Over the next 4 years, Olli spent his time mostly in Goa, but now starting to travel around making parties in other places (San Francisco, Switzerland, UK, Japan), spreading the word and turning people on. He stayed there for 2 years, DJing, and set up a small studio and making tracks for the parties, before moving to Goa, India.
Instantly hooked, he immersed himself into the music and has never looked back. After the band split up in 1986 Olli went traveling in Asia and in 1988 came to Koh Phangan in Thailand where he first encountered the fantastic electro-driven wild psychedelic parties on the beach.
In the early 80s Olli was the singer in the theatrical Goth/Glam band "The Specimen", & founded the famous London goth club “ The Batcave “.
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Full fluoro outfits and mind bending, ear tickling, soul stretching music have been his trademark for longer than most people have been dancing. For over 20 years he’s been globe trotting in his most unique of styles. Be it clothing, music, parties or just great vibes. Olli has been a pioneer of Psychedelic Trance for many years & Space Tribe is one of the most well known names in the psychedelic scene thanks to his incredible energy in bringing us all things fun, exciting, tripped out and inspiring. Olli is now based back in London, after 15 years living in Australia. Olli Wisdom is the man behind the psychedelic phenomenon that is Space Tribe and its more than just music. Olli Wisdom is a founder of modern goth culture and will be greatly, greatly missed.Space Tribe Live, kit kat club, berlin, Germany
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But Olli was always incredibly generous with his time and with his efforts to bring new bands to new audiences and to help patch together isolated dark music scenes in a time where there was no social media, messaging boards, or cell phones. Olli later moved into trance music (Space Tribe) and psytrance DJing after the Batcave shut down in San Francisco in the late 1980s. In the mid-1980s Olli took the Batcave event as a roadshow across America through various clubs where acts like Christian Death performed, helping sow the seeds for the further development of goth in the US, or at least linking up previously isolated bands and scenes. Olli Wisdom (second from left) with Specimen at the Batcave in San Francisco in 1986īesides his band, Wisdom selflessly tried to champion other acts and DJs, and in fact, a lot of his time was spent behind the scenes, coordinating, promoting, organizing, and advocating for current underground dark bands in the UK, the USA, and Europe. Not all of them loved the admittedly campy digs, but this list reveals to what extent Olli’s club was becoming a launching place for the new Gothic movement. Other patrons included included Nick Cave, Robert Smith of the Cure, Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, the members of Bauhaus, Marc Almond, and the members of Foetus.
The haunted house, cobweb-y, Halloween-esque atmosphere also set down a template for goth club decor thereafter.įamous regular’s at Olli’s Batcave club included a who’s who of postpunks, goths, and even aging punks (including members of The Clash, who popped in once to see what the fuss was about). The aptly-named Batcave’s location at 69 Dean Street at the Gargoyle Club in London, England, (though it frequently moved around) introduced early 80s crowds to DJs spinning a new, darker style of music that was only just beginning to be called goth, and the club also provided a forum for then-current underground goth and postpunk live acts, including Olli’s own Specimen, who served as the house band. We’re still getting details, but Wisdom appears to have passed away yesterday, August 23. It is with heavy hearts we have to relay the tragic news of the passing of Olli Wisdom, singer, and co-founder of both the gothic rock band Specimen and the legendary Batcave venue and event night that began in 1982.
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