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, The Jungle Giants,

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, The Church,

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, Budjerah,

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and

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Career

Konstantin Kersting began learning the violin via the Suzuki method at the age of four, before picking up bass guitar and double bass in his teens and playing with orchestras and jazz ensembles around his hometown of

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. In 2007, Kersting relocated to Australia as a teenage exchange student. After earning a Bachelor of Music from

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

, Kersting commenced working as an in-house sound engineer at Airlock Studios, under the producer Yanto Browning. In 2015, Kersting produced the debut extended play '' Holy Sick'' by Australian rock band Waax and ''Snap'' EP by The Vernons. In 2017, Kersting co-wrote and produced

's " Better" which won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition in 2018. In May 2018, Kersting was signed to Independent publisher Native Tongue. In 2019, Kersting re-worked a number of Sunnyboys' tracks for their compilation album, '' 40''. In September 2019, Kersting received two nominations at the

ARIA Music Awards of 2019 The ARIA Music Awards of 2019 are the 33rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards, including the 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA ...

for

's "

Dance Monkey "Dance Monkey" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I's debut EP ''The Kids Are Coming''. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting. "Dance Monk ...

". In 2021, Kersting co-produced and mixed 7 songs on

album " 0202", which debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts.In the same year he also mixed and engineered on the #1 ARIA charting album ‘ Love Signs’ by Australian band The Jungle Giants. That year he went on to win the ARIA award for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. In 2022, Konstantin produced 8 songs on the #1 ARIA charting album ‘ Here Comes Everybody’ by Australian band

Discography

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

References

External links

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