Ollie Olsen

Ollie Olsen
Olsen in c. 1980s
Background information
Birth name	Ian Christopher Olsen
Also known as	Ollie Olsen Ollie Jngbert Christian Olsen
Born	(1958-02-20)20 February 1958 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 October 2024(2024-10-16) (aged 66) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Post-punk electronica techno dance avant-garde
Occupations	Musician composer sound designer
Instruments	Synthesiser vocals guitar saxophone clarinet violin percussion
Years active	1977–2019, 2020–2024
Labels	Psy-Harmonics
Formerly of	Orchestra of Skin and Bone Whirlywirld No Max Q Taipan Tiger Girls
Spouse	Jayne Olsen (m. 2024)

Ollie Jngbert Christian Olsen (born Ian Christopher Olsen, 20 February 1958 – 16 October 2024) was an Australian multi-instrumentalist, composer and sound designer. From the mid-1970s until his later years, he performed, recorded and produced rock, electronic and experimental music. His post-punk groups included Whirlywirld (1978–80), Orchestra of Skin and Bone (1984–86) and No (1987–89). Olsen joined with Michael Hutchence (of INXS) to form a short-term band, Max Q, which issued an album in 1989. He co-founded the alternative electronic music record label Psy-Harmonics with Andrew Till in 1993. In 2014 he formed Taipan Tiger Girls.