Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian
electropop
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a rev ...
musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM) — formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, and known by the moniker "The Con" — is the music school of the University of Sydney. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious music ...
. Mac has formed various bands including Smash Mac Mac (1986–88),
The Lab
The Lab (formerly Co-LAB) is a not-for-profit arts organization, performance space, and artist residency located in the Redstone Building in San Francisco's Mission District. Since 1984, The Lab has hosted performances and projects by artists i ...
(1989–1998),
Itch-E and Scratch-E
Itch-E and Scratch-E are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1991 by Paul Mac (a.k.a. Itch-E, Mace) and Andy Rantzen (a.k.a. Scratch-E, Boo Boo), both playing keyboards and samples. The duo recorded as Boo Boo & Mace! during the lat ...
(1991–present), Boo Boo Mace & Nutcase (1996–98), and
The Dissociatives
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Ham ...
(2003–2005). Mac has released two solo albums, ''
3000 Feet High'' (6 August 2001) and ''
Panic Room
''Panic Room'' is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight ...
'' (17 October 2005) – both appeared in the top 40 on the
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2002
The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome.
Awards ARIA Awards
''Winners highlighted in bold with nomi ...
Mac won 'Best Dance Release' for ''
3000 Feet High'' and was nominated for 'Best Male Artist' and '
Engineer of the Year'. In June 2001 he released his highest charting single, "
Just the Thing", which featured lead vocals by Peta Morris. It reached No. 17 on the ARIA Singles Chart and at the
APRA Music Awards of 2002
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2002 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards were presented by A ...
it won 'Most Performed Dance Work'.
Mac played with
Severed Heads
Severed Heads were an Australian electronic music group founded in 1979 in music, 1979 as Mr and Mrs No Smoking Sign. The original members were Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, who were soon joined by Tom Ellard. Fielding and Wright had both ...
. He was also a touring member of
Silverchair
Silverchair was an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...
as well as recording piano parts for their album, ''
Young Modern
''Young Modern'' is the fifth and final studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in Australia on 31 March 2007 and in the United States on 24 July 2007 and co-produced by Daniel Johns and Nick Launay. The tit ...
'' (March 2007), having worked with frontman
Daniel Johns
Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the Lead vocalist, frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the Rock music, rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociat ...
as
The Dissociatives
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Ham ...
previously. He has provided remixes for Silverchair,
Powderfinger
Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins ...
,
The Mark of Cain,
Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, which formed in 1995 by Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar, Kristian Hopes on drums and frontman Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar. Also in that year, Grinspoon ...
,
The Cruel Sea,
INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, gu ...
and
Placebo
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Placebos are used in randomized clinical trials ...
. Mac has worked on soundtracks for
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer, and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music, and the recording industries. He is regarded by ...
and on the films ''
Head On'' and ''
Sample People''. He was the musical director on the Australian TV show, ''
Good News Week
''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...
'', and composed music for
ABC-TV including ''The Afternoon Show'', ''EC Plays Lift Off'', ''
Play School'' and TVTV.
Biography
Mac was born on 17 September 1965.
He is the youngest of seven children and grew up in a strict Catholic family in Sydney.
As a teenager Mac played hymns on the organ at his local church, including for weddings and funerals.
He later described himself as "the worst
Virgo
Virgo may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Virgo (film), a 1970 Egyptian film
* Virgo (character), several Marvel Comics characters
* Virgo Asmita, a character in the manga ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas''
* ''Virgo'' (album), by Virgo Four, ...
, ex-Catholic you've ever met".
He is a classically trained graduate from
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM) — formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, and known by the moniker "The Con" — is the music school of the University of Sydney. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious music ...
, as a Bachelor of Music Education.
In the mid-1980s he was a member of Smash Mac Mac, which were an
art noise band covering
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1975.[Talking Heads](_blank) material – Mac introduced drum machines and electronic elements.
In 1987 they issued the album, ''Chapter One: Light on the Silo''.
In 1989 Mac formed the
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s ...
,
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...
group
The Lab
The Lab (formerly Co-LAB) is a not-for-profit arts organization, performance space, and artist residency located in the Redstone Building in San Francisco's Mission District. Since 1984, The Lab has hosted performances and projects by artists i ...
in Sydney with Yolanda Podolski on lead vocals, and
Warwick Hornby (aka Warwick Factor) on vocals and bass guitar. The group signed with
rooArt
rooArt was an Australian independent record label, founded in 1988 by INXS's then-manager, Chris Murphy, label owner Sebastian Chase and Murphy's former employee, Justin Van Stom. The label's roster included several well-known Australian ban ...
, which released their two extended plays, ''Ultra'' (1992) and ''Terminal'' (1993). They moved to
BMG and issued their debut album, ''Labyrinth'', in 1997. The group disbanded the following year.
1991–1997: Itch-E and Scratch-E
In 1991, Mac formed a side-project,
Itch-E and Scratch-E
Itch-E and Scratch-E are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1991 by Paul Mac (a.k.a. Itch-E, Mace) and Andy Rantzen (a.k.a. Scratch-E, Boo Boo), both playing keyboards and samples. The duo recorded as Boo Boo & Mace! during the lat ...
, with fellow Sydney-based electronica artist,
Andy Rantzen of the group, Pelican Daughters.
Both provided keyboards and samplers.
Itch-E and Scratch-E became their main focus with the success of their debut album, ''Itch-E Kitch-E Koo'' (1993), and its related single, "
Sweetness and Light
Sweetness and light is an English idiom that can be used in common speech, either as statement of personal happy consciousness, (though this may be viewed by natives as being a trifle in earnest) or as literal report on another person. Depending up ...
" (1994). At the
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 18-month gap since the ...
the single won Best Dance Release.
During his acceptance speech Mac controversially declared, "We'd like to thank all of Sydney's
ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible".
One of the sponsors of the ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, which withdrew their support. In 2005, Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had not prepared a speech.
The group often includes Sherriff Lindo for live performances.
From 1996 to 1998, Mac and Rantzen also performed as Boo Boo and Mace!, and with Lindo aboard they worked as Boo Boo Mace 'n' Nutcase.
1997–2000: work with Silverchair, ''Paul Mac Presents SnapShots'' and ''I Can't Believe It's Not Rock''
In 1997, Mac remixed the single, "
Freak
A freak is a person who is physically deformed or transformed due to an extraordinary medical condition or body modification. This definition was first attested with this meaning in the 1880s as a shorter form of the phrase " freak of nature ...
", from Australian post-grunge band
Silverchair
Silverchair was an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...
's second album, ''
Freak Show
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''. The track was issued in April as a B-side of their second single from that album, "
Abuse Me".
In 1998, Mac released a four-track EP, ''Paul Mac Presents Snapshots'', on Interdance Records. It featured guest vocals by Stephen Allkins on "Ooh I Love Your (Disco)",
Infusion
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on "Loco", Phil Smart on "Basic Boom" and
Abel El Toro on "All Systems Are Go".
Mac again worked with Silverchair's
Daniel Johns
Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the Lead vocalist, frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the Rock music, rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociat ...
as an alternative rock duo to release a five-track extended play, ''
I Can't Believe It's Not Rock
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Hamil ...
'' (2000).
2001–2005: ''3000 Feet High'', The Dissociatives and ''Panic Room''
On 6 August 2001, Mac issued his debut solo album, ''
3000 Feet High'', which peaked in the top 30 on the
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
.
Australian music journalist,
Ed Nimmervoll
Edward Charles Nimmervoll Eduard Nimmervoll (21 September 194710 October 2014) was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines ''Go-Set'' (1966–1974) and ''Juke Magazine'' (1975–92) both as ...
, felt the album was an "emotional journey" where "
roughout, the dancefloor taunts us like a temptress, determined to lure us into her arms, but we're torn between her charms and the inner us which the dance beats may drown out".
The album's second single, "
Just the Thing", reached No. 17 on the ARIA Singles Chart and featured lead vocals by Peta Morris.
In December 2001 he performed at
Homebake
Homebake was an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup (with the occasional artist from New Zealand). The festival was first held on 3 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New Sou ...
on the Big Top stage. At the
APRA Music Awards of 2002
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2002 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards were presented by A ...
"
Just the Thing" won 'Most Performed Dance Work' and was nominated for 'Most Performed Australian Work'.
In January 2002, and again in 2006, Mac appeared at
Splendour in the Grass
Splendour in the Grass (commonly referred to as Splendour) is an annual Australian music festival held at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales. Since its inauguration, the festival has also been held in various locations near ...
. At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2002
The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome.
Awards ARIA Awards
''Winners highlighted in bold with nomi ...
Mac won 'Best Dance Release' for ''
3000 Feet High'' and was nominated for 'Best Male Artist' and 'Engineer of the Year'.
Mac and Johns co-wrote the music for ''
Love Is a Four Letter Word'' (2001) episode 13, "Split".
In mid-2003, the Mac and Johns formed another alternative rock group,
The Dissociatives
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Ham ...
, which issued their debut album of the
same name in April 2004.
Their first live show was in Hobart in June of that year.
Mac explained his motivation, "As music narrows out into increasingly smaller genres, it's important to bring the fun of making music back into play. Not following any predetermined rules and making the most honest beautiful music we could is fun".
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2004
The 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply the ARIAs) were held on 17 October 2004 at the Sydney SuperDome within the Sydney Olympic Complex. The ceremony, hosted by Rov ...
Mac and Johns were nominated for 'Producer of the Year' for the album.
Mac's second album, ''
Panic Room
''Panic Room'' is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight ...
'', appeared on 17 October 2005, and reached the top 40.
Johns had advised Mac to "follow your dreams regardless of what outside fashion is saying you should be doing".
Vocals are variously supplied by Morris,
Sarah McLeod,
Luke Steele,
Abby Dobson
Abby Dobson (born 1969) is an Australian singer and musician. Dobson was the lead vocalist for the pop band Leonardo's Bride.
In 2002, Dobson recorded the song "Don't Ask For More" for ''The Secret Life of Us volume 2'' soundtrack compilation ...
(ex-
Leonardo's Bride),
Lenka
Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song " The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well ...
, and
Ngaiire
Ngaire Laun Joseph (born 1984, in Lae), known by her stage name Ngaiire (pronounced ''ny-ree'' or /naɪəriː/), is a Papua New Guinea-born Australian-based R&B and future soul singer-songwriter. Her musical career commenced in 2003 with an enrol ...
.
Mac explained seeing Joseph, on TV in August 2004, "I was watching the episode of
Australian Idol
''Australian Idol'' is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the ''Idol'' franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program '' Pop Id ...
''] when she got kicked out and I thought 'who is this girl, she is fantastic'... I tracked her down and gave her a call. It turned out great. I am just really happy with the whole album".
For Silverchair's 2007 album, ''
Young Modern
''Young Modern'' is the fifth and final studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in Australia on 31 March 2007 and in the United States on 24 July 2007 and co-produced by Daniel Johns and Nick Launay. The tit ...
'', Mac supplied piano and toured with the group providing keyboards and piano on stage.
2008–2014: soundtracks, remixes and touring
In 2008, Mac provided the music for a one-man comedy play, ''Possessed'', performed by
Frank Woodley
Frank Woodley ( Wood; born 29 February 1968) is an Australian comedian, author and musician who is best known for his work alongside Colin Lane as part of the comedic duo Lano and Woodley. The two first performed together for almost 20 years in ...
.
In March that year, he supplied the theme song, "The Only One" for the feature film, ''
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger
''Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger'' is a 2008 Australian independent teen film written and directed by Cathy Randall. It stars Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Toni Collette. The film follows Jewish 13-year-old Esther (Catanzariti ...
'', with three versions on the soundtrack: one had vocals by
Bertie Blackman, another by Sydney Children's Choir and one was an instrumental.
He formed a production duo, Stereogamous, with Jonny Seymour (aka DJ Seymour Butz), in 2010 they worked on
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem is an American Dance-punk#Contemporary dance-punk, dance-punk revival band from Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002 by James Murphy (electronic musician), James Murphy, of DFA Records. The band comprises Murphy (vocals ...
's single, "I Can Change", from their album, ''
This Is Happening
''This Is Happening'' is the third studio album by American rock band LCD Soundsystem. It was released first on May 17, 2010, jointly through DFA and Virgin Records in the United States and Parlophone elsewhere. It was recorded over the cours ...
''.
They have also remixed "Cupid Boy" for
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...
and "Bring Night" for
Sia.
In 2011 they worked on
George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling rec ...
's track, "Every Other Lover in the World".
Mac co-wrote "I Don't Care What You Say" with its performer
Anthony Callea
Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of ''Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli' ...
and Cindy Ryan (of
Stella One Eleven); it was released in February 2012 by Callea on his seven-track EP, ''
Last to Go'', which was co-produced by Mac.
On 6 September, the feature film, ''
Kath & Kimderella'', premiered with Mac's musical score.
He also has a cameo in the final scene.
2015–present: ''Holiday From Me'' and ''Mesmerism''
On 22 January 2015, Mac announced the forthcoming release of his third studio album, titled ''Holiday From Me''. It will feature
Megan Washington
Megan Alexanda Washington (born 7 January 1986) is an Australian musician, songwriter and voice actor who has worked mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music, her style shifted to indie pop and alternative rock. She has re ...
,
Brendan Maclean, Dave Mason and Nathan Hudson on vocals.
In February 2019, Mac released a new single titled "Cataplexy" and confirmed a new album is coming soon. In April, Mac confirmed the album is titled ''Mesmerism'' and will be released on 3 May 2019. That same year, Mac composed a new score for the silent film ''
The Sentimental Bloke
''The Sentimental Bloke'' is a 1918 Australian silent film based on the 1915 verse novel ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' by C. J. Dennis. Produced and directed by Raymond Longford, the film stars Arthur Tauchert, Gilbert Emery, and Lottie ...
'' (1919). The score was commissioned by the
National Film and Sound Archive
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and performed live by Mac during screenings of the film.
Academic career
Decades after completing his earlier music degree, Mac returned to his alma mater, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, for postgraduate study. In 2021, he graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts qualification in composition, based on fusing electronic dance music traditions with experimental practice. As at 2022, he holds an academic staff role at the Conservatorium, teaching Contemporary Music Practice courses within its Bachelor of Music programme.
Personal life
In October 2004, Mac was living in
Erskineville
Erskineville (previously known as Macdonaldtown) is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Local government in Australia, ...
.
Mac is openly gay; in 2007, he reminisced about his first attendance at Sydney's
Mardi Gras
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in the 1980s: "I can't remember who the act even was – it was a long time ago ... I wasn't really out – actually, I wasn't out at all. I just ended up at the party and I remember realising that there was this whole world out there that I felt really proud to be a part of. There was such a sense of wonder".
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Production work and other credits
* 1994 "Dead Eyes Opened (Love Experiment)", (remix) ''Dead Eyes Opened Remix''
Severed Heads
Severed Heads were an Australian electronic music group founded in 1979 in music, 1979 as Mr and Mrs No Smoking Sign. The original members were Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, who were soon joined by Tom Ellard. Fielding and Wright had both ...
* 1996 "The Contender", "The Contender (reprise)" (remixes) ''
Rock and Roll
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''
The Mark of Cain
* 1999 "
Anthem for the Year 2000", "Spawn Again", "Satin Sheets" (keyboards) ''
Neon Ballroom
''Neon Ballroom'' is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in March 1999 by record labels Murmur and Epic. The songs " Anthem for the Year 2000", " Ana's Song (Open Fire)" and " Miss You Love" were r ...
''
Silverchair
Silverchair was an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...
* 2000 ''
I Can't Believe It's Not Rock
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Hamil ...
'' (with
Daniel Johns
Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the Lead vocalist, frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the Rock music, rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociat ...
)
* 2002 "
Across the Night", "World Upon Your Shoulders", "Tuna in the Brine", "Too Much of Not Enough", "
Luv Your Life", "My Favourite Thing" (piano) ''
Diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional model either full-sized or miniature. Sometimes dioramas are enclosed in a glass showcase at a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies like mili ...
'' Silverchair
* 2002 "
Symphony of Life" (extended euroremix)
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
* 2004 "
Pictures of You" (remix) ''
One Perfect Day'' after
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reev ...
's 1989 album ''
Disintegration''
* 2004 "She" (producer) ''Stella One Eleven''
Stella One Eleven
* 2005 (co-producer) ''
Counting Down the Days''
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( , ; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian and British singer and actress.
Born and raised in New South Wales, Imbruglia became widely known in the early 1990s playing Beth Brennan in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. A ...
* 2005 "Mini Morris Parts 1 and 2" (performer with
Cezary Skubiszewski) ''
Hating Alison Ashley'' Various Artists
* 2025 "Something Good" (remix) (with
The Superjesus
The Superjesus are an Australian rock band formed in Adelaide in late 1994. Their debut album, ''Sumo'' (February 1998), peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, their second album, ''Jet Age'' (October 2000) reached No. 5 and their ...
)
Awards
ARIA Awards
PaulMac has won one award from seven
ARIA Music Awards
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nominations.
, -
, rowspan="2",
2001
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, rowspan="2", "Just the Thing"
,
Best Dance Release
,
, -
,
Best Male Artist
,
, -
, rowspan="3",
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, rowspan="3", ''3000 Feet High''
,
Best Dance Release
,
, -
, Best Male Artist
,
, -
, Engineer of the Year
,
, -
, rowspan="1",
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
, rowspan="1", PaulMac with
Daniel Johns
Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the Lead vocalist, frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the Rock music, rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociat ...
for ''
The Dissociatives
The Dissociatives were an Australian alternative rock band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and dance producer and DJ Paul Mac (of Itch-E and Scratch-E), which formed in mid-2003. They were supported by touring members, Julian Ham ...
''
,
Producer of the Year
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,
, -
, rowspan="1",
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, rowspan="1", ''Panic Room''
, Best Dance Release
,
APRA Awards
The
APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...
to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. PaulMac has won one award from four nominations.
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2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
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The Sound of Breaking Up"
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2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
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1965 births
20th-century Australian LGBTQ people
21st-century Australian LGBTQ people
APRA Award winners
ARIA Award winners
Australian gay musicians
Australian LGBTQ singers
Australian LGBTQ songwriters
The Dissociatives members
Gay singers
Gay songwriters
Living people
Musicians from Sydney