Raz Olsher

Raz Olsher is a London-based music producer, songwriter and composer. He works out of Fossil Studios, which he founded in 2009 in Hackney. Raz workes with different artists in different genres like acid jazz, hip hop, soul, electronic, soul and house. He has worked with an array of artists including Gilles Peterson, Lemar, Nathaniel Rateliff, Krust, MJ Cole, Basement Jaxx and Sam Lee. In 2012, he topped the UK charts with Sam & The Womp – Bom Bom, exceeding one million sales worldwide.

Raz is also known on the live dance music circuit, most recently through his live house music collective, aptly named Bassically who craft sophisticated electronic dance music originally programmed by machines using purely live instrumentation. Prior to this, Olsher lead another similar conceptual act named Zej; a live duo creating innovative performances through the use of technology and musical instruments covering genres such as Dubstep, Jungle, House and Electro. They were awarded the BBC Radio 1 New Talent Award for these performances.

Alongside music production, Raz has written for feature length films and documentaries. These include ‘The Last Ten’, ‘The Ninth Cloud’ which was set and filmed in East London and starred French actor Jean Hugh Anglade (Killing Joe/ Nikita) and Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs/ Kill Bill) & ‘Not Ever’ starring Emilia Fox (The Pianist) featuring original music from Roger O’Donnell (The Cure).

His guest lecturers cover subjects such as the development of his career and production analysis.