Performing 28 years as musician and singer (1986-2014).

-> Got my Western musical education (among others) from Hillary de Bruin, Effendi Ketwaru and Leo Tjon A Kon, and Indian classical music lessons from Rita Bokil.

-> Performed in Holland and Suriname with (among others) Nadeem Khan, Shaheed Wagidhosain, Ashok Khare, Kumar Sanu, Debasish Das Gupta, Sudesh Bhosle, Babul Supriyo, Shekhar Kumar, Sharda Rajan.

-> Played keyboard in Interpro Orchestra & National Indian Orchestra in Suriname (1986-1991), and in Holland (1991-1997) keyboard player of Indian Diamonds and Temptations Sound Machine.

-> Presently (in Suriname) band leader of show band 'Yaadgaar Orchestra' and mini-band 'Elegance Music'. In both bands my wife Sharda & daughter Ilhaam (now 17 years old) have joined as singers. Also band leader of Suriname's 'National Indian Orchestra'.

-> Published two music books: Bhajans on Western music notation, and Indian pop hits on Western music notation.

-> Produced various CD's, among which (in Holland) Extra Hot vol. 4, Music Explosion, Kings of the Year, Anokhadaan, Saathi saath nibhana, and in Suriname: Ham sab Surinami hain, Look with your Heart, Yaadgaar, and Pyar ke baatein.

-> Keyboard teacher at the 'Effendi Ketwaru Volksmuziekschool' in Suriname, also private keyboard classes, Indian based.

-> For more information, see our website https://sites.google.com/site/elegancesur and youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/elegancesur

-> In daily life I'm employed at the Decentralization Program in Suriname as ICT manager (see www.decentralisatie.org)

A L PRODUCTION is a record label with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia offering music composition, production, single, extended play(EP) or long play(LP) music album release in the format of CD, radio airplay, online music publishing, telco caller tunes release, audiobook, e-book and book publications for the independent malaysian and international artists.

A L Production is an unique and sustainable intellectual property business model for a record label partnership with other major labels to leverage the products serving worldwide. The company has been founded by Music Composer Arun who is professionally registered and known by Malaysian Ministry, Television Channels, Radios, Copyright Protection Bodies, Recording Industry Association of Malaysia, Public Performance & Artistes Rights Association and other organizations.

Music Composer Arun is a one of the most promising composer and producer in Malaysian music industry. His passion on music was being cultured since his tender age of 11, as Arun demonstrated extra-ordinary musical abilities through different genres of music. Music composer Arun has cultivated his western music abilities by engaging in Yamaha Music School for his keyboard lessons, South Indian classical music for his vocal from Sangeetha Vidwan Sri Madurai G.S Mani, Mr.Raja Raja Cholan, Viloinst Mr.Unni, Madam Mary and Mr.Joseph. While schooling, Arun began honing his songwriting skills more professionally and upon high school graduation he immediately joined International College of Music (ICOM). After a brief stint for three years at the School of Audio Engineering (SAE), he became a diploma holder in Audio Engineering.

Aruns first breakthrough was at the age of 19, when he was engaged by Astro TV Channel Vaanavil to compose a song for the programme Vaanavil Aranggam followed by other television and corporate projects . That is where his astounding journey starts and again Aruns' music world door has been knocked by Astro sponsorship programme to work as assistant music director, audio engineer and conductor with the Tamil film music industry fame Music Director Bharadwaj. Obviously it can't be denied that his hit song 'Chennai City' from his first Tamil album 'ISAI PUYAL' released by the premier production banner Lotus Five Star and Ayngaran which he accomplished at the age of 22 has mellowed all the young hearts.

All of his other compositions and sound quality skills have also set a new parameter to Malaysian music industry. He assumed himself as a gold mine which has valuable source deep inside. Thence, he had to mine the rich gold engraved within him and polish it for its exclusive shine. Meanwhile he did a lot of researches and developments regarding music genres and recording technologies. He has ample of projects coming through and he had to get himself busy with engineering and technical tasks for those projects. He have done music composing and engineering for English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese Albums, Jingles & Multi-Lingual Movies.

His dedication to the arts even made him travel to few foreign countries such as India, Thailand and Singapore to get his job done. Eventually, its so obvious that this young soulful artiste is ready to set his footstep in a higher level of music creation and production. The promising artiste proves that he has a great future ahead as the country has an eye on him and looking forward for his mesmerizing compositions. No doubt that Music Composer Arun has created a new prophecy in Malaysian music industry and would make every Malaysian proud of his dimensional achievements.

Music Composer Arun @ A L Production would always exist as a record label with its mission to promote all the highly motivated and dedicated individual and group artistes. 

P.C.Shivan is an acclaimed film composer. At the age of 4, Shivan showed early signs of his musical genius, when he began discovering the notations to some of maestro Ilayaraja's toughest of compositions. His rare ability at such a young age, surprised not just his parents but accomplished musicians as well. With classical vocals, violin and self-taught keyboard, began his love for music.

He completed his undergraduation in Aerospace Engineering from IITMadras. As he was determined to pursue music as a career, he turned down several admission offers from some of the world’s best grad schools. Apart from music theory, he also has an extensive knowledge in sound mixing & architectural acoustics. He in-fact designed his own professional recording studio during his college days, and has been producing private albums ever since. Besides, he has composed music for several ad jingles, short films, trailers, corporate themes and anthems for various social causes. 

His work in the films Bayam Ariyaan (tamil) and Chapter 6 (telugu) received critical acclaim from various quarters in the media. His short film Gulli Danda which is based on a story by Munshi Premchand, was screened in, besides many others, the Cannes International Film Festival and received special appreciation for its musical score. 

Shivan is also touring with his band, a collaborative venture with YUJ live featuring renowned musicians and performers, performing fusion music. The music is aimed to be an amalgamation of Indian classical music with various genres from around the globe like Blues, Samba, Lounge and Folk. The main strength of the resulting music is its unique blend that goes beyond just entertainment, and is a pure blissful experience by itself.

I am a classically trained Indian percussionist and can do some serious damage on the Mridangam as well as any other percussion instrument played with fingers. I picked up the keyboard through "by ear" training and have been dabbling with it for about 8 years. My ultimate aim is to become a full fledged music composer and compose soundtracks for motion pictures particularly in the Indian film industry. Apart from film music, I love hip-hop and smooth jazz 

Windows based music software is my "poision" to pick and I am one of those guys that believe that you don't need a Mac to be a serious musician ;-).. 



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