Times Artists Podcast 17 - Oliver Dollar

Booking: http://www.timesartists.com/oliverdollar The past few
years have seen Oliver Dollar’s star rise to be a recognisable
staple within house music. But it was 2011 when this Berlin-based
producer gained the attention he deserved in the form of his first
Beatport #1 “Doin’ Ya Thang” – released on Play It Down; Made To
Play’s sister label. “Doin’ Ya Thang” remained at the #1 spot for
an astounding 5 weeks and continued to sit in the top ten selling
over 40k downloads to date, also topping the Resident Advisor
chart. This success was quickly followed up with monster-cuts
‘Granulated Soul’ and ‘Hoes’, both again on Play It Down. 2014 was
another huge year for Oliver, dropping the ‘$’ sign to become
simply Oliver Dollar. He released his biggest smash yet as he
reunited with Swiss Jazz House aficionado Jimi Jules for their
much- hyped ‘Pushin’ on’ released on the mighty Defected. Not only
did it give Dollar #1 status on Beatport again, it was also a huge
cross-over hit featuring in the UK charts (peaking at #15). After
the tracks’ on-going success Oliver Dollar and Jimi Jules continue
to work together on various projects including a remix of Freaks’
Wake Up on Rebirth Records. Other notable Collaborations in 2014
included releasing with Cajmere on his label Cajual and also being
part of his Green Velvet album on Relief Records ‘Dance To My Beat’
which was a huge success. He also remixed Romathony’s ‘Let Me Show
You Love’ for Glasgow Underground which turned heads, and the ‘Made
For The Night Compilation’ with Jesse Rose soon followed, which was
accompanied by a world tour and global shows with Defected. 2015
saw Oliver continue to fly as he launched his own label ‘Industry
Standard’. The first release ‘Shout Away’ was a collaboration with
Chuck Daniels, a dark-disco club-ready track that was made in
Detroit. Of the label Oliver comments ‘I always wanted to do a
label…The vision is to have crazy quality control, I don’t want to
put out a release every month.” Other highlights in 2015 included
his debut at the much-respected Movement festival in Detroit, a
remix for the mighty Matthias Tanzmann on Moon Harbour records and
a fresh collaboration with legendary Robert Owens and fellow German
Tensnake. The Dollar wasn’t any slouch in 2016, with a heavy
international touring schedule he has still put releases in the
right places remixing Green Velvet’s legendary cut ‘Flash’ for
Relief Records, an original releases titled ‘Go Down’ on his home
label base Play It Down, and a collaboration with Kenny Dope titled
‘Muggin’ on Kenny’s legendary Dopewax imprint. Then 2017 saw a
selection of releases & remixes on Play It Down, Yoruba, Arms
& Legs, Kling Klong. Finally, his much-anticipated debut album
is due to drop in 2018 which will deliver a selection of killer
cuts that he’s been crafting for well over a year, featuring some
formidable collaborating artists. With an album world tour being
scheduled from the release you know Oliver will continue to keep
pushin’ on another day for another dollar!