Olli Wisdom
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Oliver John Wisdom[1] (8 March 1958 – 23 August 2021) was a British musician,[2] and clothing producer, who lived in London. From the 1990s he recorded under the name Space Tribe.[3]
Early life and education
Olli Wisdom was the eldest son of Anthony Wisdom and his wife Charlotte (née Hartstein) and grew up in London and in Monmouth, Wales. He went to school in London and at Hereford Cathedral School in Hereford.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career in music
In the early 1980s Wisdom was the singer in the theatrical glam and gothic rock group Specimen, and co-founded[4] and ran The Batcave, London's weekly goth club-night at the Gargoyle Club.[5] Before forming Specimen and opening the Batcave, Wisdom was the frontman for the punk band The Unwanted.[6] Their most popular song was a cover version of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". After the Unwanted, Wisdom joined Metroz for a few months.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Wisdom was a pioneer of psychedelic trance for many years. After Specimen split up, in 1986 he went travelling in Asia and in 1989 he came to Ko Pha-ngan in Thailand, where he first encountered the electro-driven wild psychedelic parties on the beach. He stayed there for two years DJing and set up a small studio to make tracks for the parties before moving to Goa, India.[7]
Over the next four years, Wisdom spent his time mostly in Goa, but started to travel elsewhere, DJing at parties in Japan, Switzerland, the UK and the United States. In 1993, with his brother Miki, and Richmond, he started Space Tribe clothing in Bali. In 1995, the first Space Tribe tracks were hatched in the studio with Simon Posford (Hallucinogen/Shpongle).[7]
Wisdom moved to the rainforest in Byron Bay in Australia and set up the Rainforest Space Base studio. Space Tribe released its first album, Sonic Mandala, on Spirit Zone in 1996. In 2004 Space Tribe Music was set up as a record label, providing an outlet for Space Tribe releases and compilation albums. Space Tribe also made many tracks in collaboration with other artists such as GMS, CPU and Electric Universe, working under the name ESP.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Personal life
Wisdom had one daughter, born in 1996.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He died on 23 August 2021, at the age of 63,[8][7][9] and was buried at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery on 13 September.[10]
Discography
Specimen
- Batastrophe (Sire Records, 1983)
- Azoic (Jungle Records, 1997)
- Electric Ballroom (Metropolis Records, 2007)
- Alive at the Batcave (Eyes Wide Shut Recordings, 2008)
- Wake the Dead (Batcave Music, 2013)
Space Tribe
- Sonic Mandala (Spirit Zone Records, 1996)
- The Ultraviolet Catastrophe (Spirit Zone Records, 1997)
- The Future's Right Now (Spirit Zone Records, 1998)
- 2000 O.D. (Spirit Zone Records, 1999)
- Religious Experience (Spirit Zone Records, 2000)
- Shapeshifter (Spirit Zone Records, 2001)
- Heart Beat (Spirit Zone Records, 2002)
- Time S-T-R-E-T-C-H (Spirit Zone Records, 2004)
- Collaborations (Space Tribe Music, 2004)
- Thru the Looking Glass (Space Tribe Music, 2005)
- Electro Convulsive Therapy (Space Tribe Music, 2008)
- Continuum Vol.1 (Space Tribe Music, 2011)
- Continuum Vol.2 (Space Tribe Music, 2011)
- Peak Experience (Space Tribe Music, 2011)
- Space between Atoms (Space Tribe Music, 2021)
ESP
- Electric Space Phenomenon (Space Tribe Music, 2006)
- Sensory Overload (Space Tribe Music, 2007)
Alien Jesus
- Open Your Eyes (Space Tribe Music, 2010)
- Time Machine (Space Tribe Music, 2012) (EP)
Mad Tribe
- Spaced Out (TIP Records, 2015)
- Amazing Tales from Outer Space (TIP Records, 2017)
References
External links
- Official Space Tribe website
- Space Tribe discography @ Discogs
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- AllMusic listing
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- 1958 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century English musicians
- 21st-century English musicians
- British psychedelic trance musicians
- Burials at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery
- DJs from London
- Electronic dance music musicians
- English electronic dance music DJs
- English male singers
- English people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- English punk rock singers
- English record producers
- English trance musicians
- Goa trance musicians
- British gothic rock musicians
- Metropolis Records artists
- Musicians from London
- People educated at Hereford Cathedral School
- Singers from London
- Sire Records artists