Muere Will Cullen Hart, fundador de The Olivia Tremor Control

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Will Cullen Hart, founder of The Olivia Tremor Control, dies

The death of Will Cullen Hartwho was a founding member of The Olivia Tremor Control and the independent collective Elephant 6.

Will Cullen Hart has died of natural causes after suffering from multiple sclerosis for almost twenty years, a disease that reduced his mobility and his ability to play and turn, but that did not prevent him from continuing to compose and record with The Olivia Tremor Control.

Cullen Hart He was the co-founder of the influential independent collective Elephant 6 Recording Companywhich began in Ruston, Louisiana, in the 1980s and expanded to different cities in the United States. On the other hand, it was the main engine of Olivia Tremor Control in 1993 with Bill Dossand released two albums: “Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle” from 1996 and “Black Foliage. Animation Music Volume One” in 1999, before dissolving in 2000 and reuniting in 2009. References such as “Explanation II: Instrumental Themes And Dream Sequences” (98) and “Singles And Beyond” (99) After the death of Doss In 2012, the band decided to continue playing and in 2023 announced that they were working on new projects. In fact, two singles have recently been released, “Garden Of Light” and “The Same Place.”

Will He also organized the psychedelic rock band Circulatory System with Derek Almstead, Suzanne Allison, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Charlie Johnston and Heather McIntosh. They released five albums together: their self-titled debut and “Inside Views” in 2001, “Signal Morning” in 2009, “Side 3”in 2010 and “Mosaics Within Mosaics” in 2015.

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