about me

I was born and raised in the seaside city of Wollongong, on Australia's east coast an hour or so south of Sydney. I have always loved listening to music, but unlike many people haven't had musical training since childhood (unfortunately). I studied keyboard for a year or two when I was a teenager, but lost interest when practice became a chore. I've always been interested in computers, and took the logical step to begin studying Computer Science at university. After a year I deferred, not really enjoying spending both work and study time programming, and in 2002 I changed my degree to Sound, Composition and Music Production. I graduated in 2004.

During the year 2000 I started going to outdoor trance parties which affected my musical tastes in a big way. Around 2001 I started experimenting with electronic music, trying my hand at writing a bit of psytrance and eventually writing progressive (psy)trance as my style of choice. Now I write progressive trance music with smatterings of psychedelic, techno, house and anything else that takes my fancy.

I am learning Clarinet and would like to eventually be able to play Oboe as well. I also study Wadaiko - a Japanese style of drumming - which I highly recommend to anyone looking for a musical experience encompassing meditation, physical activity, movement and of course music itself.

Apart from electronic and trance music, I enjoy listening to a large variety of musical styles and genres including classical, world music, metal, opera, hip hop and a whole lot more. Music is a major part of my life and I love the massive variety that is available.

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Sunrunner was born from a blazing ray of sunshine that burst through a legion of puffy white clouds one sunny Australian afternoon in November. Starting out as a small ball of light, Sunrunner eventually became more of a consciousness and acquired some technology to start working on music. After many nights of producing random blips and beeps, things started to sound a little less like a computer shorting out and more like a piece of electronic music.

Combining trippy sounds, lush pads, emotive melodies and percussion, Sunrunner’s sound is reminiscent of the Australian bush and outback on a slightly psychedelic afternoon. His music has been heard around parts of Australia and as far abroad as Finland and Japan.