About

Dr. Callan Alexander is a music producer, mix engineer, songwriter, vocalist and multidisciplinary audio researcher based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. His work has been streamed over 60 million times to date, with over 45 million of those coming from his own original works. Callan is interested in all things sound & holds a PhD in Bioacoustics & is an expert in identifying Australian birds from their calls.

Callan’s music career under the cln project was kickstarted by winning Universal Music and Budweiser’s Made for Musicaward. Shortly afterwards he remixed the Odesza hit ‘Say My Name’ which soared to the top of the Hype Machine charts and clocked up a million streams on Soundcloud alone. He has since toured internationally including a performance at Red Rocks Ampitheatre supporting The Chainsmokers alongside San Holo. Callan has been also fortunate enough to support several noteable acts throughout his career, including Odesza, Lunice, Keys N Krates, Araabmuzik, Illenium and legendary Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke. He was featured as an Audeze Artist and is a loyal user of the LCD-X headphones. One of Callan’s career highlights was a contract to compose, mix, master and produce a contemporary electronic work for the Queensland Ballet Bespoke program. At the time this internationally renowned ballet company was directed by Li Cunxin, author of Mao’s Last Dancer. Callan performed and wrote this piece alongside friend and collaborator Dr. Katie Noonan who has been named as one of the greatest Australian vocalists of all time.

When he isn’t working on music, Callan is also a professional ornithologist and is actively involved in using acoustics and artificial intelligence for threatened species conservation. Read more about his work in this space in the Guardian.

Callan’s music has been released almost entirely independently, but his single Breathe was released through Skrillex-owned label OWSLA. His work has been featured in numerous notable publications including Rolling Stone, Pigeons and Planes, Majestic Casual and Dancing Astronaut to name a few. Callan has self-produced and mix/mastered almost his entire catalogue, and does select work on production and mixing for other clients. He mixed the ‘inside weather’ EP by JVLY which has accumulated over 7 million streams on Spotify and was supported by Triple J including spins on Richard Kingsmill’s new music show. He also mastered the Daste remix of ‘Tacenda’ which has been streamed 4+ million times. Callan recently started a new side-project called 44 Ardent which is released via Mammal Sounds Records, which has already racked up several million streams and was featured on ABC News.