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8 Million Streams Across Platforms | TIFF Official Select | Canadian Film Centre Composer Alum Born in Algiers, Algeria, I have had the incredible good fortune to live in 6 different countries and travel across the world. Growing

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8 Million Streams Across Platforms | TIFF Official Select | Canadian Film Centre Composer Alum Born in Algiers, Algeria, I have had the incredible good fortune to live in 6 different countries and travel across the world. Growing up between two cultures and between academic and artistic worlds has given me a unique outlook that has become representative of my work as a classically trained multi- instrumentalist, composer, producer and artist. Between 2016 and 2020 I toured and performed with I M U R, an

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8 Million Streams Across Platforms | TIFF Official Select | Canadian Film Centre Composer Alum

Born in Algiers, Algeria, I have had the incredible good fortune to live in 6 different countries and travel across the world. Growing up between two cultures and between academic and artistic worlds has given me a unique outlook that has become representative of my work as a classically trained multi- instrumentalist, composer, producer and artist.

Between 2016 and 2020 I toured and performed with I M U R, an award-winning, Vancouver-based Alt-RnB group with over 10 million streams across multiple platforms, during which time I worked alongside numerous artists across Canada and the United States. I have performed on the main stages of Bumbershoot Music Festival, Shambhala, Bass Coast, M for Montreal and Halifax Pop Explosion. In addition to being awarded Best Dance/Electronic album in 2019, I was also selected to represent Music BC as a cross-cultural artist in 2018, performing at NH7 Weekender and Magnetic Fields in Pune and Alsisar India, respectively.

Since 2017 I have composed and produced music for wide-ranging and diverse film content. My goal is to become a catalyst in representing the stories of marginalized communities, which are so often left untold in today’s media landscape. Examples of such stories include: The struggles of managing an eating disorder (A Calling Void); of African-American communities displaced from western Canada (Union Street); and of the power of dance and art as a means to deal with the pressures of immigration (Beyond Borders). As such, I am deeply committed to the craft of film composing and look forward to a lifetime dedicated to its pursuit.

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Skills

Ac
Acapella
Vo
Voiceover
Vo
Vocal
Sh
Short Film
Mi
Mix
Ma
Master
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Experience Level

Acapella
Expert
Voiceover
Expert
Vocal
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Mix
Expert
Master
Expert
Jingle
Expert
Instrumental
Expert
Feature
Expert
Composition
Expert
Catalogue
Expert
Backing Vocal
Expert
Ableton Live
Expert
Vocal Feature
Expert
Music Video
Expert
Lead Vocal
Expert
Logic Pro
Intermediate
Pro Tools
Intermediate
Avid media composer
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
French
Advanced

Education

Bachelor of Arts at University of British Columbia
September 8, 2007 - September 8, 2008
Program was Cognitive Systems with a focus on music cognition. Did audiovisual research on stochastic resonance in auditory vs visual threshold dynamics at the Brain and Cognition Lab for 2 years.
Residency/Composership at Canadian Film Centre
January 25, 2023 - February 25, 2024
Selected to attend the nationally lauded Allen Slaight Music Lab as a composer and producer. Highly competitive national applicant pool with only 6 emerging/established young composers selected. Only member of the cohort to have a film officially selected for Toronto International Film Festival, in addition to Reel Asian Film Festival. Ongoing work with Canadian Film Centre due to excellence in achievement and skill.

Qualifications

Canadian Film Centre Alumni (Composer Cohort)
January 25, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Ignore end date, alumni status and privileges are for life. TIFF Official Select. Reel Asian Official Select.
Western Canadian Dance Artist of the Year 2019
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2025
Official award winner at the WCMAs for I M U R's THIRTY33 album. Music producer, songwriter and instrumentalist.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet
    uniE608 I M U R Case of You
    Lead single from the album My Molecules (2023) 1.2 million streams on Spotify alone, combine 3.5 million across all platforms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXANKGwhbhI
    uniE608 I M U R Breathless
    From the Album Little Death (2017). Featured on SyFy's Wynona Earp. Tracks from the album have had SYNC placements in shows like Good Trouble, Snowpiercer and in commercials by Lululemon and Patagonia. 1.8 million streams on Spotify alone. Album has 6 million streams across
    uniE608 Union Street
    Feature Documentary about the history of the acclaimed Hogan's Alley, a thriving African American community formerly in Vancouver, British Columbia which was home to Jimi Hendrix. Vancouver International Film Festival Official Selection
    uniE613 RBC Presents: The PUTT
    The Putt campaign creative tells the story of Team RBC ambassador and Canadian pro golfer, Nick Taylor, in the form of a powerful 90-second memoir. The audience sees Nick grow from a junior golfer to amateur to professional athlete, with a momentous build-up to the record-shattering 72-foot-putt that made him the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open in 69 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZAHyoy5vU&t=1s
    uniE613 The Best (TIFF Official Selection)
    Powerful waves of grief threaten to shatter the confidence of a South Asian bodybuilder in this bold and insightful character study by director Ian Bawa. tiff24 Nominee: IMDB Pro Shortcuts Best Canadian Film https://youtu.be/NwEJgrFg8EM?si=DL7Cy-3VYTKKnw-O
    uniE613 Georgia Astle: Flip the SwitchFLIP THE SWITCH | Featuring Georgia Astle
    Watch Georgia Astle explore some of British Columbia’s most striking landscapes, on a search for terrain to push her riding, inspired by a rising tide of female freeriders around the world. https://youtu.be/Jg3p5_4R6lI?si=47v5_pZ5SAqAqavC
    uniE608 UN Code Red
    United Nations San Diego / Composition & Sound Design | 2023 Sound design and composition for UN PSA put on UN website and all socials advert screencomposer composer