Galvin Patrick (born Febuary 2, 1986), formerly known as Avin of The 14th Project, is a Malaysian independent (underground) music producer, singer/songwriter from Sri Aman, Sarawak. He played the keyboards and learned by ear since he was 3. He wrote his first song when he was 15 and began doing his own recordings with a radio cassette recorder in his bedroom. He then recorded his own songs digitally using his laptop in 2007. He began performing in the local music scene of Kuching, Sarawak in 2007 as the keyboardist to some local indie bands like 'Lateral Faction' & 'Solemn'. He had also formed his own project band known as 'The 14th Project' in 2008 and released a demo with singles like ‘Goodbye to You’ and ‘Kesempurnaan Cinta’. Recorded within his own bedroom, the band changed their genre from electronic rock to electronics  in 2010 until he decided to go solo project after the band broke up. He also produces music to the underground music scene especially in hiphop music and done lots of collaborations with indie acts from around the world. Avin’s musical style has been defined as pop, hip hop and electronic dance, and was inspired by Timbaland, RedOne, Afrojack, and etc. He was hoping that one day Malaysia will gain more genres in contributing the local music scene especially from Sarawak.

He was also nominated for 'Lagu Borneo Paling Popular', 'Artis Solo / Band Borneo Paling Popular' and 'Artis Harapan Borneo' in Anugerah Carta Borneo Era 2011 for the song Sang Mentari, and 'Best Electronica/Dance Song' in VIMA 2011 music awards.
He was nominated and won the category for the best lyrics 'Lirik Paling Pergh' for Anugerah Carta Borneo Era 2012 with Najib in his song entitled 'Harapan'.



As an independent producer, he worked along with the local underground hip hop acts and rock bands all over Malaysia by engaging song collaborations, remixes and produces instrumental beats for MC/rappers. He produced his original tracks and had performed live in several local events alongside the local rappers and DJs. Also known as the ‘hook’ singer as he often composes and sings the chorus in his instrumental beats.

He had been nominated in several categories and had won in Anugerah Carta Borneo Era FM Sarawak (Best Lyrics) in 2012 for the song ‘Harapan’, and Silver Award in VIMA (Voice of International Music Award) Malaysia in 2014 (Best Genre Bender) for the song ‘Lagu Ini Hanya Untukmu’.

Retired from singing and performing live, he decided to continue his music career as a songwriter, now assigned with Warner/Chappell Music (Malaysia), composing original songs for other artistes, globally.

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