Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian

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based in

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. After working briefly in mechanical engineering, Magoo began in music as a live sound engineer, touring nationally before producing seasoned local Brisbane bands the Dreamkillers and

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in the early 1990s. By the mid-1990s Magoo had recorded music by Powderfinger, as well as two EPs by Regurgitator. He rose to prominence with his production work on Regurgitator's debut album '' Tu-Plang'', which also earned him his first ARIA award nominations in 1996. In the late 1990s, Magoo was engaged to produce or engineer for a number of high-profile acts such as

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and Skunkhour. In 1998, Magoo won the ARIA awards for both production and engineering, the former for his work on the Regurgitator album Unit, and the latter as a collective award for his work with

, Regurgitator and Skunkhour. He also produced records for

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( Loverama) and ARIA-nominated artists Not From There, Jebediah, and Shihad; as well as records for Australian artists Front End Loader, Happyland, Screamfeeder, Sekiden,

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, Dave McCormack and the Polaroids, The Boat People, Gota Cola, and Broken Head. From 2002 to 2010, Magoo established his own recording facility, Black Box Recording, with Brisbane producer/engineer Jeff Lovejoy, continuing to work with classic Australian acts, such as Regurgitator, Spiderbait, Gerling, and Renee Geyer, End of Fashion, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, and Butterfingers. From August 31 to September 21, 2004, Magoo was part of a recording experiment conceived by Paul Curtis and Regurgitator in Federation Square, Melbourne. Referred to as '' Band in a Bubble'', the project was a televised event on Channel V and captured the recording process for 24 hours a day, 21 days continuously. In 2007, Magoo received ARIA award nominations for his work with Kate Miller-Heidke and Operator Please. Between 2007 and 2014, Magoo co-owned Applewood Lane—a boutique recording retreat, west of Brisbane, which was set in a converted church. He produced and recorded with artists the Jungle Giants, Saskwatch, Art Vs Science, Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses, An Horse and The Gin Club. Applewood Lane closed in 2014, and Magoo continues to mix and record for independent artists. In 2017, Magoo served as a judge for Happy Mag's inaugural Needle In The Hay vinyl competition. In 2018 Magoo was awarded a PhD from the

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. His dissertation was entitled "Space, time, creativity, and the changing character of the recording studio: Spatiotemporal attitudes toward 'DIY' recording". Magoo is currently a lecturer in Contemporary Music at the

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Awards and nominations

ARIA In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...

awards and nominations: Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'. * 1996 (10th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Regurgitator - Tu-plang) * 1996 (10th) - Nomination, Engineer of the Year ( Regurgitator - Tu-plang) *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

(12th) - Winner, Producer of the Year ( Regurgitator - Unit) *

(12th) - Winner, Engineer of the Year (jointly for

- White Skin / Black Heart; Regurgitator - Unit; Skunkhour - Chin Chin) *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

(13th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Automatic - Pump It Up) *

(13th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year (

- Loverama) *

(13th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Not From There - Sand On Seven) *

(13th) - Nomination, Engineer of the Year ( Automatic - Pump It Up) *

(13th) - Nomination, Engineer of the Year (

- Redneck Wonderland) * 2002 (16th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Gerling - When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun) *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

(17th) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Gerling - Bad Blood!!!) *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(21st) - Nomination, Producer of the Year ( Kate Miller-Heidke - Little Eve) *

(21st) - Nomination, Engineer of the Year ( Operator Please - Just a Song About Ping Pong)

References

External links

Official Magoo WebsiteBlack Box Recording Studio
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