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OXIA

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Olivier Raymond, born in 1971 in Grenoble (France), got into black music (disco & funk) already in his early teens. During college years, Olivier's friendship with Stephane Deschezeaux, kick started a musical journey, with a debut on a local radio station broadcasting a show dedicated to Funk ‚hence, only being 15 years of age, Olivier had started mixing.

Olivier's mixes were influenced by a large spectrum of music styles: electro-funk, italo-disco, new-wave and the early Chicago and New-York house scene.
By 1991, Stephane and Olivier bought their first bits of equipment and started to compose music. Not too long after that, Olivier became a resident dj at a club in Grenoble, jump starting a career in electronic music! It was by 1994, that the experiments of Stephane and Olivier became official. Their live act ‚Oxia‚ was born.
In 1995, Olivier and Sttephane met Michel Amato (The Hacker), Alex Reynaud and Kiko in Grenoble, the electronic-tuned city of France. That same year Olivier created Ozone records together with Kiko, where Oxia released the first EP. On that same stamp, Olivier also co-produced the first releases of Jack de Marseille.
After an extended period of touring, Oxia returned with a strong series of releases & remixes. Domino‚ (Kompakt / 2006), became a worldwide hit played by every DJ you can possibly think of. Whole Life‚(8Bit / 2010) was a killer in the underground house scene.
In between there was amongst others a follow up for Kompakt (Not Sure), a Goodlife release (Lost Memory), Less Time‚ for Agoria his Balance mix and numerous collaborations with befriended artists alongside successful remixes and two mix compilations (5 years Systematic & 5 years 8Bit).
Now, almost eight years after the release of his debut album Oxia, a pioneer of the French electronic scene, is back with a new LP ‚Tides Of Mind‚on the French Infiné Music. For his new album he decided to put aside the trendy electronic patterns and to move back to more classic but no less enjoyable House Music. With this said, the album is not shy of a deep and melodic sound that ventures to the dancefloor with a stamp of the Oxia groove.
This is music conducive to daydreaming, smiling, feet-tapping and escapism ... ‚Tides of Mind‚ is the work of an artist who appears to enjoy a new-found sense of tranquillity and is second to none in managing to convey it.
Out now ‚2nd artist album‚OXIA TIDES OF MIND‚Infiné Music.

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  • Country: FRANCE
  • Music: ELECTRONIC
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