{{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''Salt Tank''' are two English record producers, David Gates and Malcolm Stanners, plus percussionist and vocalist Andy Rose, from [[Basingstoke]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p203528|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by John Bush |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=12 April 2009}}</ref> Their music ranges from laid-back [[trance music|trance]], such as their [[hit single]] "Eugina" (some of its many versions include a [[sampling (music)|sample]] from "[[Me and a Gun]]" by [[Tori Amos]]) to tougher [[techno]] sounds.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
==Biography== The trio recorded several singles before signing a recording contract with Internal Records and securing a UK Top 40 hit single with "Eugina".<ref name="AMG"/> Their debut album, ''Science and Nature'', was released on that label in 1996.<ref name="AMG"/> They enjoyed a brief flirtation with the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1996 when "Eugina" peaked at No. 40. Other such chart entries included "Dimension" (1999, #52) and "Eugina" ([[remix]]) (2000, No. 58).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 480}}</ref> By 1991, Stanners and Gates had also recorded three [[Extended play|EPs]] on their own label, 4 Real Communications.<ref name="AMG"/> The releases created an interest in the dance community, and reached radio via [[John Peel]].<ref name="AMG"/>
They have collaborated with other musicians such as [[Chicane (recording artist)|Chicane]], in the track "Leaving Town", which can be found in Chicane's album ''[[Far from the Maddening Crowds]]''. In turn, Salt Tank had the song remixed by trance artist Mea Culpa and re-titled it, "Pueblo Blanco". It was issued on 1999's ''Gatecrasher : Wet''.
Drummer/vocalist Andy Rose died in November 2012 following a fight with cancer. Prior to Salt Tank he was joint lead vocalist with UK indie rap band EB and the System. Later he became known as AR Logic.
==Discography== '''Albums'''
* 1996 ''ST 7: Science and Nature'' (Internal) * 1997 ''Wavebreaks'' ([[FFRR Records|FFRR]])
'''Singles and EPs'''
* 1991 ''Ease the Pressure'' (self-released) * 1992 ''Ethereal EP'' (self-released) * 1993 ''ST 1'' (self-released) * 1993 ''ST 2'' (self-released) * 1994 ''ST 3'' (Internal) * 1994 ''ST 4: Laguna Calorado'' (Internal) * 1995 ''ST 5: [[John Peel|Peel Session]]'' (Internal) * 1996 ''ST 6: "''Eugina" (Internal) * 1996 ''ST 8: Swell'' (Internal) * 1997 "Wave Intruder" (FFRR) * 1997 "Angels Landing" (FFRR) * 1998 "Skyline" / "I Dream Of Jeanie" (self-released) * 1999 "Dimension" ([[Hooj Choons]]) * 1999 ''The White Island E.P.'' (Hooj Choons) * 2000 "Eugina" ([[Lost Language]]) * 2001 "Eugina (I Want To Be Free)" (Lost Language) * 2001 "The Energy" ([[Bedrock Records]]) * 2009 "L.e.d." (self-released) * 2015 "Phoenix" (Pure Trance Recordings)
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