Leonard Soosay

Biography

Leonard Soosay is the Director of Singapore-based recording and mixing studio, Snakeweed Studios. Soosay, arguably one of Singapore's most famous & well-known independent Music Producers and Sound Engineers, has produced and recorded over 600 local artists since 1997 such as Electrico, The Great Spy Experiment, Ronin and Inch Chua. He is also the co-founder of Thunder Rock School, an institution that is committed to the preservation and cultivation of Singapore's musical heritage and inspiring and educating the next generation of musicians. In 2016, he set up an artist management company called LSTM to advise, develop and manage young Singapore artists. In 2015, Soosay was the recipient of the #styleX SG50 Award for Music, honouring the 50 most influential people in Singapore in their respective fields.

Discography (selected)

Production, Recording and Mixing Album Credits

Singapore Artistes/Bands

3 Dash 1, 59 Minutes, A Vacant Affair, Absinth, The Afterglow Burns, Another Sunday Afternoon, Astroninja, Atlas, B-Quartet, The Boredphucks (later known as The Suns), Camra, Caracal, Cccrush, Cheryl Miles, Deputy Siren, Doxomedon, Duxton Plains, Electrico, Elsa Kidspy, Exzit Ntrance, Fiona Xie, The Fire Fight, Firebrands, Fishtank, Flybar, Force Vomit, Fuzzbox, The Great Spy Experiment, Headpoppaz, Hear Me Toby, Helmsky, Her Own Reflection, Inch Chua, I Am David Sparkle, If, Impiety, Itnos, John Siow, Kate of Kale, Lady E, Leeson, Lost Weekend, Low End Sun, Manifest, Marchtwelve, marilyns, The Moderates, Monofone, Moods, morpheus dream, Mr Sharma, my squared circle, Neural Vibe, nothing to declare, ntu hall 5 Quintsical Productions [1], Oligarchy, One Way Alley, Oshiego, Ossuary, Page, Parking Lot Pimp, Pension State, Plainsunset, Progeria, Pug Jelly, Pulse, Return to Fall, Ronin,The Roses, Ruffedge, Sam Loser, Saw Loser, Set for Glory, The Sexies, ShameJoannShame, Sharlene, Sherenes Closet, Shirlyn Tan, Skive, Sky in Euphoria, Slowjax, Snyxti, Strayvoice, Stroll, Summers Over, Sun Ho, Surreal, Syawla Evol, Tanglin Trust, Urban X'change, USV, Vertical Rush, Voiceout, West Grand Boulevard, Zero Sequence, The Zse Zse Zses...etc.

International Artists

• Brian Mcknight (USA)
• Jamie Michaels (UK)
• Stars Don't Fall (Australia)
• Villagers (Ireland)
• Rachael Yamagata (USA)

Remixing Credits

• David Bowie (Lets Dance)
• Energy (The Ramen Song, Recording and Mixing)
• Gorillaz (feelgoodinc)
• Jamelia (Superstar)
• John Lennon (Give Peace a Chance Asia, Recording and Mixing)
• Kylie Minogue (Red Blooded Woman)
• Maksim (Flight of the Bumblebee)
• N.E.R.D (Maybe)
• Palmy (Perfect, Recording and Mixing)

Art Direction Credits

Selected television and cinema commercials Anchor Beer, Discovery Channel Trailers, Jet TV (Japan), m1, Overseas Union Bank

Music Video Credits

• Anchor Bleed - These Brittle Bones (Director)
• Ronin's Black Maria (Art Director),
• Documentaries: Electrico's Show and Tell (Director and Editor)
• The Visitant - Esther Lowless (Director)
• Summer - Deon (Director)
• Winter - Deon (Director)
• Lines - Theodora (Director)
• Welcome the Ironists - Caracal (Director) Winner of Singapore Social Media Awards "Music Video of the Year" 2015.
• Run Tell Daddy - Gentle Bones
• Mute - Bakers in Space
• Coming Down - Strangerfox

Awards and Nominations

• Creative Circle Awards: Best New Art Director, Nominee 1999.
• Best Score for a Television, Radio or Cinema Commercial, Nominee 2000.
• Produced 4 Number 1 hit singles for the Singapore Music Charts. Electrico's "I Want You" and "Love in New Wave", Pug Jelly's "Come Home Soon", and Ronin's "Black Maria"