Michael Peter Olsen Explained

Michael Peter Olsen (born June 28, 1974) is a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, composer and arranger currently based in Toronto, Ontario.

Olsen has collaborated live on tour and on records with bands and artists such as Arcade Fire, Drake, K-OS, Jim Guthrie,^[1] Kevin Hearn, The Constantines, Gentleman Reg, Great Lake Swimmers^[2] The Hidden Cameras.^{[3] [4]} and Zoon.

He is also well known as a producer and has worked with Ohbijou,^[5] and Spiral Beach.^{[6] [7]} Olsen was a founder and operator of the Toronto recording studio Uncomfortable Silence.

Olsen currently fronts the Toronto band Our Founders, whose members include Spencer Cole of Weaves.^[8] Their album The Nines was released in October 2013.^[9]

He was a Canadian Film Centre Slaight Music Lab Resident from 2014 to 2015 in Toronto.^[10]

As a solo artist, Olsen released a full-length record titled "Yearning Flow" in the spring of 2021 on the Canadian independent label Hand Drawn Dracula ^[11]

Selected performance discography

Drake

• Views (2016)

Our Founders

• The Nines (2013)

The Great Lake Swimmers

• Ongiara (2007)
• Lost Channels (2009)

Arcade Fire

• Funeral (2004)
• Cold Wind (2005)
• Dark Was the Night (2009)

Hidden Cameras

• The Hidden Cameras Play the CBC Sessions (2002)
• The Smell of Our Own (2003)
• A Miracle (2003)
• Mississauga Goddam (2004)
• Awoo (2006)
• (2009)

K-os

• Joyful Rebellion (2004)

Jim Guthrie

• Now, More Than Ever (2003)
• Morning Noon Night (2003)

Selected production discography

Ohbijou

• Swift Feet for Troubling Times (2006), Producer/Engineer

Spiral Beach

• Ball (Sparks/EMI, 2007), Co-Producer/Engineer
• The Bonus Disc (Sparks/EMI, 2008), Producer/Engineer
• The Only Really Thing (Sparks/EMI, 2009), Producer/Engineer

The Organ

• The Organ (Mint Records/604, 2008), Mix Engineer

External links

• Michael Peter Olsen
• Facebook
• Our Founders

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010-02-08. Jim Guthrie ++ Press. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100220124659/http://jimguthrie.org/press.php. February 20, 2010. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Great Lake Swimmers Discography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212005959/http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com/discography.html . February 12, 2010 .
3. Web site: 2010-02-08. Toronto band began as a "social experiment". UWO Gazette. dead. https://archive.today/20120914091337/http://www.uwogazette.ca/2009/10/20/toronto-band-began-as-a-%E2%80%9Csocial-experiment%E2%80%9D/. September 14, 2012. mdy-all.
4. Web site: 2010-02-08. Hidden Cameras: One Nation Under A Fag. Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority. https://web.archive.org/web/20090817131256/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=61&csid2=778&fid1=3174. August 17, 2009. dead.
5. Web site: 2010-02-08 . Ohbijou . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110301032334/http://radio3.cbc.ca/ . March 1, 2011 .
6. Web site: 2009-08-21. Spiral Beach Announce New Album and National Tour . Sparks Music – News .
7. Web site: 2010-02-08. Spiral Beach – The Only Really Thing. https://archive.today/20120708015649/http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=137&csid2=850&fid1=41274. dead. 2012-07-08. Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority.
8. Web site: May 1, 2015 . Bands To Watch: Weaves. .
9. Web site: Our Founders. Now . October 3, 2013 . May 1, 2015 .
10. Web site: Michael Olsen Bio . CFC . https://web.archive.org/web/20151228041203/http://cfccreates.com/residents/191 . December 28, 2015 . dead . May 1, 2015. mdy-all.
11. Web site: Hand Drawn Dracula home.