Kalju Tonuma

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Kalju Tonuma
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Background information
OriginAustralia
GenresRock, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic Folk, Electro-Pop, Electronic, Alt-Country, Metal
Occupation(s)Record Producer, Audio Artist, Drummer, Performer, Songwriter
Years active1985–present
LabelsOf One Kind
Website kaljutonuma.com

Kalju Tonuma is an Australian music producer, songwriter, drummer and performer of Estonian descent. He is one half of the production team MEJU (pronounced "me-you") which he founded with Megan Bernard in 2014. He also manages record label Of One Kind and live-stream venue The B Side. [1] Tonuma also performs as the drummer for Anactoria, Megan Bernard and The Indulgence and Peter Farnan and The Home Bodies. [2] [3]

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He began his career in 1989 at Platinum Studios in South Yarra, Australia. He has been nominated for a number of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards. These include 'Engineer of the Year' (1994) for This Is the Sharp by The Sharp, ‘Engineer of the Year’ (1999) for Kid Indestructible by 28 Days; Felicity Hunter's "Hardcore Adore"; and The Mavis's "Puberty Song", [4] as well as ‘Engineer of the Year’ and ‘Producer of the Year’ (2001) for Superheist’s The Prize Recruit . In 2007, he completed a Master of Music Degree (M.Mus.) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Gold and Platinum records

Awards and nominations

Discography

As producer, mixer and/or engineer

YearArtistSong/AlbumProducerEngineerMixNote
2016 Taipan Tiger Girls Live At The Melbourne Town HallYes
2016 Taipan Tiger Girls 2Yes
2016 Video Video Planet Of StormsYes
2015 Suiciety Crawling Machine Edition Yes
2013 Polygon Palace Sunburnt ShadowsYes
2013 Polygon Palace StarpilotsYes
2013 Dom Italiano & The Upbeat Mafia Way OutYes
2009Various & Baterz – Great Big Squiddy Fun: A Baterz Tribute/Baterz For BeginnersMorning AfterYes
2009 The Temper Trap Down River (from Conditions )Yes
2009 All Left Out The ConquestYes
2005 The D4 Out Of My HeadYes
2005 Jimmy Barnes with Mahalia Barnes Gonna Take Some TimeDouble HappinessYes
2005 K-Oscillate K-OscillateYes
2004 Rob Mills Up All Night - "That's All You Are"Yes
2004 Infusion Six Feet Above YesterdayYesYes(tracks: 2, 8, 9, 12)
2004 Lydia Denker One Perfect DayYes
2003 Evermore My Own WayYes
2003 Evermore Oil & WaterYes
2003 Evermore Slipping AwayYes
2002 28 Days Stealing ChairsYes
2002 The Butterfly Effect CraveYes
2001 Area 7 Say It To My FaceYesYes
2001 28 Days SuckerYes
2001 Superheist The Prize RecruitYesYes
2001 28 Days and Apollo 440 This Is Not a Set-Up and Airplanes from Say What?YesYesYes
2000 Superheist Have Your Way8 Miles HighYesYes
2000 Mudhead MudheadYes
2000 28 Days Here We GoYes
2000 The Screaming Jets Shine Over MeYes
2000 The Screaming Jets Higher With YouYes
2000 The Screaming Jets ScamYes
2000 Superheist Crank The SystemYes
2000 28 Days Rip It UpYes
2000 28 Days UpstyledownYes
2000 Bodyjar How It WorksYes
2000 Insurge GlobalizationYes
1999 Insurge "Feast or Famine"Yes
1999 Lisa Miller As Far As Life GoesYes
1999 Rebecca's Empire WelcomeYes
2000 Deadstar Somewhere Over The RadioYes
1999 Felicity Hunter Hardcore AdoreYes
1999 28 Days Kid IndestructibleYes
1998 Mark Seymour Home AgainYes
1998 Beliicose IllusionYes
1998 Christopher Marshall Strange Waters, Small MerciesYes
1998 Cold Chisel The Last Wave Of SummerYes
1998 Hunters & Collectors Suit Your StyleYes
1998 Hunters & Collectors JuggernautYes
1998 The Mavis's Pink PillsYes
1997 Boom Crash Opera Fizz from Dreaming Up A FireYes
1997 Mark Seymour Last Ditch CabaretYes
1997 Mark Seymour King Without A ClueYes
1996 Frenzal Rhomb DisappointmentYes
1996 Frenzal Rhomb Not So touch NowYes
1996 Frenzal Rhomb Punch In The FaceYes
1996 Insurge Soul 4 SaleYes
1996 Insurge SpeculatorYes
1996 Insurge ak 47Yes
1996 The Body Electric I Don't Want ItYes
1996 Jane McCracken Giraffes Never ForgetYes
1996 Peter Lillie Poetry and WesternYes
1996 Deadstar Don't It Get You DownYes
1996 Deadstar MilkYes
1996 Nude Bent As A DaliYes
1996 Deadstar Sex SellYes
1996 Deadstar She Loves SheYes
1995 Insurge Political PrisonersYes
1995 Richard Pleasance MythologyYes
1995 Skunkhour FeedStrange EquationYes
1995 Skunkhour Did You Write It All Down?Up To Our Necks In ItYes
1995 Skunkhour SunstonePart Of The SolutionYesYes
1995 Boom Crash Opera Tongue TiedYes
1995 Hunters & Collectors Living...In Large Rooms and LoungesYes
1995 Hunters & Collectors Living Single...In Large Rooms and LoungesYes
1995 Horsehead LiarYes
1994 Horsehead SunYes
1994 Area 7 Demo TapeYes
1994 The Sharp Sonic TripodYes
1994 The Sharp Honest and SoberYes
1994 The Sharp Alone Like MeYesYes
1994 Boom Crash Opera GimmeYes
1994 The Breadmakers The Night The Moon Forgot To RiseYes
1994 Scarymother Tai LaeoYes
1994 Scarymother Looking DownYes
1994 Hunters & Collectors EasyYes
1994 Hunters & Collectors Back In The HoleYes
1994 Hunters & Collectors Demon FlowerYes
1994 David McComb Love Of WillYes
1994 Crowded House Pineapple HeadYes
1994 Killing Joke PandemoniumYes
1994 Insurge I.M.F.Yes
1993 Truckasaurus TruckasaurusYes
1993 The Sharp Train of ThoughtYes
1993 No Comply BuzzYes
1993 Wings Bazooka PenakaYes
1993 The Sharp Scratch My BackYes
1993 Crowded House Together AloneYes
1993 The Sharp This Is the SharpYes
1993 The Makers Hokey PokeyYes
1992 David Hosking Slow RunnersYes
1992 Joe Creighton HollywellYes
1992 Josie Jason And The Argonauts Medusa Goes To MarketYes
1992 The Sharp SpinosityYes
1992 Soulscraper Heard It All BeforeYes
1993 Aqualads So GoodYes
1991 Cezary Skubiszewski SOUNDeSCAPEYes
1991 The Killjoys SpinYes
1991 Third Eye Third EyeYes
1990 Straitjacket Fitz MeltYes

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MEJU single/album releases

MEJU productions

References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/bsiderocks [ user-generated source ]
  2. "Come on, Change, by Anactoria".
  3. "Peter Farnan to Launch New Album at the Crystal Ballroom. See New Video". 19 January 2023.
  4. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1999: 13th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  5. "Kalju Tonuma". Discogs .
  6. "ETERNAL, by MEJU".
  7. "Well Done, by MEJU".
  8. "Change, by MEJU".
  9. "Turnaround, by MEJU".
  10. "All is Good, by MEJU".
  11. "Used to Have a Job, by MEJU".
  12. "Good Mind, by Anactoria".
  13. "Khristian Mizzi". Khristianmizzi.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  14. "Flowers and the Axe Lp".
  15. "Heart One, by Kate Jukes & the Blue Healers".