Olivier Atila Aslan

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HELLO!
Welcome on the totally uber fantastically official Olivier Aslan myspace page. So, I started playing the drums when I was 5 days old hitting on pots and pans until my mum....
Well no, actually I started in 1994 aged 16. The day after my first drum kit arrived in the house, bang, I was off jamming "Highway to Hell" with my mates.
Two years later, I decided to become a professional musician. I tried to make it with my super clever prog rock band Osiris in France but then Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I should have known we'd never get far.
So, off to London in 1999, where I studied at Drumtech (Best Overall Student of the year award, come on , a round of applause please...), and at Thames Valley University. I am now a Bachelor of Music in Popular Music Performance...AND another round of applause everyone! Thank you.
Since being in London, I played with a truck load of bands. Many of them had what is widely considered as the holy grail in music industry: RECORD LABEL INTEREST!!! YEAH BABY!
Well, on a more serious note, I have played with artists from very different backgrounds: rock, fusion, soul, reggae, funk, jazz...
In parallel I got invaluable experience playing in functions, weddings, cruises, pubs and clubs with covers bands, show-bands and function bands of all kinds, sometimes gigging as much as 3 times a day!
Despite being a versatile player and a keen listener of all kinds of music, I have to admit rock is what I do best, it just feels to me like it flows naturally when I play it.
SO, you will find below the list of all the fantastic artists I play with at this moment in time. I would of course be totally ecstatic to see you at one of their performances.
-DIALOG: THE funk-rock band (http://www.myspace.com/dialogonline)
-BATUSAMBA COLLECTIVE: 15 piece percussion extravaganza. (http://www.myspace.com/batusambacollective)
-THE PRAWN TICKLERS: Super rock trio with guitar maestro Andrea Samengo (http://www.andreasamengo.com/) and bass emperor George George
-ALPHA CONNECTION: leading UK showband (http://www.alphaconnection.co.uk/)
I also collaborate with function band "THE SPACEBOYS", with the "ZANE MAERTENS TRIO" (jazz outfit), and with JOHN WHEATCROFT (guitar hero) amongst others.
TOP FRIENDS: I got the rotation idea from the Tony Levin page. So every week, another "category" of top friends will appear, and no one will be jealous! Great stuff...