Oliver Patrice Weder is an artist, composer, and producer working in contemporary classical music shaped by electronic experimentation and blues rooted piano and keys phrasing. Born in Lucerne at the foothills of the Swiss Alps, his work carries a sense of place that never fully settles.

His music is defined by hypnotic repetition, restrained harmony, and a physical approach to rhythm and touch. West African rhythmic influence, minimalist structures, and blues based keyboard language converge into a trance like exploratory sound with a subtle psychedelic edge.

In his late teens he moved from studying jazz piano into contemporary music, beginning his career as a keys and organ player in touring bands from 2005 onwards. Between 2009 and 2013 he was based in Brighton, performing extensively across the UK and Europe before moving into composition for image and screen, where he worked across film, television, trailers, and short form screen work. His music has appeared in collaboration with major platforms including the BBC, Netflix, Disney plus, and partnerships with Extreme Music.

At the same time he became lead composer at Spitfire Audio in 2014, a leading music technology company, where he composed hundreds of works for trailers and compositions, and contributed to the development of widely used sampled instruments. His educational content and compositional breakdowns were viewed by thousands across the company’s platforms.

His solo work began in 2019 with his debut album OPW, written across earlier years and recorded with the London Contemporary Orchestra. In 2021 he released The Pool Project, recorded in a pool house surrounded by oak forest in Spain, where unique locations and environments became part of the instrument and shaped distinct sound worlds.

In 2024 he released The Shoe Factory, recorded in a former industrial space where acoustics and physical character directly shaped the performances and the resulting sound world.

Alongside his solo albums, his Grand Piano Works series (released in 2023 & 2024) and improvised sessions at Shoe Factory Studios developed into Tramuntana Tapes (2025) and Calm Palms (2026), all of them receiving notable streaming playlist support.

Weder has performed live at venues including the Barbican in London, presenting solo piano and electric key performances focused on improvisation, restraint, and physicality of touch. These performances mirror his studio practice, where composition and improvisation often blur.

Alongside his artistic work, he founded Smokestack Music in 2023, a composer collective and production house working across composition and media, with projects including work for the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas, Philips, and KLM. Smokestack Sounds was founded in 2025 as its sister imprint, focused on artistic virtual instruments.

At the centre of his practice is performance led composition, music formed in real time, shaped by physical space, and captured at the point where instrument and environment become indistinguishable.