Eli T.

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Eli T.
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Eli T. Live at Men's Fashion Week Asia, 2012
Background information
Born (1982-07-10) 10 July 1982 (age 43)
Singapore, Singapore
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Electropop, R&B
OccupationArtist
Years active2006–present
Labels Assassins Records
Website Official website

Eli T. is a Singaporean electropop artist. He is also an established producer, arranger and singer-songwriter who has worked for Chynahouse Recordings (EMI Asia) earlier in his career. [1]

Contents

In 2012, he released his debut album, 'Revolt', with Assassins Records, a subsidiary of a Singaporean media group, Assassins Pte. Ltd. [2]

Early career

Eli T. also made his theatre-stage debut in Singapore's hit summer play, "Beauty Kings". Written by veteran entertainer Dick Lee, Eli was cast as the "himbo" part-time model, "Don", Eli T. played the role throughout the 15-show run. [3] Eli T. was also cast for an episode in the second season of hit TV-series "Point of Entry". The show is filmed and broadcast by Singapore's television station, Mediacorp. [4]

Music career

Eli T. worked in EMI and produced tracks for Disney, Wang Lee Hom, Will Pan and The Gorillaz. [5] Attempting to explore how music could be used for Education, Eli left the label and started his production company Zai Studios in 2007. [5] And in late 2009, Eli had his first major hit song. [6]

Eli T. launched his debut album, Revolt, on 11 March 2012 in conjunction with the Mosaic Music Festival, and has since performed for the closing show at both Men's Fashion Week Asia and The Singapore Arts Festival. [7] For Revolt, Eli T. was nominated for Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Solo Artist at the Artists In Music Awards 2012 held at Hollywood. He was also nominated for Best Electronic Artiste at the Ontario New Music Awards 2012 and one award for Best Electronic Artist at the Toronto Independent Music Awards 2012. [5]

The album 'Revolt', led to The Revolt Tour, which was mainly planned around the international festivals that Eli T. had been invited to perform at. The tour will be making stops in Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America over the year 2012. [8]

In 2012, Eli T. launched the label, Assassins Records. [5]

Awards and nominations

YearOrganisationCategoryNominated workResultRef
2012Artists in Music Award 2012Best Solo ArtistNominated
Best Singer/SongwriterNominated
Ontario New Music Awards 2012Best Electronic ArtistNominated [9]
SingerUniverse Best Vocalist of the Month (August 2012)FinalistNominated [10]
Toronto Independent Music Awards 2012Best Electronic ArtistNominated [11]

Discography

Albums
  1. Intro
  2. Dancin' With Fire
  3. Hear Me
  4. Fallen
  5. Imaginary
  6. Fade Away
  7. Gibberish
  8. Thunder
  9. Interlude
  10. A Love Like This
  11. L-Over
  12. Prototype
  13. Hear Me (Remix)
  14. Fallen (Acoustic Mix)

Revolt was written, arranged and produced by Eli T., except for collaborations with Natasha and Malcolm for the lyrics of 'Fade Away', DJ Hoo.Da.Man on 'Hear Me (Remix)', and Justin Low for the co-arrangement (Guitar) for 'Fallen (Acoustic Mix)' [13]

EPs

References

  1. ↑ Yahoo! Singapore "Entertainment Nominees: Eli T., 30", Yahoo! Singapore , Singapore, SG, 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Tan, Audrey "Staying With Synergistic Businesses", The Business Times , Singapore, SG, 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Tan, Jo "Dick Lee's Hunt For A Beauty King", TimeOut SG , Singapore, July 2011. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Mediacorp Channel 5 "POE Ep5 Trailer", Mediacorp , Singapore, 23 December 2011. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Artiste puts Singapore on the electro-pop music map". sg.entertainment.yahoo.com. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Monday Music Musings: Eli. T". Fever Avenue. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Timeout Singapore Editors. "25+ Things To Do In Singapore This Week", Timeout Singapore , Singapore, 28 May 2012. Retrieved on 20 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Eli T.", MTV , 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ontario New Music Awards" Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Admiral Entertainment , July 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  10. ↑ Kawashima, Dale "Best Vocalist Of The Month Winner: Scott Mulvahill." SingerUniverse , September 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Toronto Independent Music Awards" TIMAs , September 2012. Retrieved on 23 September 2012.
  12. ↑ Salimat, Shah. "Here's What We Think About Eli T.'s New Album And How You Can Win It." Popspoken, Singapore, 2 April 2012. Retrieved on 12 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Revolt Album Insert", Assassins Records , Singapore, 11 March 2012. Retrieved on 20 June 2012.
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