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Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer

I got a fever!

About Me


Hi, im Chris, also known as "The Toph" and im a recording engineer based out of Melbourne. I'm also a FOH engineer for some pretty cool bands that include Zoophyte , Bonjahbango , Offcutts , The Custom Kings , The Sneaker Trio . Check out their links.
I have just taken a job with Melbourne's Blue King Brown for a couple shows at the end of October in NSW and the ACT and cannot wait to be at the helm with this kick arse, fat beated crowd favorite!
I have been in it for 5-6 years now and in this time I have worked with, along side and more importantly, learnt from some amazing people and bands such as:
The Cat Empire
The Whitlems
Augie March
Tim Rogers
The John Butler Trio
Killing Heidi
Zoophyte
The Butterfly Effect
Offcutts
Bonjahbango
The Dave Mann Collective
Stephen Cummings
The Pictures
Debt Collector
28 Days
The Custom Kings
Bomba
The Sneaker Trio
Machine Gun Felacio
Blue King Brown
Joe Camilliri
The Black Sorrows
Angus and Julia Stone
Kanye West
Keya
The Melodics
Z-Trip
Bonjahbango
The Jamie X Band
Jackson Jackson
LIOR
Sugarush Beat Company
Mojo Rising
Natalie McDermott
Dah Ja Groove
The get down Gang
Jo C
Symbiosis
TUKU
Coby Grant
Imaginitis
Evermore
And Engineers/ Producers including
Adam Rhodes
Paul McKercher
Ross Cockle
Robin Mai
Matt Maddock
Michael Letho
Andy Stewart
Wil Burston
Chris Dikie
Richard Stolz
Jeff Evans
Toni Espie
Chris Dikie
Just to name a few
I work in a studio called Sing Sing here in Melbourne and am Head Engineer at ESP Audio so if you are a band that has come across my page, feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, and if you are thinking about hitting a studio in the near future im always up for a chat and would love to talk to you about your project.
I absolutely love what I do, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else, although when we hit hour 20 in the studio on the odd occasion, I sometimes think “Gee, being a mattress tester would be pretty good right about now”.

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Member Since: 2/17/2007
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tour Clip

Hello people of Earth,The following is a little something i put together in my time off during this tour while lounging around watching DVD and stuff. We love watching it and i hope you do to, there a...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:20:00 PST

Day 29/ 30  Im on the road again

So, after a refreshing stop over at home base, I feeling revitalised and ready to tackle the last stint of this tour.I flew out for QLD at 0910 this morning and had a great flight. The cabin crew on ...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:56:00 PST

Day 29  Home

Well, after my stint in the departure lounge, I ended up in one of my favourite places in the world& my own bed. You really don't realise how good your own bed is until you have been away from it for ...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:55:00 PST

Make Poverty History - Perth

So, like I said I arrive in Perth to thunder storms. There was some serious rain afoot and roads were quickly flooding. I went straight to the venue from the airport, or at least what I thought the ve...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:54:00 PST

Day 27  Farwell Zoophyte and Bonjahbango

Today, I say goodbye to the "Another Point of View" national tour and to the Zoophyte and Bonjah boys. I am leaving them, but only for a couple days. I have to head over to Perth to kick off this year...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:52:00 PST

Day 25/ 26  Yamba

Today we travelled from Port Macquarie to Yamba with a little stop along the way in one of Jud Boys little gem surfing spots. Maj and I just chilled on the beach while Jud got some waves. I cant remem...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:51:00 PST

Day 24 - Port Macquarie Show Day

Port Macquarie, an interesting town that looks as though it is a favourite with the older population as a place for retirement and who can blame them, this town is nice. Great beaches, good vibe in th...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:49:00 PST

Day 23 - Newcastle Show Day

Remember how I said that we all called it a night earl last night and that was that? Well, apparently that was not the case for everybody last night. I didn't mention in yesterdays post that when we f...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:01:00 PST

Day 22  Newcastle

So today we farewell Maitland, a town that treated us well and did not include us in some dodgy Australian horror movie that had maj sleeping with one eye open.Today we head down the road to Newcastle...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:14:00 PST

Day 21  Maitland Day Off

Today was our day off in Maitland. The venue was kind enough to put us up for two nights and not just the night we were playing.First thing in the morning I hear a knock on the door that wakes me up, ...
Posted by Toph - Recording Engineer - FOH/ Mix Engineer on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:08:00 PST