Eli T.


Eli T. is a Singaporean electropop artist. He is also an established producer, arranger and singer-songwriter who has worked for Chynahouse Recordings earlier in his career.
In 2012, he released his debut album, 'Revolt', with Assassins Records, a subsidiary of a Singaporean media group, Assassins Pte. Ltd.

Early career

Eli T. also made his theatre-stage debut in Singapore's hit summer play, "Beauty Kings". Written by veteran entertainer Dick Lee, Eli was cast as the "himbo" part-time model, "Don", Eli T. played the role throughout the 15-show run. Eli T. was also cast for an episode in the second season of hit TV-series "Point of Entry". The show is filmed and broadcast by Singapore's television station, Mediacorp.

Music career

Eli T. worked in EMI and produced tracks for Disney, Wang Lee Hom, Will Pan and The Gorillaz. Attempting to explore how music could be used for Education, Eli left the label and started his production company Zai Studios in 2007. And in late 2009, Eli had his first major hit song.
Eli T. launched his debut album, Revolt, on 11 March 2012 in conjunction with the Mosaic Music Festival, and has since performed for the closing show at both Men's Fashion Week Asia and The Singapore Arts Festival. For Revolt, Eli T. was nominated for Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Solo Artist at the Artists In Music Awards 2012 held at Hollywood. He was also nominated for Best Electronic Artiste at the Ontario New Music Awards 2012 and one award for Best Electronic Artist at the Toronto Independent Music Awards 2012.
The album 'Revolt', led to The Revolt Tour, which was mainly planned around the international festivals that Eli T. had been invited to perform at. The tour will be making stops in Singapore, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America over the year 2012.
In 2012, Eli T. launched the label, Assassins Records.

Awards and nominations

YearOrganisationCategoryNominated workResultRef
2012Artists in Music Award 2012Best Solo ArtistNomitated
2012Artists in Music Award 2012Best Singer/SongwriterNomitated
2012Ontario New Music Awards 2012Best Electronic ArtistNomitated
2012SingerUniverse Best Vocalist of the Month FinalistNomitated
2012Toronto Independent Music Awards 2012Best Electronic ArtistNomitated

Discography

;Albums
  • Revolt: Released 11 March 2012
  1. Intro
  2. Dancin' With Fire
  3. Hear Me
  4. Fallen
  5. Imaginary
  6. Fade Away
  7. Gibberish
  8. Thunder
  9. Interlude
  10. A Love Like This
  11. L-Over
  12. Prototype
  13. Hear Me
  14. Fallen
Revolt was written, arranged and produced by Eli T., except for collaborations with Natasha and Malcolm for the lyrics of 'Fade Away', DJ Hoo.Da.Man on 'Hear Me ', and Justin Low for the co-arrangement for 'Fallen '
;EPs
  • Key to My Life: Released 2006