Techivation Artists
Learn more about some of the notable users and supporters of Techivation.
Michael Alln
Multi-talented recording artist Micheal Alln (pronounced Michael Allen) is a self-contained triple threat. The 2x RIAA Gold-certified songwriter, producer, and mix engineer Michael Alln is here to give the world a fresh new sound after working behind the scenes for many years. Austin Cannon is a composer and producer from East Nashville, Tennessee. He started his career in music as a keyboard player and music director for numerous churches, musicians, and bands after growing up in Oklahoma City, OK. Austin graduated from the Academy of Contemporary Music with a B.A. in music production in 2015 and interned at Six01 Studios in Burbank, California.Michael Alln earned a #1 on billboard and iTunes with MGK for Alpha Omega! Streaming well over 36 million plays. Michael Alln alongside his production team the Narcotics followed up with more hits like Blue Skies which achieved another 10 million streams. The cleveland rapper wasn’t the only star to take a liking to the sound and creativity of Michael Alln and the Narcotics, Trina – Da Baddest reached #6 on the hip hop and r&b charts, Quincy’s “Record Straight” garnered advertising for a national Footaction campaign and much more. Breathing life into the industry Michael Alln has worked with some familiar and newly charting artists like Nstasia, David Wade, Lucky Daye, Tommey Brown, and Cyhi tha Prynce. “My passion for music fuels me, it’s like air” say’s Michael Alln who has created for and worked with MTV- Black Ink Crew – “Problem”, Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club – “Body Language”, VH1, Roc Nation, Republic, SONY BMG, Universal Music, as well as production and engineering for music legends such as Diane Warren and Damon and Harvey of the Underdogs to name a few. Michael isn’t afraid to let his soul bleed through his music, his voice is honest and his writing is vulnerable in the coolest way. “Every song has a piece of me” and once you listen you can clearly hear and feel it. Alln is here to proudly hold the flag for great songwriting and melody, masterful production, & meticulous engineering and he won’t settle or stop anytime soon.
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Davide Sonten
Davide Sonten has been working in the music industry internationally for many years as Sound Engineer, Music Producer, and Recording Artist.He started his career studying Piano and Singing at Music College and afterward he graduated in Audio Engineering at SAE College in London UK. Here he worked as a freelance Sound Engineer and Music Producer for many years meanwhile performing as a Singer and DJ in many London Venues.He has been signed as Music Producer and Mixing Engineer to the record labels MEDIA RECORDS, UMM, BXR (Mauro Picotto, Gigi D'Agostino, 49ers, Cappella, Joy Kitikonti). During his career, he worked with many independent and world-renowned artists such as Veronika (Tricky, Subsonica), Mauro Picotto, CRW Project, Miss Groovy, Marina and the Diamonds, Noisette, Groove Armada, Hugh Burns London-based Scottish guitarist (George Michael, Joan Armatrading, Paul McCartney, etc.)Cosimo Keita Cadore international renewed Drummer (Shakira, Lionel Richie, Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Eddy Grant, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, Celloman, Dee C Lee, Antonio Forcione, Nelly Furtado…).Now he runs his own Recording Studio working with Artists and Producers all over the world on top of working on his own new productions.
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Ben Jacquier
Ben Jacquier is a sound designer and composer living in the Savoie region of the Alps. He became a symphony orchestra drummer after being immersed in the musical realm at a young age.He rapidly became immersed in the world of home recording studios and music composing. He trained in the art of production and mixing since he was curious and self-taught by nature. He began film scoring and sound design using a variety of software in his ongoing hunt for innovation.We are proud to have him as a T-De-Esser Pro user. He started using the free T-De-Esser just a few days after we released the plug-in.
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Matthew Sim
Matt Sim is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning mixer, mastering engineer, producer, consultant, and pro audio designer based out of Hong Kong. He started his career at the famous Germano Studios/The Hit Factory NYC. He is a highly sought-after mixer with numerous chart-topping successes in the USA, China, France, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, etc. Over 1000 mixes had been released from 2015-2021 that covered all genres: Pop, Hip Hop, Trap, Trap, EDM, Jazz, Gospel, Prog Rock, R&B, Cpop, Kpop, Tpop… He is currently the leading Dolby Atmos mixer in Asia, exclusively mixing for Warner Asia as well as Sony and Universal Music in Asia.As a former staff mixer at Germano Studios/The Hit Factory NYC, he had engineered for numerous A list artists including Big Sean, Idina Menzel, Desiigner, Billy Porter, Pusha T, Bette Midler, Gucci Mane, John Splithoff, Murda Beatz, Jake Paul, Steve Epstein, Kai, Malay Ho and many more.
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SkylerTheEngineer
Skyler Gibbons – A Proficient Audio Engineer Brilliantly Blending SoundsBorn and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, the talented Skyler Gibbons is also known as “Skyler The Engineer” because of his adroitness in merging sounds from different audio sources that are exquisite and delightful to the ear.His assertive and self-seeking nature compelled him to kick-start his career in audio engineering at the age of fifteen. Immensely driven, he attended Johnson University for an Audio Engineering degree to help further hone his craft. Gibbons has over ten years of experience in audio engineering, and he is a founding member of Grand Bay Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida.Although currently based out of Tampa, Florida, he has traveled to various parts of the United States to work in some of the finest recording studios in the country such as Capitol Records Studios, Studio at The Palms Las Vegas, Mars Miami, etc.Additionally, Skyler is a four-time Billboard charting mixing, mastering, and recording engineer. The songs he has engineered have now accumulated over half a billion streams, received placements on 30+ Spotify editorials, and have trended on Apple Music and Spotify.
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Thiago Baggio
Certified in Audio Engineering, Music Production, and Music Theory by OMID International Academy, Thiago had his first experience as an apprentice in 2010 and went on to participate in his first big commercial job in 2012 at the renowned studio NaCena in São Paulo, where he worked as an Assistant Engineer.Since then he has worked in various prominent companies in the market and has participated in over a hundred projects recording and mixing music for numerous artists and record labels such as Sony and Universal, some of which brought him diverse nominations to the Latin Grammy Awards including one for Best Engineered Album and most recently the title of Best Engineer in the 5º Music Pro Award.Since then, he has worked for a number of well-known companies in the industry, recording and mixing music for a variety of artists and record labels such as Sony and Universal, earning him a number of Latin Grammy nominations, including one for Best Engineered Album and, most recently, the title of Best Engineer in the 5o Music Pro Award.Thiago is also a voting member in the Recording Academy, Latin Recording Academy, and Audio Engineering Society; a member of the team of artists by Arturia collaborates with other brands such as Techivation, Sonimus, Process. Audio, Focusrite, and Sound on Sound; and performs as a self-employed professional recording and mixing for several productions in different styles.
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Wongo
Producer, DJ, label head, radio show host, former international breakdancer, full-time funnyman… Gold Coast-bred party-starter Wongo is no one-trick pony.With a big few years under his belt, by now you’ve probably already cut shapes to Wongo tunes. His production CV includes originals like ‘Mars’, ‘Hollywood’, ‘Relax! and ‘Be 2 Be’ and releases on labels like Insomniac Records, plus DJ mixes for triple j and Skrillex’s Nest HQ. He’s even been tasked with crafting official remixes for Beyoncé no less than three times, as well as flipping folks like A-Trak, Confidence Man, and Yolanda Be Cool.What really drives everything Wongo does is his love for music and the community around him. A case in point is his fast-rising label Box of Cats, which he uses to support and shine a light on the producers he sees doing good things. Big tunes, big sets, and big love – it’s all in a day’s work for dance music’s biggest multitasker.
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Marlon Gibbons
Marlon Gibbons is a multi-instrumentalist & Composer for TV & Advertising. He’s been producing music for TV and Ad for almost 2 decades and to date has had thousands of TV placements and written music for some of the world’s most notable brands. A few of Marlon’s credits include Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, Temptation Island, America’s Got Talent, Master Chef, Discovery ID, Archer, Access Hollywood, American Idol, Top Gear, F-Word, and more. Marlon is a proud ambassador for Godin Guitars, GHS Strings, and Warm Audio.”
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Bruno Furlan
Bruno’s talent shows up very quickly, and all it takes is the right setting to help him realize his full potential. He seized his assets at an early age to become one of Brazil’s newest underground prodigies, Whistle Records, as well as others such as Nervous, CUFF, Dirtybird, This Ain’t Bristol and Relief. He has been constantly lauded and invited to join the likes of Amine Edge & Dance, Green Velvet, and Claude VonStroke on their adventures across the world, be it playing at events like The Dirtybird Campout or exploring the Australian outback, always propelled by an innate sense of adventure. Every factor that led him to this point will continue to propel him forward.
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Louis Henry Sarmiento
Born in New York City, Swedish mother and Colombian father. Started in the music industry at the age of 16. At the age of 18 moved to California and started mixing live sound for bands. After years of touring decided to go into the studio recording. In 1997, became Studio Executive and mixer at Sy Klopps Studios in San Francisco owned by Herbie Herbert (Manager). Focused on the studio recording with many great artists. With a skill set of recording, mixing, mastering, studio production and live sound, Henry Sarmiento has a solid understanding of every level of music production. A meticulous work ethic and striving only for the best, he is a proficient professional in all aspects of the recording process ranging from recording to mixing until final mastering for over 500 artists and counting! In 2004, he opened Sonic Vista Studios in Ibiza, Spain in a 400-year-old Villa. Clients include Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, Swedish House Mafia, Taio Cruz, Akon, Ting Tings, Mousse T. and many more. He is also a voting member of NARAS (Grammys) since 1999.Overlooking the Mediterranean in the green hills of Ibiza is Sonic Vista Studios. Our facility is at the epicenter of the island’s globally renowned music culture and located just minutes away from the airport. Sonic Vista caters to the full spectrum of creative needs. We offer a range of services at our studios from recording and mixing to mastering and remote. We give visiting artists access to the latest in digital tools as well as the finest analog equipment available. Sonic Vista offers a full range of amenities to artists and writing teams providing a productive environment for composing and producing. The studios are located in a 400-year-old villa allowing artists to draw inspiration from the unique beauty of the landscape. We have worked with such artists as Lady Gaga, 50 Cent, Akon, Johnny Depp, Ne-Yo, Taio Cruz, David Guetta, Kelis, Ms.Dynamite, Ting Tings, Red Foo, Tinie Tempah, Swedish House Mafia, Priyanka Chopra, Ester Dean, Eva Simons, Paul Van Dyk, Sander Kleinenberg, and HBO, to name a few.
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Eryck Bry
We are proud to see engineers like Eryck using our plug-in in their projects. Eryck has supported Techivation since the beginning when we released the free T-De-Esser plug-in, and he’s continued to use our plug-in T-De-Esser Pro since then.Eryck’s passion for music began at a young age and has been a constant throughout his life. The audio bug had bitten him by the time he graduated from high school. He was captivated after trading a few of his guitars for an 8-track tape recorder and a sampling groove-box. His newfound passion for music creation and audio engineering was quickly turned into a pastime. However, as soon as he understood that this was a viable area, he made the decision to go all in. His path into the professional world of music began from there.Eryck joined Sound Squeeze, a privately owned Long Island recording studio, as an in-house music producer and engineer in 2006. He began working freelance out of Lobo Recording Studios in late 2007, honing his abilities in recording and mixing for some of the world’s top studio musicians. He launched Friggy Music LLC, an independent music production company, at the end of 2009. His entire career has been a domino effect since then, with one chance leading to the next.Eryck just made the decision to go full-time freelancing in order to focus on making high-quality sounds for a variety of projects. He works at a variety of studios across New York, determining which one to utilize based on the equipment required for each job. He presently divides his time between producing and mixing for high-profile clients and exploring the globe for the next big thing.
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Daniel Holsinger
Award-winning mixing/mastering engineerDaniel Holsinger is a recording, mixing, and mastering engineer located in Clearwater, Florida. He’s been building out a name for himself in the music business, working with companies like Universal Music Group and Island Def Jam, as well as musicians like John Legend, Fabolous, Editors, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Chick Corea.Daniel Holsinger Studios, as the name suggests, is where he works. Daniel has created a strong rig that enables him to work quickly and efficiently on any assignment. Two Avid S1 control surfaces, a Universal Audio Apollo x6 interface, Yamaha NS-10M monitors, ATC SCM 25a monitors, and more are all part of his setup.Daniel is using T-De-Esser Pro as one of his main mixing tools. We’re happy to have him in our beta-testing team and he’s also created some unique plug-in presets for the T-De-Esser Pro. He started using the free T-De-Esser just a few days after we released the plug-in.
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Tory G
Tory G. is a self-taught mix/master engineer – born and raised in Denver, Colorado. His interest in music from an early age has had him in love with production, but even more so with mixing. Working from his home studio, he has become a go-to engineer for upcoming artists such as DJ Zenas, Kidd Dripp, Rooftop York, KAI SNO, and others.
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Austin Cannon
Austin Cannon is a composer and producer from East Nashville, Tennessee. He started his career in music as a keyboard player and music director for numerous churches, musicians, and bands after growing up in Oklahoma City, OK. Austin graduated from the Academy of Contemporary Music with a B.A. in music production in 2015 and interned at Six01 Studios in Burbank, California.In the spring of 2017, Austin and his wife Amanda relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where he started producing and composing for Pop and CCM acts. He’s collaborated with a variety of musicians, including Stars Go Dim, Switch, Christy Nockels, Lincoln Brewster, and many more.
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SIAS Music
SIAS is an electronic-pop band from Detroit, Michigan, where they spend their time creating sonic environments filled with fresh air and organic roots. Made for stargazing, getting lost in the woods, and exploring urban jungles.SIAS Music uses the Techivation T-De-Esser Pro in their music production workflow since it has been released.
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Brian Dane Hansen
Brian Dane Hansen is a mix engineer and producer outside of Atlanta, GA where he lives with his wife and daughter. He has worked with artists from across the nation and locally.
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Ricard Galusi
Ricard Galusi was born and raised in Ibiza, Spain, and started learning guitar at the age of 10. At the age of 16, Ricard started producing music and later went to a Music university in Girona, Spain, and completed a 3-year course with a passion for music theory. At the age of 21, he started working at Sonic Vista Studios in Ibiza, Spain as an Assistant Engineer. Artists include David Guetta, Satori, Rels, Sfía, Daisy & Krazy to name a few.
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Cam Shand
Cam has had experience working in many recording studio environments before deciding to create his own production space in the beautiful Cotswolds.His combination of higher education and real industry experience makes for top quality, multi-skilled music producer and audio engineer.He’s a big fan of the T-De-Esser and T-De-Esser Pro and is one of the first people that started using them.
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