Ollie Sloan

Ollie Sloan, born Oliver Sloan, is a British recording artist based in Brighton, who has been writing his own music and performing this work from the age of eleven.

Ollie Sloan
Background information
Birth nameOliver Sloan
OriginBuckinghamshire, England
GenresPop, dance, alternative
Associated actsHovzter
Websiteolliesloan.co.uk

Musical style

The initial recordings he made featured just him singing and playing piano, evolving to a full band. Sloan plays piano and guitar in recordings accompanied by musicians such as Jim Hewins on bass guitar and Marco Pasquariello playing the drums. His influences include Phoenix, Paolo Nutini, Tracy Chapman, The Beach Boys and Honne.[1]

Commercial success

His initial success lay only in the thousands of hits he had from the music he uploaded onto internet music sites. However, Sloan's popularity rocketed after two of his most popular tracks, one of which was "Friends are Family", were used as instrumental music on BBC1's hospital drama Holby City.[2] He is also well known on several social media sites such as YouTube, YouNow, Instagram and Twitter.

In November 2007 and March 2008, "Friends are Family" and "Memories" were aired during Holby City episodes, and since then both songs have become available to download on iTunes.[3] At this point, Sloan was unsigned but Radio 1 presenter, Jo Whiley, who played Sloan's track on air in November, claimed, "I suspect that won't be for long."

In 2012, Sloan collaborated with British producers and artists 'The Elite' on "I'll Go Far" for Team Sky for the Olympics.

In July 2013, Sloan's co-written track with Iain Archer entitled "Pockets" was released as a single by The Voice Australia's finalist, Danny Ross. In addition, having the album title named after a lyric from the song "As the Crow Flies".

Collaboration

In April 2019, Hovzter released the single "Connection" featuring vocals from Sloan. It was Hovzter that reached out to Sloan to collab on the single. The track was mainly written by Sloan, but with guidelines from the producer of the track, Hovzter.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Ollie Sloan - YouTube". Aug 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved Jul 13, 2020.
  2. "Community". Holby.tv. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  3. "Apple (United Kingdom) – iTunes – Everything you need to be entertained". Itunes.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  4. "HOVZTER – CONNECTION". We Rave You. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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