About The Detroit Escalator Company
Neil Ollivierra is a Detroit-born multi-disciplinary artist who composes electronic music as [[artist:The Detroit Escalator Company]] He first appeared in the early Detroit techno scene as the promoter of The Music Institute (1988-89); the legendary underground after-hours club that served as the pre-release audio testing grounds for the Transmat, KMS and Metroplex record labels.
A growing acquaintance with resident DJ [[artist:Derrick May]] led to his employment as the [[label:Transmat]] label manager during the labels' most prolific years (1988-1992), wherein legendary artists such as [[artist:Carl Craig]] , [[artist:James Pennington]], and [[artist:Stacey Pullen]] first exploded onto the global scene.
The first album by [[artist:The Detroit Escalator Co.]], entitled 'soundtrack (313),' was released in 1996 on London-based [[label:Ferox Records]]. The album, now out of print and rare, is considered a cult-classic. The 2nd album by The Detroit Escalator Co., entitled 'Black Buildings,' was Neils' first recording for [[label:Peacefrog Records]].
Concurrent with the album production, he completed a long-planned series of acrylic oil paintings as part and parcel of the Black Buildings album project. The paintings abstract, monochromatic geometric landscapes were the subject of a solo exhibition at Detroit's Cpop Gallery. Today these paintings hang in homes and corporate environments in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris and London.
In 2000, Peacefrog released a collection of early-era recordings and previously unreleased tracks by The Detroit Escalator Co., entitled "Excerpts."
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