Thomas Oliver

Thomas Oliver is a Bali-based producer, singer-songwriter and lap-slide (Weissenborn) guitarist who works across drum and bass and liquid styles. Born in Australia and raised in New Zealand, he records both singer-songwriter and instrumental Weissenborn material and is widely known for his featured vocal contributions to drum and bass releases.

Oliver first moved between roots/soul songwriting and electronic collaboration, bringing his Weissenborn lap-slide and vocal work into drum and bass sessions. Public credits list featured vocals and collaborations with acts and labels including Black Sun Empire, Concord Dawn, Urbandawn, Logistics, Nu:Tone, Hospital Records, RAM Records and Metalheadz. He has toured in Europe, the UK, New Zealand and Australia, and has played festivals such as Sziget and Homegrown.

His musical signature is concrete and repeatable: emotive, roots-inflected soul vocals and live Weissenborn lap-slide guitar used as melodic and textural material inside liquid DnB frameworks. On releases and features you’ll hear sustained slide lines and exposed vocal takes that producers arrange into pads, hooks or call-and-response phrases; that combination is the element most frequently cited across his credited drum and bass work. He also releases solo Weissenborn material — notably the album Beneath The Weissenborn — which documents the instrumental source material he brings to electronic projects.

As a producer Thomas Oliver records and releases his own singer-songwriter and instrumental work and supplies vocal and guitar performances to other producers’ drum and bass tracks. He was a finalist for Best Vocalist at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards, a recognition tied specifically to his vocal contributions on DnB releases. His credited features span established names (Black Sun Empire, Concord Dawn, Urbandawn, Logistics, Nu:Tone) and imprint-level associations with Hospital Records, RAM and Metalheadz.

Public biographical detail beyond credits, touring and the Beneath The Weissenborn album is limited, but the verifiable through-line is clear: live Weissenborn lap-slide, roots/soul vocal delivery, and producer-level involvement both on his own albums and as a featured vocalist within liquid and drum and bass releases.