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OLIVER TANK MAKE BELIEVE

You know that Australians do electronic music like no-one else, and while we’re quite happy dancing along to Feki’s upbeat tune ‘Don’t Doubt’ this morning, we also appreciative of those quieter production moments from Sydney-based artist Oliver Tank. His style is synonymous with sombre ambience, as we hear in the shimmering mirage of a track ‘Make Believe’. The Aussie producer transports us to a plain of endless possibilities, with floating vocal samples, echoed beats, reverberated guitar, multi-layered keys, all put together in this hazy mix. A man of few words, Tank repeats but one sentiment: “I can do anything.” It’s a different kind of motivation to that of bright, sparkly pop-dance tracks; it’s the kind of quiet reassurance that listeners may just need. It’s been a whole year since Oliver Tank shared his album OT, but now he’s back with the promise of even more new music, as the producer says, “I’ll be releasing new music monthly for the foreseeable future and I’m working towards a new EP later in the year.” - Hannah Thacker (Photo credit: Aislinn Lowe)

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