# Kalju Tonuma

Kalju Tonuma is an Australian music producer, songwriter, drummer and performer of Estonian descent. He is one half of the production team MEJU (pronounced "me-you") which he founded with Megan Bernard in 2014. He also manages record label Of One Kind and live-stream venue The B Side. Tonuma also performs as the drummer for Anactoria, Megan Bernard and The Indulgence and Peter Farnan and The Home Bodies.
He began his career in 1989 at Platinum Studios in South Yarra, Australia. He has been nominated for a number of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards. These include 'Engineer of the Year' (1994) for This Is the Sharp by The Sharp, ‘Engineer of the Year’ (1999) for Kid Indestructible by 28 Days; Felicity Hunter's "Hardcore Adore"; and The Mavis's "Puberty Song", as well as ‘Engineer of the Year’ and ‘Producer of the Year’ (2001) for Superheist’s The Prize Recruit. In 2007, he completed a Master of Music Degree (M.Mus.) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

## Gold and Platinum records

* 1995 - The Sharp - GOLD (album) - This Is The Sharp
* 1997 - The Mavis's - GOLD (single & album) - Cry/Pink Pills
* 2000 - 28 Days - DOUBLE PLATINUM (album) - Upstyledown GOLD (single) - Rip It Up
* 2005 - Bodyjar - GOLD (album) - How It Works
* 2009 - The Temper Trap - PLATINUM (album) SILVER (UK album) - Conditions
* 2009 - The Living End - DOUBLE PLATINUM (album) - White Noise
* 2010 - Superheist - GOLD (album) - The Prize Recruit

## Awards and nominations

* 1994 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards)
* 1999 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards)
* 2001 - Nominated for Engineer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards)
* 2001 - Nominated for Producer Of The Year (ARIA Music Awards)

## Discography

As producer, mixer and/or engineer
| Year | Artist | Song/Album | Producer | Engineer | Mix | Note |
| 2016 | Taipan Tiger Girls | Live At The Melbourne Town Hall | | | Yes | |
| 2016 | Taipan Tiger Girls | 2 | | | Yes | |
| 2016 | Video Video | Planet Of Storms | | | Yes | |
| 2015 | Suiciety | Crawling Machine Edition | | Yes | | |
| 2013 | Polygon Palace | Sunburnt Shadows | | | Yes | |
| 2013 | Polygon Palace | Starpilots | | | Yes | |
| 2013 | Dom Italiano & The Upbeat Mafia | Way Out | | | Yes | |
| 2009 | Various & Baterz – Great Big Squiddy Fun: A Baterz Tribute/Baterz For Beginners | Morning After | | | Yes | |
| 2009 | The Temper Trap | Down River (from Conditions) | | Yes | | |
| 2009 | All Left Out | The Conquest | | Yes | | |
| 2005 | The D4 | Out Of My Head | | | Yes | |
| 2005 | Jimmy Barnes with Mahalia Barnes | Gonna Take Some Time Double Happiness | | | Yes | |
| 2005 | K-Oscillate | K-Oscillate | | Yes | | |
| 2004 | Rob Mills | Up All Night - "That's All You Are" | | | Yes | |
| 2004 | Infusion | Six Feet Above Yesterday | | Yes | Yes | (tracks: 2, 8, 9, 12) |
| 2004 | Lydia Denker | One Perfect Day | | | Yes | |
| 2003 | Evermore | My Own Way | | | Yes | |
| 2003 | Evermore | Oil & Water | | | Yes | |
| 2003 | Evermore | Slipping Away | | | Yes | |
| 2002 | 28 Days | Stealing Chairs | | | Yes | |
| 2002 | The Butterfly Effect | Crave | | | Yes | |
| 2001 | Area 7 | Say It To My Face | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2001 | 28 Days | Sucker | | Yes | | |
| 2001 | Superheist | The Prize Recruit | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2001 | 28 Days and Apollo 440 | This Is Not a Set-Up and Airplanes from Say What? | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2000 | Superheist | Have Your Way 8 Miles High | Yes | | Yes | |
| 2000 | Mudhead | Mudhead | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Here We Go | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | The Screaming Jets | Shine Over Me | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | The Screaming Jets | Higher With You | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | The Screaming Jets | Scam | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | Superheist | Crank The System | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Rip It Up | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Upstyledown | | Yes | | |
| 2000 | Bodyjar | How It Works | | | Yes | |
| 2000 | Insurge | Globalization | | | Yes | |
| 1999 | Insurge | "Feast or Famine" | | | Yes | |
| 1999 | Lisa Miller | As Far As Life Goes | | Yes | | |
| 1999 | Rebecca's Empire | Welcome | | | Yes | |
| 2000 | Deadstar | Somewhere Over The Radio | | Yes | | |
| 1999 | Felicity Hunter | Hardcore Adore | | | Yes | |
| 1999 | 28 Days | Kid Indestructible | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Mark Seymour | Home Again | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Beliicose | Illusion | | | Yes | |
| 1998 | Christopher Marshall | Strange Waters, Small Mercies | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Cold Chisel | The Last Wave Of Summer | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Hunters & Collectors | Suit Your Style | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | Hunters & Collectors | Juggernaut | | Yes | | |
| 1998 | The Mavis's | Pink Pills | | Yes | | |
| 1997 | Boom Crash Opera | Fizz from Dreaming Up A Fire | | | Yes | |
| 1997 | Mark Seymour | Last Ditch Cabaret | | Yes | | |
| 1997 | Mark Seymour | King Without A Clue | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Frenzal Rhomb | Disappointment | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Frenzal Rhomb | Not So touch Now | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Frenzal Rhomb | Punch In The Face | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Insurge | Soul 4 Sale | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Insurge | Speculator | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Insurge | ak 47 | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | The Body Electric | I Don't Want It | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Jane McCracken | Giraffes Never Forget | | | Yes | |
| 1996 | Peter Lillie | Poetry and Western | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Deadstar | Don't It Get You Down | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Deadstar | Milk | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Nude | Bent As A Dali | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Deadstar | Sex Sell | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | Deadstar | She Loves She | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Insurge | Political Prisoners | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Richard Pleasance | Mythology | | | Yes | |
| 1995 | Skunkhour | Feed Strange Equation | | | Yes | |
| 1995 | Skunkhour | Did You Write It All Down? Up To Our Necks In It | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Skunkhour | Sunstone Part Of The Solution | | Yes | Yes | |
| 1995 | Boom Crash Opera | Tongue Tied | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Hunters & Collectors | Living...In Large Rooms and Lounges | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Hunters & Collectors | Living Single...In Large Rooms and Lounges | | Yes | | |
| 1995 | Horsehead | Liar | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Horsehead | Sun | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Area 7 | Demo Tape | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | The Sharp | Sonic Tripod | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | The Sharp | Honest and Sober | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | The Sharp | Alone Like Me | Yes | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Boom Crash Opera | Gimme | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | The Breadmakers | The Night The Moon Forgot To Rise | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Scarymother | Tai Laeo | Yes | | | |
| 1994 | Scarymother | Looking Down | Yes | | | |
| 1994 | Hunters & Collectors | Easy | Yes | | | |
| 1994 | Hunters & Collectors | Back In The Hole | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Hunters & Collectors | Demon Flower | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | David McComb | Love Of Will | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Crowded House | Pineapple Head | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Killing Joke | Pandemonium | | Yes | | |
| 1994 | Insurge | I.M.F. | Yes | | | |
| 1993 | Truckasaurus | Truckasaurus | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | The Sharp | Train of Thought | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | No Comply | Buzz | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | Wings | Bazooka Penaka | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | The Sharp | Scratch My Back | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | Crowded House | Together Alone | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | The Sharp | This Is the Sharp | Yes | | | |
| 1993 | The Makers | Hokey Pokey | Yes | | | |
| 1992 | David Hosking | Slow Runners | | Yes | | |
| 1992 | Joe Creighton | Hollywell | | Yes | | |
| 1992 | Josie Jason And The Argonauts | Medusa Goes To Market | | Yes | | |
| 1992 | The Sharp | Spinosity | | Yes | | |
| 1992 | Soulscraper | Heard It All Before | | Yes | | |
| 1993 | Aqualads | So Good | | Yes | | |
| 1991 | Cezary Skubiszewski | SOUNDeSCAPE | | Yes | | |
| 1991 | The Killjoys | Spin | | Yes | | |
| 1991 | Third Eye | Third Eye | | Yes | | |
| 1990 | Straitjacket Fitz | Melt | | Yes | | |

## MEJU single/album releases

* Eternal (May 2023)
* Well Done (April 2020)
* Change (May 2020)
* Turnaround (June 2020)
* All Is Good (November 2020)
* Used To Have A Job feat. Pesky Bones (Peter Farnan) (November 2020)

## MEJU productions

* Anactoria - Good Mind
* Khristian Mizzi - Hold Onto Me
* Datson + Hughes - Flowers and the Axe
* Kate Jukes & The Blue Healers - Heart One