Kalju Tonuma

Kalju Tonuma
Background information
Origin	Australia
Genres	Rock, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic Folk, Electro-Pop, Electronic, Alt-Country, Metal
Occupation(s)	Record Producer, Audio Artist, Drummer, Performer, Songwriter
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Of 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]

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

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

[5]

MEJU single/album releases

• Eternal (May 2023) [6]
• Well Done (April 2020)[7]
• Change (May 2020) [8]
• Turnaround (June 2020) [9]
• All Is Good (November 2020) [10]
• Used To Have A Job feat. Pesky Bones (Peter Farnan) (November 2020)[11]

MEJU productions

• Anactoria - Good Mind [12]
• Khristian Mizzi - Hold Onto Me [13]
• Datson + Hughes - Flowers and the Axe [14]
• Kate Jukes & The Blue Healers - Heart One [15]

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".

External links

• Official website
• Discography at Discogs