Olivier Raymond

Olivier Raymond, born 1971 in Grenoble (France), got into black music (disco & funk) in his early teens. During the collage years Olivier befriended Stephane Deschezeaux, another young man passionate about this music. They made their debut on a local radio station broadcasting a radio show dedicated to Funk. Olivier, only 15 years old, started mixing. Olivier’s mixes were influenced by a large spectrum of music styles : electro-funk (Afrika Bambaata…), italo-disco, new-wave (Depeche Mode, New Order) and the early Chicago and New-York house scene.

1995, Olivier and Stéphane meet Michel Amato (The Hacker), Alex Reynaud and Kiko in Grenoble, the electronic city in France. Together with Kiko, Olivier creates Ozone records on which Oxia released their first EP which was influenced by American techno. Also on this label Olivier co-produced the first releases of Jack De Marseille and made a couple more EP’s with Stephane before splitting up though as good friends. Oxia became Olivier his solo project while Stéphane is now one part of Human Body.
1998 Oxia created a new label with The Hacker (Michel Amato) and Alexandre Reynaud (manager). They baptized it Ozone records in homage to the mythical Inner City track.

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