Konstantin Kersting, is a multi ARIA award winning producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has worked with a diverse range of artists, including

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Career

Konstantin Kersting began learning the violin via the Suzuki method at the age of four, before picking up bass guitar and double bass in his teens and playing with orchestras and jazz ensembles around his hometown of

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. In 2007, Kersting relocated to Australia as a teenage exchange student. After earning a Bachelor of Music from

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

, Kersting commenced working as an in-house sound engineer at Airlock Studios, under the producer Yanto Browning. In 2015, Kersting produced the debut extended play ''

Holy Sick ''Holy Sick'' is the debut EP by Australian rock band Waax, released independently on 29 September 2015 through SoundCloud, and commercially on 14 December. It was produced by Konstantin Kersting and recorded at Airlock Studios in Brisbane. It w ...

'' by Australian rock band

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and ''Snap'' EP by The Vernons. In 2017, Kersting co-wrote and produced

's " Better" which won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition in 2018. In May 2018, Kersting was signed to Independent publisher Native Tongue. In 2019, Kersting re-worked a number of

Sunnyboys Sunnyboys are an Australian power pop band formed in Sydney in 1979. Fronted by singer-songwriter, guitarist Jeremy Oxley, the band "breathed some freshness and vitality into the divergent Sydney scene". Their first two albums, '' Sunnyboy ...

' tracks for their compilation album, '' 40''. In September 2019, Kersting received two nominations at the

ARIA Music Awards of 2019 The ARIA Music Awards of 2019 are the 33rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards, including the 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA ...

for

's "

Dance Monkey "Dance Monkey" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I's debut EP ''The Kids Are Coming''. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting. "Dance Monk ...

". In 2021, Kersting co-produced and mixed 7 songs on

album "

0202 ''0202'' is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock group the Rubens, released on 12 February 2021 by Ivy League Records. The album was announced on 15 October 2020, alongside the release of the video for the album's third single ...

", which debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts.In the same year he also mixed and engineered on the #1 ARIA charting album ‘ Love Signs’ by Australian band

. That year he went on to win the

ARIA award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. In 2022, Konstantin produced 8 songs on the #1 ARIA charting album ‘ Here Comes Everybody’ by Australian band

Discography

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

References

External links

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