Artist description You may not know Sublime Nation now, but you will soon. Gary Tanin is the mastermind behind this star-studded project, which also features the likes of Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), T Lavitz (Dixie Dregs) and Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes). This set of finely tuned pop songs is made for radio, with a fine selection of dance rockers for the MTV crowd and love songs for the VH1 types. ?... this is a solid project, with excellent production and outstanding musicianship.? (Scott Pazur, IMRS)

Music Style Pop Rock, Rock & Roll

Musical Influences Beatles, Steely Dan, Eric Burdon, Van Morrison, Stones, Kinks

Similar Artists Howard Jones, Thomas Dolby, E, Steely Dan

Artist History There Seems to be some confusion surrounding the album entitled "Sublime Nation". "Sublime Nation" is the title of the debut album from Gary Tanin, not the name of a band. But if it were, it would be quite a band! Besides Gary Tanin?s keyboards and vocals, it would also include Jerry Harrison from the Talking Heads, T Lavitz from Dixie Dregs, Victor De Lorenzo, formerly of Violent Femmes, along with Roger Powell from Utopia and Connie Grauer. "Sublime Nation" is Gary Tanin?s record, but all the aforementioned worked on the disc along with others, to form a disc that sounds as good as you would think with a supporting cast like that. A CD made by a group of innovative keyboard players, released on a label that began as an interactive CD-ROM company may sound like something that could only be appreciated by sound engineers. But Gary Tanin knows a secret. Begin with really good songs and then get more innovative with how you record them. (Phil Bailey, Black Dog Magazine 09/95)

Group Members Gary Tanin -- songwriting, vocals, sequencing, keyboards Jerry Harrison -- Prophet T8, synth marimba, keyboardsT Lavitz -- piano and General Music S3 workstation Jr. Brantley -- piano on Every Trick In The Book Jef Eaton -- organ and Roland D50 synthesizer Greg Koch -- lead & rhythm electric guitar, acoustic guitar Victor De Lorenzo -- harmony vocals

Instruments Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Vocals

Albums Otto & The Elevators, Sublime Nation, XPensive Dogs

Press Reviews Star-Gazette/USA Today Friday, July 21, 1995 *** Gary Tanin: "Sublime Nation" (MultiMusica USA) A virtual unknown who's changing that status with virtual marketing, veteran Milwaukee musician-producer-engineer Gary Tanin goes all out on "Sublime Nation." He employs top-shelf technology to concoct this superclean-sounding album, with all-star help from co-producer/musician Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) and keyboard players T Lavitz (Dixie Dregs) and Jr. Brantley (Fabulous Thunderbirds). Tanin and Harrison bring a sincere pop vision to the project, billed as a "collection of unpretentious love songs." The sound recalls the also ambitious Don Dixon (check the studied soul hooks of "Little Black Book") and the studio wizardry has drawn (deserved) comparisons to Steely Dan. "When You Need Somebody" is the set's finest moment. "Sublime Nation" is being marketed on the Internet and through "gourmet record shops;" and it's gonna be big in Japan. To order ($15 postpaid) e-mail multimus@execpc.com, call 800/882-4262 or write: MultiMusica USA, P.O. Box 100181, Milwaukee, WI 53210-0181 By DANIEL ALOI Star-Gazette/ USA Today N.Y. 14902

Location Milwaukee, WI - USA

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