Paul Kosky is a long-standing, music industry professional based in Melbourne Australia who has worked with some of the biggest names in Australia, the US and the UK.

Kosky is currently co-founder/co-owner and A&R Director of Peak Music - a music label and artist management company. He is also the owner of Peak Music Recording Studios - a private, world class, large format SSL

Solid State Logic

Solid State Logic is a manufacturer of high-end mixing consoles and recording studio hardware headquartered in Begbroke, Oxfordshire, UK.- Company information :...

 6058 E/G+ recording and mixing studio.

1980's

Kosky started his career in music at the age of 14 working the graveyard shift on Melbourne’s 3RRRFM. This led him to receive a one year government grant to produce a weekly youth radio program in Albury NSW on 2REMFM.

Returning to Melbourne, Kosky briefly worked at Crawford Productions as a music editor before accepting a position as an assistant engineer at Platinum Studios - Australia’s premier music recording facility at the time. Over the next two years he worked as an assistant gaining valuable experience on releases for The Models

Models (band)

Models were an alternative rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1978 and went into hiatus in 1988. They are often incorrectly referred to as The Models. They re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", their only No. 1 hit,...

, Kids In the Kitchen, The Machinations

Machinations (band)

Machinations was a popular Sydney-based outfit working the mid-1980s independent Australian music scene. Notable national hits included "Pressure Sway", "My Heart's On Fire" and "No Say In It". They also achieved indie prominence with the two versions of their first single, "Average Inadequacy"...

, Real Life

Real Life (band)

Real Life are a Melbourne-based Australian New Wave/Synthpop band that had hits with their debut single, "Send Me an Angel" and with "Catch Me I'm Falling" , both of which were featured on the band's debut album Heartland .-Biography:...

, Pseudo Echo

Pseudo Echo

Pseudo Echo are an Australian New Wave band formed in 1982 in Melbourne. The original line-up consisted of Brian Canham , Pierre Gigliotti , Tony Lugton and Anthony Argiro . A later line-up included James Leigh and his brother, Vince Leigh...

, Uncanny X-men

Uncanny X-Men (band)

Uncanny X-Men are a pop/rock band which formed in Melbourne in 1981, and temporarily disbanded in 1987. They are fronted by lead singer Brian Mannix and originally included Chuck Hargreaves on guitar, Steve Harrison on bass guitar, Nick Manthandos on drums and Ron Thiessen on guitar...

, Mondo Rock, Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...

, I’m Talking

I'm Talking

I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me", "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in...

, Little River Band, Do Re Mi

Do-Re-Mi (band)

Do-Re-Mi aka Do-Ré-Mi were an Australian Rock/Pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 when Deborah Conway and Dorland Bray joined Helen Carter and later recruited Stephen Philip...

, Noise Works, Crowded House and Blue Ruin.

At 19, Kosky was promoted to in-house engineer at Platinum Studios and over the next 2 years he ‘cut his teeth’ recording B-sides and demos for Crowded House

Crowded House

Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...

, Boom Crash Opera

Boom Crash Opera

Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1985. Initially based around the songwriting partnership of Richard Pleasance and Peter Farnan Boom Crash Opera also includes Dale Ryder , Peter 'Maz' Maslen , Greg O'Connor and Ian Tilley Boom Crash Opera are a pop-rock band...

, Nick Barker & the Reptiles

Nick Barker

Nicholas "Nick" Paul Barker is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who formed a Melbourne-based rock, power pop band Nick Barker & the Reptiles in March 1988. Their cover version of Cockney Rebel's "Make Me Smile " reached the top 30 on the Australian Recording Industry Association ...

, Cattletruck, James Rene, Uncanny X-men

Uncanny X-Men (band)

Uncanny X-Men are a pop/rock band which formed in Melbourne in 1981, and temporarily disbanded in 1987. They are fronted by lead singer Brian Mannix and originally included Chuck Hargreaves on guitar, Steve Harrison on bass guitar, Nick Manthandos on drums and Ron Thiessen on guitar...

, Kylie Minogue, Tim Finn

Tim Finn

Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...

, Men At Work

Men at Work

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to have a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United States . They achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous #1 album and #1 single in the United Kingdom...

 & Ross Wilson.

Kosky soon went on to record releases for the Ricky and Pete movie soundtrack, Schnell Fenster

Schnell Fenster

Schnell Fenster was a Melbourne-based band, formed in 1986 by members of Split Enz after the breakup of that band. Tentatively named "The Wanx", the band selected their name, which is German for "fast window" , because it "appealed to [their] perversity".The band also formed the core of the members...

 & Japan’s Dual Dream. He mixed releases for TISM

TISM

TISM was a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed in 1982 and enjoyed a large underground/independent following. Their third album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons reached the Australian national top 10 in 1995...

 and New Zealand’s The Fan Club

Aishah and The Fan Club

Aishah and The Fan Club, better known as The Fan Club or just Fan Club, were a New Zealand-based singing group in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

. Crossing over into music production Kosky co produced, recorded & mixed releases for Not Drowning Waving, David Hosking, Chain and Crashland and co produced & mixed the Proof

Proof (1991 film)

Proof is a 1991 Australian film by Jocelyn Moorhouse starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with 5 other awards, including Moorhouse for "Best Director", Weaving for "Best Leading Actor", and Crowe...

 movie soundtrack CD release.

1990's

In the early 90’s Kosky went freelance. Within a few months he designed Periscope Studio in Tim Finn's home to prepare for the recording of the Finn Brother's album. This immediately led to Kosky recording Crowded House’s massively successful – Woodface

Woodface

Woodface is the third studio album by the band Crowded House. The album was produced by Mitchell Froom and released by Capitol in July 1991. It features five singles "Chocolate Cake", "Fall at Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Four Seasons in One Day", and "It's Only Natural"...

 album.

Recording releases for Big Pig

Big Pig

Big Pig were a seven-piece Australian pop/rock band that existed from 1985 to 1991.-Biography:In 1983 Australian drummer Oleh Witer, frustrated over playing in a string of unsuccessful groups, travelled from Australia to London....

, Real Life, Things of Stone & Wood and Split Enz

Split Enz

Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...

 soon followed. Kosky then went on to co-produce and record releases for Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...

, Tim Finn & The Hot House Flowers

Hothouse Flowers

The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Career:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin,Ireland as "The...

 and My Friend the Chocolate Cake. He co-produced, recorded and mixed releases for The Clouds

Clouds (Australian band)

The Clouds are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia formed in December 1989. The core of the group consisted of frontwomen Jodi Phillis and Patricia "Trish" Young . The line-up of The Clouds has changed several times with different drummers and lead guitarists...

, Andrew Pendlebury

Andrew Pendlebury

Andrew Pendlebury is an Australian, Melbourne based guitarist known for his membership of bands such as The Sports and Slaughtermen , as well as other projects and solo efforts.-Biography:...

, Killing Time

Mantissa (band)

Mantissa is a heavy rock band formed as Killing Time. Killing Time formed in Melbourne, the band comprised Adam Pringle, Nina Grant, Chris Paine, Jed Starr and Tubby Wadsworth. In 1991, they started to gain a following and after a bidding war were signed to Polydor. Their first release, Ruby's...

, Kate Ceberano, Deborah Conway

Deborah Conway

Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....

, The Sharp

The Sharp

The Sharp was a 3-piece pop/rock band from Melbourne, Australia.The band formed in 1988 with Allan Catlin on double bass and lead vocals, Charlie Rooke on guitar and lead vocals, and Danny Simcic / Piet Collins on drums....

, David Hosking and Chris Wilson. He Produced, recorded and mixed releases for Overnight Jones and recorded and mixed remixes for Crowded House, Real Life and Jenny Morris.

In 1996, Kosky accepted a position at Metropolis Audio as their Senior Music Producer/Engineer. There he recorded and mixed releases for Boys to Men, Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes

Dave Graney

David John "Dave" Graney is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter from Mount Gambier, South Australia. Since 1979, Graney is generally accompanied by drummer, Clare Moore...

, and The Electric Hippies

Noiseworks

Noiseworks is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1986 with bass guitarist Steve Balbi, guitarist Stuart Fraser, drummer Kevin Nicol, keyboardist Justin Stanley and lead vocalist Jon Stevens...

. He co produced, recorded and mixed releases for Def FX

Def FX

Def FX was an Australian industrial-dance-rock group, formed in Sydney. The core of the group was keyboardist and vocalist Sean Lowry and vocalist Fiona Horne ....

, Neil Murray and Tiddas

Tiddas

Tiddas are a three piece all-girl folk band from Victoria, Australia.-Biography:Originally the three women, Amy Saunders , Lou Bennett and Sally Dastey combined their vocal talents as backing singers for Aboriginal band Djaambi, led by Saunder's brother Richard Frankland in 1990...

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The following year Kosky designed the construction of Kiss Music Recording Studios (formerly Platinum Studios) and accepted a position as General Manager & Senior Music Producer/Engineer. Whilst there he recorded releases for American bands Rage Against the Machine, The Fugees & Wyclef Jean

The Fugees

Fugees were a Haitian American hip hop group who rose to fame in the mid-1990s. Their repertoire included elements of Hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group were rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer/producer Lauryn Hill, and rapper Pras Michel...

. He also produced, recorded and mixed releases for Effigy, Non Intentional Lifeform (N.I.L.) and Killing Heidi

Killing Heidi

Killing Heidi were an Australian rock band from Violet Town, Victoria. The band, which has been on hiatus since 2006, are best known for their multi-platinum album Reflector, released in 2000.-Early years :...

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1998

In 1998, Kosky became the co-founder and A&R director of the music label and artist management company - Wah Wah Music. His first signing was Killing Heidi and he spent the next 2 years developing the band while producing, recording and mixing their hugely successful debut album Reflector

Reflector (Killing Heidi album)

Reflector is the debut album of Australian band Killing Heidi, released in 2000.-Album information:The album was an enormous success, propelling the band to prominence and eventually spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA charts...

. Kosky also co-managed the band, directed and/or produced the majority of their music video clips and designed their album and singles artwork for the album cycle of Reflector. After securing a label deal for Wah Wah Music with Roadshow Music (Village Roadshow) and under Kosky’s guidance the band found immediate success in Australia. They received massive national radio and television airplay across all formats. Killing Heidi's Reflector debuted at Number 1 on the Australian ARIA charts, sold over 5 times platinum and won 6 of Australia’s most prestigious awards including those from ARIA

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

  and APRA

APRA Awards

The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....

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2003

Sighting professional differences, Kosky resigned as a director of Wah Wah Music and co-manager of Killing Heidi. He took a break from the music industry and spent the next few years growing his family and building a new home.

Present

Refreshed and ready to return to music and while looking for a new artist that he believed was capable of Australian and international success, Kosky came across the band EDEN at Josh Abrahams studio where the band was signed to a development deal. Kosky was convinced this was what he was looking for and offered the band a recording and management contract.

In 2009 EDEN and Kosky began the album with a computer on his kitchen table. During the next 2 years their ever growing workspace grew to a large format analogue/digital studio
to accommodate the production of EDEN’s debut – Paranormal Distortion. Kosky co-produced, co-recorded, co-mixed and co-wrote EDEN’s debut with the band’s front man and key songwriter Eden Altman. Altman and Kosky’s partnership also grew to a co-ownership of their Peak Music label and artist management company, forging a new path in the ever changing state of the global music industry.