarus
Distributed Recordings:
Sylt – Icarus
Sylt Remixes – Icarus
