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Sgt Slick

musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ7459794 ↗
Source-derived summary

Andrew James Ramanauskas, also known as Sgt Slick, is a house music DJ and producer from Melbourne, Australia, sometimes known as Andy J or L'TRIC. Sgt Slick is best known for his ARIA Music Award winning 1998 single "White Treble, Black Bass". Sgt Slick's career as a producer has opened doors to gigs and shows all across Australia and Asia and also led to a 7-year relocation to the USA.

Career

In May 1998, Sgt Slick released his debut single "White Treble, Black Bass", which peaked at No. 69 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It topped club charts in Australia and Europe.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, Sgt Slick won ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.

In July 2001, Sgt Slick released "Let It Ride" which peaked at number 95 on the ARIA Charts. At ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the song was nominated for Best Dance Release. It peaked at No. 95.

In June 2010, Sgt Slick released "Back on Black" which reached No.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sgt Slick” as musician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2001, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Slick and musician can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as musician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7459794. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1998, 2001 and 2010.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sgt Slick”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sgt Slick primary sources, Sgt Slick archive and Slick research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sgt Slick”?
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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Sgt Slick” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.