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Oliver Tank

Oliver Tank is a musician from Sydney. Tank's music has been compared to Bon Iver and James Blake and he lists Nosaj Thing, Boards of Canada and Jon Hopkins as musical inspirations. Tank's music was first issued via SoundCloud in early to mid-2011. In September 2011, he won the 2011 Northern Lights Competition held by FBi Radio in Sydney, along with Rainbow Chan, to attend and perform at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavík in October 2011, his first overseas performance. Tank's first EP, Dreams, was released on 21 November 2011 by Yes Please Records with fans being able to choose their file format and name their price.In an interview with SunsetInTheRearview.com, Tank described how "Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion" was a university assignment and that the song is about "being unsure about something to the extent that it plagues and consumes you." Regarding, "The Last Time", Tank explained, "This track's about when you're with someone you really care about and it all sort of falls apart. You replay those last moments over and over again in your head. It consumes you. Although at the same time it's kind of liberating and inspiring."In 2011, an edited version of Tank's "Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion" was used in a Marriage Equality advertisement, It's Time, put together by the organisation GetUp!.

"Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion" was used in a trailer for the open-world driving game, The Crew, at the E3 2014 computer and video games trade fair at the Los Angeles Convention Centre.

Albums

2012 Dreams Remixed
2017 OT
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Latest Articles

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oliver Tank, hayden Calnin
This gig reminds us why this guy had such a quick rise to prominence. And now we’re impatient for Tank’s upcoming Slow Motion Music EP, due for release later in the year.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oliver Tank, Oisima, Yukon Snakes
Each song stands up on its own tonight, though the set hasn’t flowed as wondrously as Tank’s previous visits to Brisbane.
News / Music
Oliver Tank Admits He's Not In Same League As Flume Or Chet Faker
"I’ll hopefully be up there one day."
Features / Music
Second Platoon Bravo
"I don’t know if I’d consider myself to be in the same league as the Flumes and the Chet Fakers. Maybe in their infancy I was."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oliver Tank, Lost Animal, No Zu
News / Music
Melbourne Music Week Announces Full Line-up
Victoria’s week of music gets even bigger
News / Music
Smoke DZA, Oliver Tank, HTRK For Sydney Boutique Festival
New festival makes first announcement
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oliver Tank - Barsoma
Oliver Tank is an engaging performer and despite some continuing sound problems manages to put on a wonderful show...
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oliver Tank - Northcote Social Club
Tank lifts things up a notch with a cover of Snoop Dog’s Beautiful and the infamous 'drop it like it’s hot' sample, whereby Tank professes his adulation of this artist by saying 'Snoop Dog’s King.'
News / Music
Oliver Tank to Support Lana Del Rey, Adds Third Melbourne Show
Oliver Tank's tour kicks off tonight in sold out Sydney show.
News / Music
Welcome Home Tank!