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Gregor Asch -the Audio Janitor- is the son of two ethnographic filmmakers. Raised in Rhode Island, Nova Scotia, Trinidad, and Australia. received a BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1987. In 1990, after living in Greece, he moved to Greenpoint Brooklyn becoming an active member of the infamous Williamsburg art scene co-founding Lalalandia Entertainment Research Corporation. In 1994 he started up Multipolyomni.com and We™ while producing ambient events throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. During a joke he gave birth to the term illbient the same year. He has started two recording labels in 2000, Phonomena and theAgriculture and continues to design and produce segments from multipolyomni's opera Quark Soup. DJ Olive remains a member of Christian Marclay's turntable trio which has performed at the Whitney Museum in New York, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Philharmonia in Köln. He's recently recorded a project with Ikue Mori, Kim Gordon and Yuka Honda -- mixed by Jim O'Rourke for SYR. He's been touring and recording with Uri Caine, working on Caine's Mahler record in 1997 and more recently Caine's interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. He continues to play at dance clubs, raves and chillout rooms throughout the world while still programming in his Brooklyn studio Skin Tone Riddles.

ALBUMS


DJ Olive
Listening to Fir
2018, Cass, Ltd, Reserve Matinee, ,
Illbient/Ambient
DJ Olive, Jean-Paul Dessy, David Nunez (2), Musiques Nouvelles
Scories (2005) / Live at Les Transnumériques (2006)
2017, CD, Album + CD, Album, Sub Rosa
Francisco López / DJ Olive The Audio Janitor* / Lawrence English / Nayantora* + Duenn
V.A.Time EP
2016, Cass, Comp, Duenn
Janek Schaefer + DJ Olive + Lawrence English
Three By Three By Three
2015, 3xFile, FLAC, Room40
DJ Olive
Coco
2015, 2xLP, Album, Powershovel Audio
DJ Olive Featuring Honeychild Coleman*
Thwis
2013, CD, Album, theAgriculture, ,
Dub/Experimental
Deadbeat + DJ Olive
Air Texture Volume III
2013
Christian Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, DJ Olive : djTRIO
21 September 2002 Hirshhorn Museum Washington DC
2012, LP, Album, Cuneiform Records
DJ Olive, eRikm
10 Years Of Room40, Volume Three
2010, Cass, Ltd, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental
DJ Olive
Triage
2008, CD, Album, Room40
Tod Machover - Matt Haimovitz / DJ Olive
Tod Machover's Vinylcello
2007, LP, Album, Ltd, Oxingale Records, ,
Experimental/Contemporary/Avantgarde
DJ Olive
Heaps As, Live In Tasmania
2006, CD, Mixed, theAgriculture
Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Tim Barnes, DJ Olive, Jim O'Rourke
Perfect Partner
2005, 12", S/Sided + Box, Ltd, Num, Electra Editions, ,
Abstract/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental/Ambient
DJ Olive vs. JP Dessy* & Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles*
Scories
2005, CD, Album, Sub Rosa, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient/Abstract/Minimal
Matt Haimovitz, John McLaughlin (17), DJ Olive, Constantinople, Uccello
Goulash!
2005, HDCD, Album, Oxingale Records,
DJ Olive
Buoy
2004, CD, Album, Room40, ,
Minimal/Ambient
DJ Olive
Bodega
2003, CD, Album, theAgriculture, ,
Downtempo/Broken Beat/Dub/Illbient/Leftfield/Latin/Afro-Cuban/Hindustani/Reggae
Luc Ferrari / Olive*
Les Exploitation Des Archives Vol.1
2003, LP, TP, Phonomena Audio Arts & Multiples, Phonomena Audio Arts & Multiples
Luc Ferrari / Olive*
Les Exploitation Des Archives Vol.2
2003, LP, TP, Phonomena Audio Arts & Multiples
DJ Olive
Coonymus EP
2003, ,
Trip Hop/Experimental
DJ Olive Meets I/O3
Powerhouse Sessions
2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Room40
DJ Olive
Sleep
2001
キム ゴードン* = Kim Gordon / DJ オリーブ* = DJ Olive / イクエ モリ* = Ikue Mori
ミュージカル パースペクティブ
2000, ,
Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
William Hooker With DJ Olive & Glenn Spearman
Mindfulness
1997, ,
Experimental
Various
Crooklyn Dub Consortium - Certified Dope, Volumes 1 & 2
2006, 2xCD, Comp, WordSound, ,
Illbient/Dub
Zohar
Keter
1999, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Records, ,
Fusion
Various
This Is Home Entertainment Volume 2
1996, CD, Comp, Home Entertainment, Home Entertainment, ,
Illbient/Techno/Drum n Bass
Various
Incursions In Illbient
1996, CD, ,
Illbient/Dub
Various
Axiom Dub - Mysteries Of Creation
1996, 2x CD, ,
Dub/Ambient
Various
Crooklyn Dub Consortium - Certified Dope Vol. 1
1995, ,
Illbient/Dub

APPEARANCES +


DJ Olive
Vinyl Scores Live At KCR
2013, File, WAV, Record Blanks
Dr. Israel
Dr. Israel In Dub
2020, ,
Dub
Shockman
The Myth Of Other Dubwise
2014, Cass, pdxindub, ,
Dub/Dubstep
Medeski Martin & Wood
Evolution In Revolution
2010, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Indirecto Records
Me-Sheen
Slipstream
2009, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Fubuki Recordings
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set
2009
Mono
One Step More And You Die / New York Soundtracks
2009, ,
Abstract/Post Rock/Experimental
48 Cameras
Three Weeks Long, I Saw Garlic Growing Under My Dog's Steps
2005, Comp + 2xCD, Album, RE, Dead Scarlet Records
Zu
Igneo
2005, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mono
New York Soundtracks
2004, ,
Abstract/Dub/Experimental
Nettle
Firecamp Stories Remixes
2003, CD, Album, theAgriculture
Various
Barbecue Beets EP 1
2003
Various
Barbecue Beets EP 2
2003, Vinyl, ,
Downtempo/Trip Hop
Vida Blue
Most Events Aren't Planned
2002, CD, Maxi, Promo, Elektra, ,
Downtempo/Future Jazz/Trip Hop
48 Cameras
I Swear I Saw Garlic Growing Under My Father's Steps
2002, CD, Album, Interzone (2), ,
Downtempo/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Barbecue Beets
2001, CD, Comp, Mixed, theAgriculture
Un Caddie Renversé Dans L'herbe
Polyhedric Tetrapak
2001, CD, Oozebap
NXS
Sleeper
2001, ,
Breaks/Experimental
Choro Club
Brasiliana Remix
2001, CD, ,
Future Jazz/Deep House/Downtempo
Various
Sub Rosa vs. Kompakt
1999, ,
House/Glitch/Techno/Minimal/IDM/Experimental
Celluloïd Mata
Mix Oscillations
1998, CD, Comp, Noise Museum, ,
IDM/Experimental/Industrial
Various
ELEVENELEVEN :: DJ Olive
2008, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Alias Frequencies, ,
Abstract/Vocal/African/Downtempo/Dub/Experimental
Sexmob*
The Hard Way
2023, LP, Album + 12", EP, Ltd, Corbett vs. Dempsey,
Uri Caine
Agent Orange
2023, CD, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ministry
Moral Hygiene
2021, Vinyl, ,
Industrial Metal
Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio
Norwegian Landscapes (The Nesbø Project)
2018, CD, Album, Da Vinci Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Domenico Sciajno
Sonic Shuffle / The App Release
2013, M/Stick, Ltd, of + Box, Bowindo, ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental/Freestyle
Various
Air Texture Volume III
2013, 28x File 320 kbps, ,
Ambient
Various
Unlimited 23
2011, DVDr, DVD-V, PAL, PanRec, ,
Free Jazz/Punk/Free Improvisation
Caine* - Mahler*
The Drummer Boy
2011, CD, Comp, WInter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Wicked Knee
Wicked Knee
2011, CD, Album, Amulet Records
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Spark Of Being
2010, 3xCD + Box, Greenleaf Music, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Spark Of Being : Soundtrack
2010, CD, Album, Greenleaf Music
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Spark Of Being: Burst
2010, CD, Album, Greenleaf Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Spark Of Being: Expand
2010
Hifiklub
How To Make Friends
2010, 2x Vinyl White, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Tasa
Alchemy
2009, CD, Album, Not On Label (Tasa Self-released)
Niobe
Blackbird's Echo
2009, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Downtempo
Honeychild Coleman*
Halo Inside (Come La Luna)
2008, CD, Matteite Records
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Moonshine
2008, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Uri Caine
The Classical Variations
2007, CD, Comp, Winter & Winter, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Classical/Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Matt Haimovitz
Vinylcello
2007, CD, Album, Oxingale Records
IOOi
IOOi
2007, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Turntablism/Avantgarde/Noise
My Cat Is An Alien / Text Of Light
Cosmic Debris Volume I
2007, ,
Space Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Dave Douglas & Keystone
Live In Sweden
2006, CD, Greenleaf Music
Scotty Hard
Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery
2006, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear, ,
Free Jazz/Broken Beat
Text Of Light
Rotterdam 1
2006, Minimax, Room40
Uri Caine Ensemble
Plays Mozart
2006, CD, Album, Sma, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Classical/Contemporary
Text Of Light
Metal Box
2006, 3xCD + Box, Ltd, Met, Dirter Promotions
Uri Caine
Uri Caine's Classic Crossover
2006, 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
Medeski Martin & Wood
Note Bleu: Best Of Blue Note Years 1998 - 2005
2006, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop/Jazz-Funk
Various
Trax#15
2005, CD, Comp, Trax (Magazine), ,
House/Dub/Techno/Minimal/Tech House/Electro/Drum n Bass/Experimental
Various
Get Around With CMN
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Jazzwise Magazine, ,
Free Jazz/Modern Classical/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Uri Caine * Bedrock
Shelf-Life
2005, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Jazzdance/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Future Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Drum n Bass/Experimental
Dave Douglas
Keystone
2005
Lawrence English
Transit
2005, ,
Field Recording/Experimental/Minimal/Ambient
Text Of Light
Reel 1
2005, CDr, ,
Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
o.blaat
Two Novels: Gaze / In The Cochlea
2004, CD, Album, Enh, Crónica
Text Of Light
052402 Echo 4
2004, LP, S/Sided, Table Of The Elements
Text Of Light
Text Of Light
2004, CD, Album, Starlight Furniture Co., ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Text Of Light
052202 Tonic / 020103 RAW
2004, LP, Ltd, En/Of
William Hooker
Complexity #2
2004, CD, KOS Recordings, ,
Rhythmic Noise/Free Improvisation
Billy Martin
The Turntable Sessions Volume 1
2004, CD, Album, Amulet Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Christian Marclay
djTRIO
2004
Uri Caine / Gustav Mahler
Dark Flame
2003, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
Medeski Martin & Wood
Tracks From Uninvisible
2002, 12", Promo, Blue Note
IllyB
Drop The Needle
2002, 2xCD, Album, Amulet Records
Medeski Martin And Wood*
Uninvisible
2002
Aiko Shimada
Blue Marble
2001, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Folk/Experimental
Various
CloudWatch V2: A Soundtrack To A Freeform Gathering
2000, CD, Comp, Sonic Soul Productions
Christian Marclay
Record Player
2000, DVDr, DVD-V, Intermezzo Films, ,
Interview
Uri Caine Ensemble
The Goldberg Variations
2000, 2xCD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Post-Modern/Vocal/Instrumental/Turntablism/Dixieland/Neo-Romantic/Baroque/Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz/Gospel/Klezmer/Minimal/Tango
Speedranch^Jansky Noise
Welcome To Execrate
1999, CD, Comp, Mixed, Leaf, ,
IDM/Noise
Zeena Parkins, Ana Maria Simo
The Opium War
1999, CD, Album, Einstein Records
The Uri Caine Ensemble*
Gustav Mahler In Toblach (I Went Out This Morning Over The Countryside)
1999, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Various
Resurrection Part 2: 20th Century-Improvised Music Works
1998, CD, Comp, Dig, Winter & Winter
Various
The Texaco New York Jazz Festival Radio Series: Live At The Knitting Factory
1998, 6xCD, Promo, Knitting Factory Records,
Material With William S. Burroughs
The Road To The Western Lands
1998, 2x Vinyl, ,
Leftfield
Medeski Martin And Wood*
Bubblehouse
1997, CD, Single, Gramavision
Multipolyomni Presents We™
Maneuvering Of The Leisure Mush™ / It All Started In China
1997, 12", Ltd, Pic, Asphodel, ,
Illbient/Experimental/Downtempo
Liminal Lounge
Pre-Set
1997, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Illbient/Experimental
Uri Caine / Gustav Mahler
Urlicht / Primal Light
1997, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
We™
As Is.
1997, 2x Vinyl, ,
Illbient/Drum n Bass/Ambient
Ben Neill
Triptycal
1996, ,
Downtempo/Future Jazz/Drum n Bass
Arto Lindsay
Hyper Civilizado (Arto Lindsay Remixes)
1996
Liminal
Nosferatu
1995, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works, ,
Illbient/Experimental/Ambient
William Hooker
Armageddon
1995, CD, Album, Homestead Records, ,
Free Jazz
Bottesini
Bottesini
2xCD, Album, CMW Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Place: Vancouver
2020, 20xFile, WAV, Comp, Place
Various
City Sonic: Les Arts Sonores Dans la Cité / Sound Arts In The City
2014, 19xFile, MP3, Comp, 256, La Lettre Volée, ,
Ambient/Experimental/Field Recording/Modern Classical/Sound Art/Sound Poetry
Various
10
2011, 40xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, 320, Room40, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Field Recording/Experimental
Various
Kompakt Benefit Compilation For Japan
2011, 34x File 320 kbps, ,
Leftfield/Deep House/Minimal/Tech House/Ambient
Various
Share Wien 2010
2010, CDr, Comp, Lim, Not On Label
Various
10
2010, CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo, Room40, Wire Magazine, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Field Recording/Experimental
Various
ESSMAA
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Tsuku Boshi, ,
Glitch/Abstract/IDM/Experimental/Musique Concrète
Various
Fabrique
2009, CD, Comp, Room40, ,
Experimental
Various
In The First Place, Does Digital Harinezumi Dream?
2009, CD, Ltd, Powershovel Audio, ,
Trip Hop
Various
Moriyama Zoo No. 1 - Tribute to Daido Moriyama
2009, Box, Album, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Smplr, S/Edition + 2xL, Powershovel Audio, ,
Experimental
Various
Mutek_08 Festival Compilation
2008, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Mutek_Rec
Various
Evening At Room40
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Wire Magazine, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
Various
RE:UP Subscriber Mix Series CD002
2006, CD, Mixed, Promo, theAgriculture
Various
Music For Plants
2005, 2xCD, Mixed, PerfectIfOn, ,
Acoustic/Abstract/Post Rock/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Festival Voor Nieuwe Muziek > Happy New Ears 2005
2005, CD, Comp, Gonzo Circus, ,
Noise/Musique Concrète/Illbient/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Big Band/Minimal/Ambient/Abstract/Experimental
Various
BBQ Beets II: Return Of The Yams
2004, CD, Comp, theAgriculture, ,
Illbient/Abstract/Downtempo
Various
Melatonin: Meditations On Sound In Sleep
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Field Recording/Minimal/Ambient
DJ Dolbee
Back Up Exec
2004, CD, Mixed, Promo, Wenod Records,
Various
Sacred And Profane: A Collection Of Sonic Art
2004, CD, Comp, Ltd, Royce Music Distribution, ,
Musique Concrète/Illbient/Abstract/Experimental/IDM/Noise/Ambient/Dub/Minimal
Various
Limited Edition Boxset
2004, 6xCDr, Mini, EP, Ltd, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
Mono
New York Soundtracks
2004, CD, ,
Alternative Rock
Various
Illicit Sounds Of Maffia - Chapter 3
2003, CD, Comp, Kom-Fut Manifesto Records, ,
Trip Hop/Dub/Downtempo/Experimental
Various
City Sonics 2003
2003, CD, Comp, Transcultures, ,
Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Nue
The Central Nerve Is Dead
2003, Cass, Mixed, Opuesto (2), ,
Abstract
Various
Emit One
2002, CD, Creative Industries, ,
IDM/Downtempo/Minimal/Experimental/Ambient
Various
BitStreams
2001, 2xCD, Comp, JDK Productions, ,
Abstract/Techno/Modern Classical/Experimental
Slave Pianos
A Diagnosis, 1998-2001
2001, LP + CD + Cass + Box, Revolver - Archiv Für Aktuelle Kunst, ,
Post-Modern/Noise/Contemporary/Avantgarde
Various
(Corporal Blossom Presents) A Mutated Christmas
2001
Gerard Malanga
Up From The Archives
2000, CD, Sub Rosa, ,
Dialogue/Spoken Word/Indie Rock/Field Recording/Avantgarde/Hard Rock
Various
Vooruit Geluid Fe5tival 2000
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Vooruit, ,
Modern Classical/Future Jazz/Contemporary/Big Band/Abstract/Experimental
Various
Kim's Bedroom
2000, CD, Comp, Purple Books, Mu - De Witte Dame, ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Various
Copier Coller
2000
Various
Funk: This Is Jungle Sky Volume 6
1999
Various
Land Of Baboon - An Illclectic Collection Of Brooklyn Soundz
1999, ,
Dub/Illbient/Breaks
Various
Drop Acid And Listen To This...
1997, CD, Comp, Knitting Factory Works
Various
State Of The Union
1996, 2x CD, ,
Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Valis l - Destruction Of Syntax
1995
Various
Headz Pak V.1
CD, EP, Promo, theAgriculture, ,
Dub/Downtempo/Minimal
Various
Tribeca Grand Hotel: Fresh Sounds From Tribeca, NYC Vol. 1
CD, Comp, Knitting Factory Records, ,
Free Jazz/Illbient/Dub/Industrial/Drum n Bass
Various
Headz Pak V.2
CDr, EP, Promo, theAgriculture, ,
Dub/Downtempo
Ministry
Moral Hygiene
2021, CD, ,
Industrial Metal
Anselium
....
2018, CDr, CD-ROM, Mixtape, Unofficial, Exbook, ,
Dark Ambient
Medeski Martin & Wood
Uninvisible
2002, ,
Future Jazz/Experimental
Various
Axiom Dub - Mysteries Of Creation
1996, 2x CDr, ,
Illbient/Dub