Artist description Dale Olivier is a London based artist. Melodic, dreamy, classic Indie guitar pop with a meloncholy twist.

Music Style Classic song based melodic guitar pop

Musical Influences The Beatles, Radiohead, Nick Drake , Neil Young

Similar Artists Lennon

Artist History Dale Olivier was born in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. From a very early age he was obsessed with music and by the time he had moved up to Johannesburg it was all that mattered to him. Dale soon became very disillusioned with life in SA and the lack of a music scene. He ran from the SA army in a protest against apartheid and headed for London where all of his musical heroes came from. Olivier soon joined London band FUR-LINED . The band signed to Complete Music and recorded 2 singles. The first single " Love is Dead" was a 7 minute long Indie classic. The song received a lot of play on Radio One, G.L.R and 5 F.M back in South Africa where it ended up at no 4 on the alternative music charts. Second single " Kitchen Party" also received a lot of radio play and numerous reviews in the N.M.E and MELODY MAKER. The band split due to tension and musical differences after their 2nd single. Growing more and more frustrated with bands Dale decided to go for it on his own and started work on his current new solo material. His debut album" Winter Colours in Summer" was released in 2000 and generated a lot of rave reviews including NME - Brilliant and Superb and TNT - Destined for big things . It helped establish Dale Olivier as one of the best new artists around at the moment and one of the tracks " Jackripper" went to number 1 in Italy and Spain on the Peoplesound charts and stayed in that position for a month. The album was a lovely acoustic based drawing board for Dale's very personal lyrics and features classic songs like "In the Country", "Jackripper" and "Tonight( Can't get used to losing you) ". Dale then went into the studio with producer Pat Collier to record his second album. "Fountainhead" was born and is classic in all the sense of the word. The album features some of the most outstanding songs ever written and is a much bigger and epic sounding record than his previously acoustic debut. From Indie Folk singer to Epic tunesmith Dale seems to reinvent himself with every release. The mood swings from mellow piano ballads to up-tempo pop hits with huge anthemic choruses but keeps a melancholy and almost sombre mood causing chills to run down your spine. The first single was called "Mary" a very brave single about Dale's aunty who suffers from Down Syndrome and is in a mental institution in Natal, South Africa. Even though the song was not an obvious choice as a single Dale released it with a video featuring him in an authentic 1960s straight Jacket. The song was put on numerous Radio playlists from Scotland to Leicester to London but the video was shunned by MTV and ignored by mainstream stations like Radio 1. The song has been described as an anthem for the forgotten and misplaced by the Indiespinzone in the U.S.A. The second single from the "Fountainhead" album called "Cry" was released in late 2002 and generated Radioplay in Scotland ( Lochbroom FM) , Leicester ( LCR Radio) , London ( Matchbox Radio 24) and the B-side " Your Everything " was aired in New York on Underground Radio." Cry" shows more of Dale's Indie rock side but remains melancholy and melodic as usual. Another song " What a Feeling" off the album is currently being broadcast on many Radio stations in the USA at present. Dale will return to the studio soon to record his third album provisionally titled " I won't go away".

Group Members Solo

Albums Winter Colours in Summer and Fountaihead

Press Reviews NME - Briliant and Superb TNT - Destined for Big Things POWERZONE - A classic albvum

Location London, North London - United Kingdom

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