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 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] Music Awards. These include 'Engineer of the Year' for This Is the Sharp by The Sharp, ‘Engineer of the Year’ 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’ for Superheist’s The Prize Recruit. In 2007, he completed a Master of Music Degree at Queensland University of Technology.

Gold and Platinum records

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

Awards and nominations

1994 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year
1999 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year
2001 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year
2001 - Nominated for Producer Of The Year

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
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
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 (band)\|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
Well Done
Change
Turnaround
All Is Good
Used To Have A Job feat. Pesky Bones

MEJU productions

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