About

I’m Caolán and I’m a mixer, producer and composer. I’ve been working in music for over a decade in various parts of the industry. I started off interning at Smalltown America Studio while I studied at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at Queen’s University, Belfast. During this time, I also did a little bit of live sound & tour management for people like Tom Robinson.

After graduating from SARC in 2015 with a First Class Honours degree (BSc Music Technology & Sonic Arts), I started working full-time from Smalltown America Studio recording & producing artists like Imelda May, Cherym, Our Krypton Son & PORTS.

Since then, I've been working with bands from all across the world. Recent production credits include Joshua Burnside, Kilgour and Parker with tracks receiving airtime on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music & KEXP.

I’ve made albums that have won the Northern Ireland Music Prize & been featured in NME, Clash, Kerrang! & DIY among others.

As a multi-instrumentalist, I’ve played on tracks that have been used for sync in programmes like Made In Chelsea & productions by the BBC. You can usually find me behind a drum kit but I love playing bass, guitar, piano, synths or clarinet if the song might need it…

These days, I can mostly be found mixing records, writing songs with other artists and composing music for theatre & screen.

I have co-written tracks with the likes of ROE, Parker, Reevah, Sinéad White, Ciaran Lavery, Andrew Ferris (of Jetplane Landing) & Outside Golden.

More recently, I’ve been making indie-electronica music under my own name, regularly receiving airtime from the likes of BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 3, KEXP & RTE Lyric FM. I’ve also been supported by major broadcasters such as Huw Stephens, Nick Grimshaw, Lauren Laverne, Nabihah Iqbal, Peter Curtin and Emily Pilbeam in the UK and wonderful DJ’s like KEXP’s Alex Ruder in the USA.

In November 2024, I was commissioned by Field Day Theatre Company and The Playhouse to compose a score for The Seamus Deane Annual Lecture. Through the lens of electronica, contemporary-classical & ambient music; the score looks at themes of colonialism and its impact on the climate crisis.

I’d love to hear about the music you’re making or film projects you’re working on - if you want to get in touch about working together, just drop me an email!