Oliver Doerell's sonic fingerprint reverberates through estrangement, abstraction and mysticism. He is exploring these dimensions of sound with the use of home-made instruments, organic sounds, electronic loops, technical experimentation and distortion.
Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1969, he started music at the age of 14. He lives and works in Berlin since 1990, where he developed his own musical expression. Oliver Doerell is the founding member of Dictaphone/ SWOD/ Raz Ohara and the odd orchestra/ Cummi Flu, alongside he also composed music for films and dance/ theatre projects. He has played concerts around the world throughout more than 20 years of musical performance.
Dictaphone was born by Brussels-bred multi-instrumentalist Oliver Doerell. In 2000 Oliver Doerell found a partner in Berlin's Roger Döring, who shares Doerell's love for the Brussels-based music of the eighties. In the following years the duo and several guest musicians.
Oliver Doerell (electronics, bass, guitar), Roger Döring (saxophone, clarinet) and Alex Stolze (violins).
