Konstantin Kersting


Konstantin Kersting, is a German–Australian record producer, sound engineer and songwriter. He is best known for his production work for artists Mallrat, The Jungle Giants and Tones and I.

Career

Konstantin Kersting began learning the violin via the Suzuki method at the age of four, before picking up bass guitar and double bass in his teens and playing with orchestras and jazz ensembles around his hometown of Berlin.
In 2007, Kersting relocated to Australia as a teenage exchange student and he picked Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast because he wanted to have a quintessentially Australian experience, saying "Growing up in Berlin I didn't really think there was much of a point going to Melbourne or Sydney, I wanted to go somewhere where there was a beach, and where I could surf and do Australian things – or what I thought Australian things were."
Kersting earned a Bachelor of Music from Queensland University of Technology. Kersting commenced working as an in-house sound engineer at Airlock Studios, under the producer Yanto Browning. He picked lessons from nationally and internationally acclaimed producers Paul McKercher, David Schuler, Mirko Vogel, Paul Dempsey and Tom Iansek.
In 2015, Kersting produced the debut extended play Holy Sick by Australian rock band Waax and Snap EP by The Vernons.
In 2017, Kersting co-wrote and produced Mallrat's "Better" which won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition in 2018. Kersting said "Better" was the first song he had ever written with another songwriter saying "I'm extremely grateful that people have heard this song and have resonated with it so deeply".
In May 2018, Kersting was signed to Independent publisher Native Tongue.
In 2019, Kersting re-worked a number of Sunnyboys' tracks for their compilation album, 40.
In September 2019, Kersting received two nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 for Tones and I's "Dance Monkey".

Discography

YearArtistSong TitleAlbumCreditCertifications
2015WAAXHoly Sick EPProducer, Engineer
2017The Kite String TangleThe Kite String TangleEngineer
2017The Jungle GiantsQuiet FerocityProducer, Engineer, Mixer
2017The Jungle Giants"Feel the Way I Do"Quiet FerocityProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Platinum
2017The Jungle Giants"On Your Way Down"Quiet FerocityProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Gold
2017The Jungle Giants"Bad Dream"Quiet FerocityProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Gold
2017The Jungle Giants"Used to Be in Love"Quiet FerocityProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Platinum
2017The ChurchMan Woman Life Death InfinityEngineer
2017Mallrat"Better"In The Sky EPSongwriter, Producer, EngineerARIA:Gold
2018Tia Gostelow"Strangers"Producer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Gold
2018Tia GostelowThick SkinSongwriter, Producer, Engineer
2018The Kite String TangleThe Kite String Tangle Presents: In A Desperate MomentEngineer
2018Mallrat"Groceries"In The Sky EPSongwriter, Producer, EngineerARIA:Platinum
2019Tones and I"Johnny Run Away"The Kids Are ComingProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA: 2× Platinum
2019Tones and I"Dance Monkey"The Kids Are ComingProducer, Engineer, Mixer
  • ARIA: 10x Platinum
  • BPI: 3x Platinum
  • BVMI: 2x Platinum
  • IFPI DEN: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • Music Canada: 7x Platinum
  • SNEP: Diamond
2019Tones and I"Never Seen the Rain"The Kids Are ComingProducer, Engineer, Mixer
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum
  • BEA: Gold
  • Music Canada: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
  • RMNZ: Gold
    • 2019Tones and IThe Kids Are ComingProducer, Engineer, MixerARIA: Gold
    The Jungle Giants"Heavy Hearted"Engineer, MixerARIA: Gold
    2019The Rubens"Live in Life"Producer, MixerARIA:Platinum
    2019Sunnyboys40Engineer, Mixer
    2020Tones and I"Bad Child"Producer, Engineer, MixerARIA:Gold
    2020Milky Chance Featuring Jack Johnson"Don't Let Me Down"Producer

    Awards and nominations

    ARIA Music Awards