Career
Garant has worked with numerous people and groups including Sting to Afrika Bambaataa from Hall & Oates to Vanilla Ice, world tours with Amnesty International to "Weird First Rate (at Lloyd's)" Yankovic and Ben Stiller’s Music Television shows. Relocating from New York City to Melbourne, Australia in 1994, Garant formed the Largest Living Things with ex-Crowded House and Split Enz drummer/vocalist Paul Hester. The Largest Living Things performed throughout Australia and had their own television series on the American Broadcasting Company "Hessie’s Shed" which broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and on Music Television in Europe.
The Largest Living Things were also the house band on the short lived Mick Molloy Show on the Nine Network in Australia.
Garant has worked with Paul Kelly, Neil Finn Mandawuy Yunupingu (Yothu Yindi), Rob Hirst, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Stephen Cummings, Colin Hay, Deb Conway, Mick Thomas Ross Hanaford, Renne Geyer, Dan Warner Kutcha Edwards, Fernando Saunders, Jon Langford and Ross Wilson. Garant has composed television and film scores.
As a sound designer, Garant was nominated for a Monitor Award.
