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Oliver Tree

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OIiver Tree Nickell (June 29, 1993 - June 14, 2026) was an American vocalist, producer, and filmmaker from Santa Cruz, California. Tree was known for his satirical online presence under the guise of the 'Turbo' character. At the age of 17, Oliver was an active dubstep DJ in the Santa Cruz area under the alias Kryph, later being known as Tree. He independently released his debut album Splitting Branches under the San Francisco based collective Tree Collaborations on February 17th, 2013. He would later sign to R&S Records, releasing the Demons EP in August the same year. The EP featured a cover of Radiohead's Karma Police, which gained the approval of frontman Thom Yorke. The project later went on hiatus, with Tree going on to study music technology at the California Institute of the Arts. In March 2016, Tree returned to music and featured on the track Forget It by Getter. He appeared in the music video with the bowl-cut that'd later become a trademark of his scooter-loving 'Turbo' persona. In October that same year, he would feature on When I'm Down by Whethan, signing with Atlantic Records shortly after its release. After graduating in May 2017, he released his first pair of singles as Oliver Tree for Atlantic, Welcome to LA and All I Got. Tree would confirm in interviews that the singles were intended for his debut album initially titled Turbo. In February 2018, Tree released his major-label debut EP Alien Boy, along with the double music video for “All That x Alien Boy.” Tree wrote and directed the debut, which took over nine months to create. He spent five months practicing freestyle Monster Truck jumping at the Perris Auto Speedway and performed all his stunts in the music video.

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