Kalju Tonuma

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. Tonuma also performs as the drummer for Anactoria, Megan Bernard and The Indulgence and Peter Farnan and The Home Bodies.

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", 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 1995 - The Sharp - GOLD (album) - This Is The Sharp 1997 - The Mavis's - GOLD (single & album) - Cry/Pink Pills 2000 - 28 Days - DOUBLE PLATINUM (album) - Upstyledown GOLD (single) - Rip It Up 2005 - Bodyjar - GOLD (album) - How It Works 2009 - The Temper Trap - PLATINUM (album) SILVER (UK album) - Conditions 2009 - The Living End - DOUBLE PLATINUM (album) - White Noise 2010 - Superheist - GOLD (album) - The Prize Recruit

Awards and nominations 1994 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards) 1999 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards) 2001 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards) 2001 - Nominated for Producer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards)

Discography As producer, mixer and/or engineer

Year Artist Song/Album Producer Engineer Mix Note 2016 Taipan Tiger Girls Live At The Melbourne Town Hall 2016 Taipan Tiger Girls 2 2016 Video Video Planet Of Storms 2015 Suiciety Crawling Machine Edition 2013 Polygon Palace Sunburnt Shadows 2013 Polygon Palace Starpilots 2013 Dom Italiano & The Upbeat Mafia Way Out 2009 Various & Baterz – Great Big Squiddy Fun: A Baterz Tribute/Baterz For Beginners Morning After 2009 The Temper Trap Down River (from Conditions) 2009 All Left Out The Conquest 2005 The D4 Out Of My Head 2005 Jimmy Barnes with Mahalia Barnes Gonna Take Some Time Double Happiness 2005 K-Oscillate K-Oscillate 2004 Rob Mills Up All Night - "That's All You Are" 2004 Infusion Six Feet Above Yesterday (tracks: 2, 8, 9, 12)2004 Lydia Denker One Perfect Day 2003 Evermore My Own Way 2003 Evermore Oil & Water 2003 Evermore Slipping Away 2002 28 Days Stealing Chairs 2002 The Butterfly Effect Crave 2001 Area 7 Say It To My Face 2001 28 Days Sucker 2001 Superheist The Prize Recruit 2001 28 Days and Apollo 440 This Is Not a Set-Up and Airplanes from Say What? 2000 Superheist Have Your Way 8 Miles High 2000 Mudhead Mudhead 2000 28 Days Here We Go 2000 The Screaming Jets Shine Over Me 2000 The Screaming Jets Higher With You 2000 The Screaming Jets Scam 2000 Superheist Crank The System 2000 28 Days Rip It Up 2000 28 Days Upstyledown 2000 Bodyjar How It Works 2000 Insurge Globalization 1999 Insurge "Feast or Famine" 1999 Lisa Miller As Far As Life Goes 1999 Rebecca's Empire Welcome 2000 Deadstar Somewhere Over The Radio 1999 Felicity Hunter Hardcore Adore 1999 28 Days Kid Indestructible 1998 Mark Seymour Home Again 1998 Beliicose Illusion 1998 Christopher Marshall Strange Waters, Small Mercies 1998 Cold Chisel The Last Wave Of Summer 1998 Hunters & Collectors Suit Your Style 1998 Hunters & Collectors Juggernaut 1998 The Mavis's Pink Pills 1997 Boom Crash Opera Fizz from Dreaming Up A Fire 1997 Mark Seymour Last Ditch Cabaret 1997 Mark Seymour King Without A Clue 1996 Frenzal Rhomb Disappointment 1996 Frenzal Rhomb Not So touch Now 1996 Frenzal Rhomb Punch In The Face 1996 Insurge Soul 4 Sale 1996 Insurge Speculator 1996 Insurge ak 47 1996 The Body Electric I Don't Want It 1996 Jane McCracken Giraffes Never Forget 1996 Peter Lillie Poetry and Western 1996 Deadstar Don't It Get You Down 1996 Deadstar Milk 1996 Nude Bent As A Dali 1996 Deadstar Sex Sell 1996 Deadstar She Loves She 1995 Insurge Political Prisoners 1995 Richard Pleasance Mythology 1995 Skunkhour Feed Strange Equation 1995 Skunkhour Did You Write It All Down? Up To Our Necks In It 1995 Skunkhour Sunstone Part Of The Solution 1995 Boom Crash Opera Tongue Tied 1995 Hunters & Collectors Living...In Large Rooms and Lounges 1995 Hunters & Collectors Living Single...In Large Rooms and Lounges 1995 Horsehead Liar 1994 Horsehead Sun 1994 Area 7 Demo Tape 1994 The Sharp Sonic Tripod 1994 The Sharp Honest and Sober 1994 The Sharp Alone Like Me 1994 Boom Crash Opera Gimme 1994 The Breadmakers The Night The Moon Forgot To Rise 1994 Scarymother Tai Laeo 1994 Scarymother Looking Down 1994 Hunters & Collectors Easy 1994 Hunters & Collectors Back In The Hole 1994 Hunters & Collectors Demon Flower 1994 David McComb Love Of Will 1994 Crowded House Pineapple Head 1994 Killing Joke Pandemonium 1994 Insurge I.M.F. 1993 Truckasaurus Truckasaurus 1993 The Sharp Train of Thought 1993 No Comply Buzz 1993 Wings Bazooka Penaka 1993 The Sharp Scratch My Back 1993 Crowded House Together Alone 1993 The Sharp This Is the Sharp 1993 The Makers Hokey Pokey 1992 David Hosking Slow Runners 1992 Joe Creighton Hollywell 1992 Josie Jason And The Argonauts Medusa Goes To Market 1992 The Sharp Spinosity 1992 Soulscraper Heard It All Before 1993 Aqualads So Good 1991 Cezary Skubiszewski SOUNDeSCAPE 1991 The Killjoys Spin 1991 Third Eye Third Eye 1990 Straitjacket Fitz Melt

MEJU single/album releases Eternal (May 2023) Well Done (April 2020) Change (May 2020) Turnaround (June 2020) All Is Good (November 2020) Used To Have A Job feat. Pesky Bones (Peter Farnan) (November 2020)

MEJU productions Anactoria - Good Mind Khristian Mizzi - Hold Onto Me Datson + Hughes - Flowers and the Axe Kate Jukes & The Blue Healers - Heart One