Known for such hit albums as Shooting Stars and Hotel Rooms, this Australian disc jockey, record producer, and songwriter became, at age seventeen, the youngest recipient of the Number 1 Australian DJ honor. He is best known by the stage name of "tyDi." After graduating from the music technology program at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, he released a hit debut album titled Look Closer and subsequently earned a best new DJ honor at the International Dance Music Awards.