AWARDS

2006 – Heineken Music Thirst People’s Choice Award (B4C)
2006 – International Scholarship, Middlesex University, London
2005 – International Scholarship, Middlesex University, London
2003 – Best Overall Achievement Award, School of Audio Engineering (SAE)
1997 – Grade 8 in Violin, Royal School of Music (ABRSM)
1997 – Grade 6 in Piano, Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)
1996 – Full Scholarship in Music, Christ Church Grammar School
1996 – Level 3 Award, Alliance Francaise

TERTIARY STUDIES

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Bachelor of Science in Sonic Arts (Honours)

SCHOOL OF AUDIO ENGINEERING
Diploma in Audio Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Bachelor of Computer & Mathematical Sciences
Transferred to SAE

SECONDARY EDUCATION

CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Completed Year 12 and TEE

INTERESTS

Live Electronic Music Production & Performance
Violin & Piano
Travelling
Golf

WORK HISTORY

Ongoing – DJ, Producer, Sound Engineer & Sonic Artist
Performances spanning across several regional entertainment outlets, numerous releases and collaborations, remixes for regional artists. Please refer to the ‘Discography’ and ‘Attend’ pages of this website for more details.

2007 – Composer, Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer (Freelance)
Recharge Revelation 5: Global Gathering – Audio Production for Radio & TVC Campaign

2006 – March 2007 Sound Designer, Composer & Mixing Engineer (WASP Studios)
Post-Production work in conjunction with advertisement firms including;
BBDO, Dentsu Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe & Partners, Astro, Naga DDB.

2004 – Composer & Mixing Engineer (Freelance)
Jiwaku – Choreographed Martial Arts with Live Musicians
Choreographer / Artistic Director: Lewis Pragasam
Music: Reuben Samuel

2004 – Recording & Mixing Engineer (Scat Productions)
David Gomes & Junji Delfino – “Jingle All The Way” – Artist Album
Music: Various Artists
Performers: David Gomes, Junji Delfino & Friends

Drum Talk – Drum Educational Series
Producers: Michael Veerapen, Richard Chua & Lewis Pragasam

Gerard Singh – “Slice of the Pie” – Artist album
Producers: Gerard Singh, Michael Veerapen, Richard Chua & Lewis Pragasam
Distributor: Scat Records

2003 – 2004 – Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer (Scat Productions & Freelance)
BMW 1 Series – Radio commercial
Carls UVLution – PA tags for live performances (voice over & sound design)
Marlboro Regenerate Dance Party – Internal corporate promotional video
Ridsect – Radio & TV commercials
Pizza Hut – Radio commercials
Ayam Brand Tuna – TV commercials
HSBC – Radio commercials
In conjunction with advertisement firms including;
Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe & Partners, McCann Erickson,
J Walter Thompson, Naga DDB and Barney Communications.

2003 – Sound Design & Mixing Engineer for Soundtrack (Scat Productions)
Prism – Theatre Production
Director: Goh Boon Teck
Assistant Director: Beatrice Chia
Music Composer: Saidah Rastam
Original Playwright: Liza C. Magtoto

Awas – Theatre Production
Choreographer / Artistic Director: Joseph Gonzales
Production Manager: Norhafilah Khawari
Producer: Akademi Seni Kebangsaan
Music: Saidah Rastam with Rozario Ghulam Rasul

2001 – 2003 – Freelance Reporter & Reviewer
Juice Magazine (Malaysia)
Interview with Jeff Mills
Articles & reviews on Yoshitoshi’s “In House We Trust 3” tour, Lucien Foort, Sven Vath & Nick Riley

KLue Magazine (Malaysia)
Interviews, articles & reviews on Ken Ishii, Anthony Pappa, Andy Jarrod, Omid 16B & Gatecrasher

In The Mix (Australia)
Event reviews on Paul Van Dyk, Eric Powell, Sean Quinn, Simon Coyle & Kazu Kimura

2000 – 2002 – Design, Report Writing & Systems Administration
Finder 2000 Publications Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Recently graduated from Middlesex University in London with an Honours degree in Sonic Arts. Artist Profile can be viewed at http://www.blastique.net, http://myspace.blastique.net, & overleaf, followed by a discography of releases.

SKILLS

HIGHLY DEVELOPED SKILLS IN THE AREA OF:
Music Production, Engineering & Sound Design
Trained in Live Sound Reinforcement
Information & Communications Technology

AUDIO EQUIPMENT & WORKSTATION EXPERIENCE
Desks:
Yamaha O2R, Mackie 1642-VLZ PRO, D8B
Monitors:
Event ASP8, Mackie HR824, Genelec 1029/1031A, Adam S2A, KRK V Series, Alesis M1Active 620
Software:
Sony Vegas, Sound Forge, Acid Pro, DVD Architect
Cakewalk Sonar PE, Logic, Pro Tools 7.x
Ableton Live, Cycling ’74 Max/MSP
Other:
Recording studio design, planning and installation MOTU & Digidesign Interfaces
Various VST/Outboard Synthesizer Modules