Define your genre in five words or less.
Chilled out, heartfelt electronic music
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
A mix between James Blake and José González. Which I guess I can understand, but I’m doing my very best to carve out my own sound and just be me.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
When I returned from the UK earlier in the year, the Sydney show that was part of my Welcome Home Tour was really great. It was at OAF, which is one of my favourite venues in Sydney. The crowd were receptive and the general vibe of the whole thing was excellent.
What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording?
While in the UK I played some really unique gigs, one was in a bombed out church in Liverpool, that was really cool and a tad surreal. I also played on the footpath next to the ferris wheel at Brighton Beach.
When, and why did you start writing music?
I started writing music in high school, but I got much more serious about it during uni. I never really had a passion for anything else and I’ve always loved making music, so it felt like the right path to follow.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why?
Probably Jimi Hendrix, I think his music is phenomenal and his philosophy on life really resonates with me. Whether or not he’d enjoy my music I don’t know, but I’d still love to hear his thoughts.
Oliver Tank plays alongside MITZI, Lost Animal, No Zu, Thrupence and Simon Winkler at Where?House on Tuesday November 20 as part of Melbourne Music Week.
