Paul Mac

Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mac has formed various bands including Smash Mac Mac (1986–88), The Lab (1989–1998), Itch-E and Scratch-E (1991–present), Boo Boo Mace & Nutcase (1996–98), and The Dissociatives (2003–2005). Mac has released two solo albums, 3000 Feet High (6 August 2001) and Panic Room (17 October 2005) – both appeared in the top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002 Mac won 'Best Dance Release' for 3000 Feet High and was nominated for 'Best Male Artist' and 'Engineer of the Year'. In June 2001 he released his highest-charting single, "Just the Thing", which featured lead vocals by Peta Morris. It reached No. 17 on the ARIA Singles Chart and at the APRA Music Awards of 2002 it won 'Most Performed Dance Work'.

Mac played with Severed Heads. He was also a touring member of Silverchair as well as recording piano parts for their album, Young Modern (March 2007), having worked with frontman Daniel Johns as The Dissociatives previously. He has provided remixes for Silverchair, Powderfinger, The Mark of Cain, Grinspoon, The Cruel Sea, INXS and Placebo. Mac has worked on soundtracks for Baz Luhrmann and on the films Head On and Sample People. He was the musical director on the Australian TV show, Good News Week, and composed music for ABC-TV including The Afternoon Show, EC Plays Lift Off, Play School and TVTV.

Biography Mac was born on 17 September 1965.

In February 2019, Mac released a new single titled "Cataplexy" and confirmed a new album is coming soon. In April, Mac confirmed the album is titled Mesmerism and will be released on 3 May 2019. That same year, Mac composed a new score for the silent film The Sentimental Bloke (1919). The score was commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive and performed live by Mac during screenings of the film.

Academic career Decades after completing his earlier music degree, Mac returned to his alma mater, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, for postgraduate study. In 2021, he graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts qualification in composition, based on fusing electronic dance music traditions with experimental practice. As at 2022, he holds an academic staff role at the Conservatorium, teaching Contemporary Music Practice courses within its Bachelor of Music programme.

Personal life In October 2004, Mac was living in Erskineville.

Released: 6 August 2001 Label: Eleven: A Music Company Formats: CD 29 ARIA: Gold

Released: 17 October 2005 Label: Eleven: A Music Company Formats: CD 39

Released: 10 April 2015 Label: Eleven: A Music Company Formats: CD, digital download 118

Released: 3 May 2019 Label: Here to Hell Formats: Digital download, streaming — Extended plays + List of extended plays Title EP details Paul Mac Presents Snapshots Released: 1998 Label: Interdance Format: CD

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUS "The Sound of Breaking Up"(featuring Peta Morris) 25 "Gonna Miss You"(featuring Abby Dobson) 2002 62 "Stay"(featuring Jacqui Hunt) 79 "Sunshine Eyes"(featuring Peta Morris) 2005 27Panic Room "Love Declaration"(featuring Aaradhna) 2006 31 "It's Not Me, It's You"(featuring Ngaiire) — "The Only One"(featuring Bertie Blackman) 2008 95 Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger soundtrack "State of War" 2015 —Holiday from Me "The Currawong Shall Return" (with Andy Rantzen) 2018 —non-album single "Cataplexy" 2019 — Mesmerism "Flamenco" —

As featured artist