Olav Basoski

Raised in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and a descendant of a Polish soldier, Olav Basoski is one of the biggest names in house music. His career as a DJ started when he was just 15. Buying his first recording equipment in '87 he starts producing his own material. His first contact with housemusic was when he went to a club and heard Inner City's "Big Fun" in 1989, it blew his head off. Ever since "Windows" (Rhythm Records) first touched down, his productions have become dancefloor anthems. He has churned out a string of banging tunes under a wide array of pseudonyms (Sil, Yokiboys, Samplitude, Pancake).

Olav has remixed everyone from Moby to Hardfloor to Apollo 440 to Phatts & Small. Many labels are lining up to have him re-construct their tracks. Look further below for a (NOT COMPLETE) list of his remixes and productions.



2000

In February 2000 Dutch label Work sold 9000 vinyl copies of his latest production "Samplitude Vol. 7", within days of release with Judge Jules immediately spinning opener "Pack Up" in his new BBC Radio 1 shows and top UK music magazine 7 calling it "a real monster. His latest "The Way U love me" under the moniker Laroche is out now via Dutch Spinnin'Records. Overwhelmed with remix requests and concentrating on his own productions he had to cut back Dj-ing but he may be found behind the decks again very soon in clubs around the globe!

Olav's mixes and productions have carved him a niche and a reputation but he is intent on
expanding his production capabilities.
Debut Album

He is now ready for the next step-up producing his eagerly anticipated debut album which should see light winter 2001 and he can be found behind the decks again from end October 2000.

Mix History

Olav started as a 'Bond van doorstarters' mixer and made a couple of mixes for the BVD-yearmixes and the Tros ClubMixes. He mixed a lot of Arcade's Houseparty mixes (Dj-sets) and made mixes with DJ Erick E(erdhuyzen) : the Works-series & the Samplitude series (both Dj-sets too). And a lot of garage/hardhouse productions. And also a lot of remixes for some big artists. It's hard to keep track in Olav's productions; his remixes are usually DJ only and hard to find for non-DJ's.

• Works Serie
• Samplification Serie
• Megamixen (radio)
• Megamixen (CD)
• Other productions
• Other Remixes
• Interview (dutch) in 'Interface 41' (dec 1999/jan 2000)
• Interview (dutch) by Planet Internet, 2002
  
• The official Website
  
  

  Mixes

  
  Works

  Info	Date
  The OB Mix Part 1 [Megamix] Intro: ... And now we have to kill you ... S-Express-Theme from S-Express S-Express-Superfly Guy (samples:We;re gonna get you, jack to the sound of the underground, ain't nothing going on, we're gonna do a song that you never heard before) Innercity-B (07:22) * 1-2-1989 (Tros Club Mix)	01-02-1989
  [Megamix] * 3-12-1987 (Bond van Doorstarters)	03-12-1987
  [Megamix] * 4-9-1987 (Bond van Doorstarters)	04-09-1987
  Janet jackson Mix [Megamix] (09:02) * 14-5-1987 (Bond van Doorstarters)	14-05-1987
  [Megamix] * 26-3-1987 (Bond van Doorstarters)	26-03-1987
  [Megamix] * 16-1-1986 (Bond van Doorstarters)	16-01-1986

  Title	Info	Number
  Works	Tracks include: Recording Technique/ Xtra Funky/ Give Me Olav's Dub/ Easy Piecy Japaneesy/ Hooked On Da Loop/ Give Me/ Ooh + Shine/ House Of Wood/ Mess Around/ The Prize/ Beats U Up/ The Prize/ Sound Speeder/ Keep On Dancing/ Well Do You?!/ Whispers/ Water. -	WORK -CD - WRKSA1-B2
  Second Works		WORK37-B2
  Work Sessions 2	Rising High

  Samplitude

  Title	Info	Number
  Samplitude vol.1	1997	Label: WORK Product No.: 686594
  Samplitude vol.2	1997	Label:Work
  Samplitude vol.3	1998	WORK37-B2
  Samplitude vol.4	1998	WORK38-B2
  Samplitude vol.5	1998	Label:Work
  Samplitude vol.6	1999	Label:Work
  Samplitude vol.7	In dutch dance charts :begin 2000

    Megamixen (CD)

  Title	Info	On
  Bobby Brown Megamix	Feat: 2 can play that game, Humpin' around, my prerogative & every little step (11:15)	Hits in the mix CD MCA (MCD34229), Tr:12
  Houseparty '95 vol.3 The cosmic clubmixx	With DJ Erick E	Houseparty 95-3 CD ARCADE (0110117)
  FRESH FRUIT - Vol 2 Speed Garage Compilation	A speed garage comp mixed by Olaf Basoski. Featuring hits by artists like:Tina Moore/ Todd Terry/ Scott Garcia/ Sil/ Les Indescretes/ Soundbwoy and many more. - 1998	SPGCD2-B2

  Productions

  Title	Info	On
  Sil	Vila Ducato With DJ Erick E	TUTB Serious Clubhits 2CD (ARCADE 0176406), TR:2-4
  Sil	Windows With DJ Zki (Rene ter Horst)	Year:1991
  Sil	Blue Oyster	Year:1991
  Sil	New Windows With DJ Erick E	Year:1994
  Sil	Windows'98	Year:1998
  Sil	Come together With DJ Erick E	Year:1996
  Sil	What you need	Year:1997
  Olav Basoski	Beats u Up	VARIOUS mixed by DAVE ANGEL-16 Flavours Of Tech Funk unmixed 4xLP: React REACTLP 130
  Olav Basoski	Water	Year : 1997
  Olav Basoski	Brings the bass
  Olav Basoski	The prize
  Olav Basoski	Keeps u dancing
  Olav Basoski	Anytime	Label: Work, Year : 1998
  Olav Basoski	Soca Gang
  Olav Basoski	Pass the bottle
  Olav Basoski	Dealers DeFunk
  Olav Basoski + Kadoc	I'm a T-Bone	Year : 1997
  Olav Basoski	Moscow Street rock	Year : 1997
  Olav Basoski	Gotta get moving	Year : 1998
  HERBAL 6	Funk U! Vinyl contains three mixes done by Olaf Basoski who is the producer of this record too. House on this record is: a bit minimalistic, spacey, quite sharp and hypnotic or made on cutted rhythm. Every mix is different from each other and the record is quite good	Label : BioMusic Year:1997
  PHIL & FILL PRES. YOKI BOYS	Find a Way With DJ Erick E
  YOKI BOYS	Groove On
  Pulp Victim	The world (Olav Basoski, Viper, Barbarus mixes)	Playground Holland 12": 0521590
  Gorgeous	Love Sensation	GOBANG! GG012
  Les Indiscretes	Without you	(Fresh Fruit Holland 12": EPFF22-B2 Year : 1998
  Les Indiscretes	Expression	(Fresh Fruit Holland 12": EPFF 023 Year:1998
  Les Indiscretes	Mob Hunter	Year : 1998
  LAY RUE	Got a Man A progressive track that lifts the bitch vocal from Shampale Carter's "I Got a Man"	WORK039 12" Year : 1998
  LAY RUE	I'll Be the Same Olav Basoski produced hard house in 4 mixes for the Work label.Excellent party styled stuff here with a well pumping bassline and clean and crisp drum patterns. One mix has some killer filtered and back flipped loops	WORK033-B2 12" Year:1997
  PanCake	Don't turn your back With DJ Erick E	Year : 1993 Serious Clubhits 2, CD2, Track 12: Arcade 0176406
  PanCake	See the stars	Year : 1993
  PanCake	Let you go	Year : 1994
  PanCake	Ain't missing	Year : 1996
  World Series of Life feat. Claudine Nelson	I Would Give Anything Olav Basoski Remix	Year : 1992 RHYTHM 023 5
  World Series of Life	Spread love	Year : 1991
  Wodka Masters	Pass The Bottle With Armin van Buuren	Year:1998 Work 40
  LaRoche	The way you love me	Year: 2000 Label: Spinning
  The giftshop	Now i need	Year : 1994
  Peach	The Stand	Year : 1994
  6 Bells All	Me & The Mailman / Sweet & Bitter	Year:1991
  6 Bells All	File 51	Year:1991
  Headcrash	So High	Year:1995
  Headcrash	Give it to me	Year:1995
  Ten	London/Amsterdam	Year:1995
  Floormen	Do it to me	Year:1995
  Olav Basoski	Opium Scumbagz	Year : 2000

  Remixes

  Title	Info	On
  Moby	Bodyrock (Olav Basoski Remix)	Label: MUTE
  The Lonely Planet	Getting Around	Label :Very Disco Records
  Mirror Ball	Given Up Olav Basoski Whiners Quitters Losers Dub remixed by Olav Basoski	Multiply Records 1999 CDMULTY46
  2 Brothers on the 4th floor	Heaven Is Here (Olav Basoski Samplitude rmx)	Hi Bias
  Gimmick (Armin)	Free Vocals by CJ Vocals recorded by: BEN LIEBRAND	ARM003, TR4
  Madison Avenue	EYN
  Hatiras	Spaced Invaders
  James Brown	Funk on a Roll	(Eagle records UK)
  Bob Marley	Jammin'	(AM:PM Records UK)
  Frankie Goes To Hollywood	2 Tribes	(ZTT Records UK)
  Mirwais	Naïve Song
  And : Robin S. Sunkids Appollo 440 First Choice Onephatdeeva Powerhouse Jocelyn Brown Reel 2 Real Duke Eric Powell Amii Stewart U96 Hardfloor Hypertrophy JT Playaz Christopher Just JX Tapp Lafayette Phatts & Small Russel Robbie Rivera 3 Drives on a Vinyl Kriminal Big Time Charlie Mighty Dub Cats laFayette Dayeene DJ Phenix