Multi-award winning British Instrumentalist/Composer/Producer Ollie Howell.

The harmony of memories. The alchemy that glues together summer and the winter.

Born and raised in small town New Zealand. and lived in Australia briefly in the early nineties.  Emigrated to the UK in 1993 armed with an HIV diagnosis at a time when there were no meds, just as the rave scene was moving up a gear. Discovered the party scene and jumped in with both feet. Hey I was gonna die, what better way to go out! 25 years on and with a Crystal Meth addiction firmly behind me I am now embarking on the next stage of a spiritual journey that is without end.

At rehab in 2016 I picked up the guitar again after 30 years of obsessing about my pesky sexuality. Have rediscovered the joy of singing and have come along in leaps and bounds.
Recently started making toons again on my mac again after fits and starts punctuated by relapse after relapse.

I always wanted to sing and dance and make music. I did ballet as a child and amateur dramatics into early adulthood. I had it drummed into me from a very young age that there is no money in the performing arts but I now realise that's not why we do it...

...Music has always been my passion and it is what I HAVE to do.

Om is a sacred sound and a spiritual icon in Hindu religion. It is also a mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and sikhism. It is the sound of "the universe beyond the sun", or that which is "mysterious and inexhaustible", or "the infinite language, the infinite knowledge", or "essence of breath, life, everything that exists", or that "with which one is liberated". The three phonetic components of Om (pronounced AUM) correspond to the three stages of cosmic creation, and when it is read or said, it...
 
               ...CELEBRATES THE CREATIVE POWERS OF THE UNIVERSE

/ˌtɒm.kɪˈneɪ.ʃəs/

DJ & Live Hardware Performer

Upcoming & Recent Sets
• Live hardware set @ Birmingham EMOM – 26 Feb 2026 [Suki10c, Birmingham]
• Live hardware set @ Firefly EMOM – 23 Nov 2025 [Firefly Bar, Reading]
• PapaLoko: Flow State – 18 Oct 2025 [The Sanctuary, London E2]
• Live hardware set @ Purple Turtle EMOM – 21 Sep 2025 [Reading]
• Live hardware set @ Windsor EMOM – 31 Aug 2025 [OSA, Windsor]
• Live hardware set @ Firefly EMOM – 6 Jul 2025 [Firefly Bar, Reading]

DJ Sets
• PapaLoko: Aum Gate – 10 Nov 2023 [FOLD, London]
• Queer Spirit Festival – 17–21 Aug 2023 [Bridwell Park]
• Bewildered Festival – 21–24 Jul 2023 [Devon]
• PapaLoko – 4 Feb 2023 [E1, London]
• PapaLoko – 22 Oct 2022 [FOLD, London]
• PapaLoko: Bliss Boat Sunset Party – 17 Jul 2022 [Thames River, London]
• Bewildered Festival – 8–10 Jul 2022 [Devon]
• PapaLoko – 3 Dec 2021 [FOLD, London]
• Riposte X Howl – 19 Nov 2021 [Colour Factory, London]
• PapaLoko / Rainbow Railroad – 12 Sep 2021 [Secret Location, London]
• Conscious Expansion Mixtape – 1 Oct 2020
• PapaLoko – 8 Sep 2019 [The Cause, London]
• Queer Spirit Festival – 17 Aug 2019
• PapaLoko – 4 May 2019 [Electrowerkz, London]
• Transister – 26 Dec 2018 [Cell 200, London]
• PapaLoko – 24 Nov 2018 [Electrowerkz, London]
• Transister – 14 Jul 2018 [Cell 200 @ EGG, London]
• PapaLoko – 8 Jul 2018 [STYX, London]
• Transister – 26 May 2018 [Cell 200, London]
• PapaLoko – 3 Mar 2018 [Electrowerkz, London]
• PapaLoko – 7 Oct 2017 [Electrowerkz, London]
• Queer Spirit Festival – 29 Jul 2017 [Wiltshire]
• PapaLoko – 20 May 2017 [Electrowerkz, London]
• PapaLoko – 18 Mar 2017 [Electrowerkz, London]
• International Yoga Festival – 20 Feb 2016 [Auckland, NZ]

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