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Ambitious and acid-powered, Olivia Tremor Control’s Will Cullen Hart was a genius of lo-fi

The US musician from the Elephant 6 collective, who has died aged 53, was adored for his LSD-spiked artistry – before an MS diagnosis and the death of his bandmate stalled a final album

And while major labels such as Elektra sensed commercial potential within OTC’s often brilliant and occasionally baffling acid-pop, record contract negotiations quickly foundered over questions of creative control, which Hart had no intention of relinquishing. Such simple ambitions had bonded Hart with dear friends Doss, Robert Schneider and Jeff Mangum back in junior high school in their home town of Ruston, Louisiana. The Olivia Tremor Control: Jumping Fences (live at Pitchfork festival 2012) – videoTheir debut album, 1996’s Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, was the first Elephant 6 release to win attention outside their hermetic scene.

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