Biography
Born (November 1983) and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand, Jeremy was schooled in music from age 5 playing piano, through to Hamilton Boys High School with touring Fiji, Noumea and Vanuatu singing and playing drums in a Jazz Band. He then moved on to Waikato University to study for a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), majoring in Music, and has just completed a Masters degree, majoring in composition. For both his Honours and Masters years he has received a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship.
His music covers almost all genres, including solo and chamber music, orchestral music, music for theatre and film, pop, hip-hop, jazz, as well as electro-acoustic music. His pieces always tend to look for a new form of expression, whether through turntables in an orchestra, to live electro-acoustic music for electric bass and turntables, to kitchen utensils as musical instruments. A fascination with Hip Hop music and culture, as well as the historical interest in many other musical forms (Jazz, Soul, Funk) and his interest in Film, has been a strong influence on his music.
He has scored a number of films ranging in style from film noir, romance, horror and even documentaries. But not only has he worked on the music for film, he has also worked on lighting design, acting, producing, and also recently co-directed his first short film "Late Night Specials" - a surrealist fantasy set in the supermarket.
At the age of 20 he wrote his first symphony - Symphony No.1 for orchestra and turntables, and also released his first album through his production and pop music identity of ONE FAT MAN. The album 'a typical day in suburbia' has received excellent reviews and the buzz is starting to spread. It features styles that span the musical continuum from jazz to pop, to soul and hip hop. His most recent projects are: a Concerto for Electric Bass; a musical; scoring several films (shorts and features); writing, recording and producing the album 'They no longer sleep alone' by ...howard; and hopefully to begin working on an opera.
