Davide Carbone (born 1971, in

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, Australia) is an Australian

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, composer,

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er and technologist. Listed as one of the 7 most influential Australian music producers of all time by Australia's premier audio and music publication Mixdown Magazine,and one of the greatest Australian electronic acts of all time by

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Magazine, Carbone has released several records, produced music for major artists, composed music and created sound design for TV, film, theatre, and video games, and developed music making software.

Career

1992–1998: Future Sound of Melbourne and ARIA Award

Carbone was born in 1971 in

and started as a DJ in the Melbourne nightclub scene. In 1990 he started an electronic music show called ''Rhythmatic'' on Australian radio station

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. Carbone formed the

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group, Future Sound of Melbourne ( FSOM) with

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and acid house DJ Steve Robbins. They released 12" singles on

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, Sony Music imprint

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and also released tracks on Belgium's underground dance-music label, Two Thumbs Records. Future Sound of Melbourne won the

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for "Best Dance Release" for their ''Chapter One'' album in

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1998–2004: BS1 Records and Relocation to England

In 1998, Carbone relocated to

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, England where he started

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record label BS1 Records. The label was responsible for launching the career of artists such as TC. Carbone performed at the 1999

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in Denmark. Carbone also released several drum and bass singles through BS1 Records, 31 Records and React. His single ''El Dorado'' debuted at No. 5 in the UK dance singles chart in 2002. In 2004, Carbone moved to London where he produced the sample pack ''Davide Carbone's Drum & Bass Masterclass'' for

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. Released in 2006, the sample pack garnered critical acclaim from the music press including an MTM (Music Tech Magazine) recommended award. During his period in London, Carbone composed several pieces for TV, film and Video Games. His music appeared on

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and the Japanese video games ''Get Amped 2'', ''Get Amped Tournament Edition'' and ''Cosmic 21''. ''Get Amped 2'', a

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(MMO) has over twenty million registered players. Carbone also joined UK music production house Delicious Digital where he composed over one hundred pieces of music, some of which featured on

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and the promo video for

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which was awarded a 2009 gold Promax Award.

2009–2014: Return to Melbourne and Formation of s:amplify

In 2009, Carbone returned to Melbourne, Australia where he formed s:amplify. Under this new moniker Carbone teamed with Josh Abrahams and

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to co-write and co-produce Cox's artist album ''All Roads Lead to the Dancefloor'', released in 2011. This trio also provided remixes for

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Josh Wink and

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, among others. Carbone also provided complete sonic and music branding packages for 774 ABC Melbourne, Melbourne TV network Channel 31, Melbourne public transport company

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in Sydney, Tahiti Toursime, and

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for which the rebranding package that included Carbone's music was awarded with the Rebrand 2014 Best of Award. s:amplify have also composed music and created sound design for

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, Ford,

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, the

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. and

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which was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Audio Excellence and a Golden Joystick Award for Best Audio. In 2011, s:amplify were featured on the front cover of the April issue of Music Tech magazine and were appointed musical directors for the

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New Year's Eve fireworks show. The 2011/2012 12-minute NYE Fireworks show on Sydney Harbour showcased 24 Australian songs including original composition from Carbone. Carbone and Abrahams were again appointed musical directors for the 2012/2013 Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks show where they worked alongside Kylie Minogue to produce the 12-minute soundtrack for the show which culminated in a music composition by Carbone that featured exclusive content from Kylie. Carbone also created the 30-minute soundtrack for the highest commemorative status given to an Australian event since the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the International Fleet Review. Carbone worked closely alongside the Royal Australian Navy Band to create the soundtrack. Carbone was again appointed musical director for 2013/2014 Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks show where he worked alongside creative director Reg Mombassa and composed several pieces including the orchestral finale which was attended by 2 million people and broadcast to over a billion people worldwide. Carbone has tutored at various universities and colleges including the

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and

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. In 2012 Carbone founded the School of Synthesis in Melbourne which was set up to offer high end intensive courses in advanced music and audio production.

2013–2017: Awards, Carbon Electra, and Video Game Scoring

Carbone was nominated for best soundtrack for his work on the award-winning short film 'Woody' at the 2013 APRA Screen Music Awards and was again nominated at the 2015 and the 2017 APRA Screen Music Awards for his work for Tahiti Tourism and Hennessy. He also produced the top selling sample pack 'Carl Cox - My Life in Music' which was awarded 10/10 by Computer Music Magazine quoting 'One of the most essential sample packs we have ever heard'. In 2015 Carbone designed 'Carbon Electra', a virtual analog synthesiser that features factory presets from internationally acclaimed artists including Mike Huckaby, DJ Pierre, Freemasons, Kosheen, D-Product and Dom Kane. Carbon Electra received several positive reviews in major magazines including Sound on Sound, DJ Mag, Computer Music and was awarded the Music Tech Magazine ‘Editors Choice Award’. In 2016 Carbone composed the original score and created sound design for the video game Ticket to Earth including the trailer music. The game was featured on the

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and received may positive reviews. The soundtrack was also well received. ''

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'', wrote " an awesome soundtrack, the beautiful art style and soundtrack are key elements to immersing yourself" Touch Arcade awarded Ticket To Earth 'Game of The Week' whilst stating "Fantastic music - seriously, turn the sound up." Carbone has also remixed several tracks as part of the Carl Cox Collective and produced and co-wrote an album for Australian artist Wednesday titled 'Fading' which debuted in the top 5 riple JUnearthed charts. In 2017 Carbone as Carbon Electra released the 'Mussenden EP' on Intec Digital, and as FSOM released 'The 90's Anthology' album featuring tracks never before available online.

2018–2020: Scaler Software Development

Carbone designed and released the highly successful music software 'Scaler' to worldwide critical acclaim as the first piece of software that analyses musical performances and notation in order to detect the scale and key and suggest alternate scales, chord voicings and chord progressions. Scaler received several positive reviews in major magazines and webzines including a 10/10 'Excellence Award' and 'Editors Choice Award' in MusicTech Magazine, a 9/10 in Computer Music, and a review in

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which called Scaler 2 "A triumph". In 2020 Scaler 2 was awarded a MusicTech 'Gear of the Year' Award by its readers.

2021–Present: Recent Releases and Collaborations

In 2021, Carbone released his 'Carbon Electra' album on BS1 Records which featured 12 original tracks including 'Eventide', 'Chosen' and 'Rebelist'. The Carbon Electra LP was launched to a global audience and featured on

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, Spotify, Beatport,

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and Drum and Bass Arena. The album received several positive reviews and was called 'A Masterpiece' by WUB Magazine. Carbone has also recently co-composed the music for Tumi's global campaign featuring the actor Alexander Skarsgard, written the soundtrack for the video game 'Torque Drift' announced at the

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, and composed the music for the

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AFL Finals advertising campaign 'Don't Believe in Never'. Carbone also attended the 'Open Saudi, Open Hearts, Open Doors' event in which he worked with local musicians and composers to score the entire multi-sensory show to commemorate the launch of E-visa tourist scheme into the

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. Davide Carbone was also awarded a 'Techno Pioneer Award' at the Melbourne Underground Techno Awards for his role in introducing Techno Music into Australia and was heavily featured in the book 'Techno Shuffle: rave culture and the Melbourne underground'. In March 2025 Davide Released Scaler 3 a highly anticipated follow-up to the multi award winning music theory software Scaler 2.. As of mid-2025, Carbone continues to collaborate with artists such as

and vocalist Kate Watts, and releases music under various monikers—including FSOM, Carbon Electra, Calbesque and Davide Carbone.

Discography

* "Melodia" / "Alien 8" (1992) Candyline Records * "Beyond E.P." (1992) Candyline Records * "Shiva Ratri" (1993) Two Thumbs * "The Avatar E.P." (1994) Candyline Records * "System X" (1995) Volition * "Chapter One" (1995) Volition * "Dicted" (2000) BS1 Records * "Do You Copy?" (2000) BS1 Records * "Direct" (2001) Industry Recordings/React Music * "El Dorado" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Friday" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music * "In Your Mind" (2002) BS1 Records * "Innocence" (2002) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Check It Out" (2003) BS1 Records * "Chinatown" (2003) BS1 Records * "Dum Dum" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Escape" (2003) BS1 Records * "Get Down" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Heavies" (2003) BS1 Records * "Secret Levels" (2003) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Frisco Disco" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Hold My Breath" (2004) BS1 Records * "Let It Roll" (2004) Defunked * "Lift You Up" (2004) BS1 Records * "Lovin' Me" (2004) Rubik Records * "Low Til I Smoke" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music * "My Thing" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Soul Salaam" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Thousand Miles" (2004) Industry Recordings/React Music * "Totally Distracted" (2004) Defunked * "After Dark" (2005) BS1 Records * "Enamorada" (2005) 31 Records * "Keep on Pushing" (2005) Renegade Records * "Pull Your Body" (2005) 31 Records * "Ready With This / Six Hills" (2005) Intrinsic Recordings * "Strictly Rollin" (2005) BS1 Records * "Liquidiser" (2006) BS1 Records * "Misty VIP" (2007) BS1 Records * "Unusual Sound" (2008) Levitated * "Cienfuegos" (2009) BS1 Records * "Radionuclide" (2009) BS1 Records * 'Arroz Con Pollo" Giles Peterson (2010) Little Idiot * 'Ayurvédico" Miguel Bose (2010) Warner Music Latino * "All Roads Lead to the Dancefloor" Carl Cox (2011) Intec Digital * 'Walk With Me" Moby (2011) Little Idiot * 'If I Ever Lose my Faith" Scumfrog & Sting (2012) Armada Music * 'Popof" Lidl Girl ft Arno Joey (2016) Hot Creations * 'Talking to You" Josh Wink (2016) Intec Digital * "The 90's Anthology" FSOM (2017) FSOM * "Mussenden EP" (2017) Intec Digital * "Abruzzo" (2018) BS1 Records * "The Upside Down" (2018) BS1 Records * "Nobody" (2018) BS1 Records * "Spectra" (2019) BS1 Records * "Rebelist" (2021) BS1 Records * "Omnia" (2021) BS1 Records * "Chosen" (2021) BS1 Records * "Carbon Electra LP" (2021) BS1 Records * "Nightlife" DCee (2022) BS1 Records * "Eventide" (2022) BS1 Records * "Learn to Fly" (2024) DNBB Records * "Finding Myself" (2024) BS1 Records * "Kingdom Down" (2024) BS1 Records * "All I Desire" (2024) DNBB Records

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Davide Carbone

References

External links

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Interviews

Interview at Kmag-Magazine

Interview at MTM-Magazine
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