OLIVER $

The past 3 years have seen Oliver $’s name gradually build to a recognizable staple in house music. This Berlin born and based producer has gained acknowledgment through a series of solid releases on labels such as Play It Down, Rekids and Front Room Recordings. Remix credits can be found amongst the most famed independents; including Greco Roman, Rekids and Exploited as well as majors: Polydor and Ministry of Sound.

2011 was a massive year for Oliver $; with his first #1 Beatport track “Doin’ Ya Thang”, released on Play It Down; Made To Play’s sister label. “Doin’ Ya Thang” remained at the #1 spot for an astounding 5 weeks, and continued to sit in the top ten since selling over 30k downloads to date, also topping the Resident Advisor chart. This was followed by another hit “Granulated Soul” which topped the charts at the end of the year.  Continuing his success on imprint Play It Down his release ‘Hoes’ at the beginning of 2013 had heavy rotation in the record bags of Heidi, Nic Fanciulli, DJ Sneak and A Track to name a few. It reached number 2 on Beatport’s tech house chart.

Remix wise the Berlin based producer got to work alongside Laura Jones and Gerd on Romanthony’s ‘Let Me Show You Love' released on Glasgow Underground. He’s currently working on a remix for the Beatport smash ‘Shake That’ on Pete Tong’s new imprint FFRR alongside Shadow Child. Whilst producing his own material, collaborations over the past 12 months have been key, releasing with Cajmere on his label Cajual and also being part of his Green Velvet album on Relief Records ‘Dance To My Beat’ which has been a huge success. Next up for Oliver includes a release on the mighty Defected, a 4 track EP with rising star Jimi Jules as well as a Miami compilation for Defected and his own artist album.

His next single release is at the end of March with Jimi Jules on Defected called Pushing On. This will be his first collaboration with Zurich based Jimi and similarly his first release on the power house label Defected.  Also forthcoming is a remix of the summer 2013 smash;  Shake That  by Marlon Hoffstadt & Dansson on Pete Tong's FFRR . Release it set for March 26th and has already received a following, it's currently available for pre-order now as the Shake That (Remixes - EP) which features remixes from Oliver $, Blonde, Shadow Child and Jesse Rose. Catch Oliver $ on his US Tour.