Moxie (composer)

Moxie – Evan Kitchener
Moxie – Evan Kitchener – 2009
Background information
Birth name	Evan Kitchener
Also known as	Moxie
Born	(1985-10-18) 18 October 1985
Origin	Afterlee, Australia
Occupation(s)	Composer Sound Designer
Instruments	Piano, guitar
Years active	1999–present
Website	http://moxiemusic.com

Moxie is the recording and composing name of Evan Kitchener. He is a solo composer and one of the founding members of the band Earnest Irony. He works as a composer and sound designer for film and TV shows in Australia.^[1] His musical style is often as "Sample Rock" and is influenced by the groups Apollo 440, Moby and Daft Punk. Before being known as Moxie,^[2] Evan Kitchener was known under the name of Dj Jib.^[3]

Early career

He started composing music while in high school under the name of Dj Jib. While in high school he collaborated musically with his friend Alex Yabsley aka “Protestah” at the time but is now known under the name Dot.AY. The collaboration projects between the two were known under the name of Fiber Optic Cable, FOC for short. They produced 6 tracks together which they released on their own separate albums.^[4]

He then moved to Melbourne to study Audio Engineering. While there he collaborated with film students on their short films, working on the sound and music. He carried this film interest after completing his studies and works on musical composition and sound design for film and TV shows in Australia as well as continuing to make music under the name .^[5]

Earnest Irony

Earnest Irony is a strictly studio band formed by Evan Kitchener, with his brother Justin Kitchener. Jared Brown is a longtime contributor to the band but not one of the founding members.

In its first year the band formed with minimal musical and audio equipment. They recorded a handful of raw improvised tracks and the band Earnest Irony was created. The next year they invested time and money setting up their own recording studio in an old empty house and "Old House Studio" was born.

Yearly sessions have resulted in 4 recorded albums as of 2014.^[6] The band has also been very active in the creative process in their film clips, which usually are humorous in nature.^[7]

Film And Tv Work

His music and sound work for film and TV is done under the business name of “Moxie Music”.^[8][9]

• 2009–2012 Only the Young Die Good, Feature, Southside Productions, Australia^[10]
• 2009–2012 Last Night, Short, Chris And Rob Smellin, Australia ^[11]
• 2009–2012 The Pawn Feature, Feature, Persistent Hack Pictures, Australia^[12]
• 2009–2011 From Parts Unknown – Feature, Strongman Pictures
• 2010 Citizen Jia Li – Feature, GUNG HO Productions^[13]
• 2009–2010 Burlesque – Feature, Dank Films^[14]
• 2010 Matchbreaker – TV Mini Series, Dark Heart Productions^[15]
• 2010 Of Land and Bounty – Short, Dark Heart Productions^[16]
• 2009 Australian Biker Build Off – TV Series, Threefold Films^[17]
• 2007–2009 Bad Habits – Feature, Dank Films^[18]
• 2008–2009 Bushranger Origins – The Victorian Era – TV Mini Series, Associated Creative Talents^[19]
• 2009 Dance Be In It – Children’s Animation, Dance Be In It
• 2009 Indigo TV – TV Single/One Off, Indigo TV
• 2009 Insignia – Theatre Ad, Big And Little Films^[20]
• 2009 Infinite Shades of Grey – Online, Uniting Care
• 2008–2009 Ordinary (a musical) – TV Movie, NPG^[21]
• 2009 Rain Man – Short, Daniel Buckland
• 2009 The Ice Cream Man – TV Single/One Off, Inception Films
• 2008–2009 The Union Show – TV Series, SKA TV^[22]
• 2009 Two Years Too Soon – TV Movie, Films Under Construction
• 2009 Video Education Australasia – Quality Educational And Training DVDs – Corporate, Video Education Australasia^[23]
• 2008 Saving Private Brian – Short, Tom Burns
• 2007 Floating – Short, Chih-Kuang Tu
• 2006 After Dark – Short, Chih-Kuang Tu
• 2006 The Black Book Of Sai Attic – Short
• 2006 The Editor – Short

Film Awards

2013 WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival, Gold Remi Award, Last Night, USA^[24]

2013 Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Best short director, Last Night, Australia^[25]

2010 Sexy International Film Festival, Best Australian Feature Film, Burlesque, Australia^[26]

2010 Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Best Guerilla Film, Burlesque, Australia^[27]

2009 Sexy International Film Festival, Best Australian Feature Film, Bad Habits, Australia^[28]

2009 Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Best Screenplay And Best Lead Female Actor, Bad Habits, Australia^[29]

2008 Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival, Winner of Treehouse Award, Floating, Australia^[30]

Discography

Solo albums

• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – Foc mod^[31]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – Sounds Of The School Yard^[32]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – All My Reasons^[33]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – The Sleep Archive^[34]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – The Fifth Coming^[35]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – Bricker Brack – Schmick As Smack^[36]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – Killer 7^[37]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – ASHTA (A Silent Hill Tribute Album)^[38]
• Moxie (previously Dj Jib) – Only The Young Die Good OST^[39]

Earnest Irony Albums

• Earnest Irony – Earnest Irony Keeps The Anemia At Bay^[40]
• Earnest Irony – Mandrill^[41]
• Earnest Irony – Ship's Bits^[42]

Albums Currently Under Production

• Earnest Irony – The Blindness Of Strangers^[43]
• Moxie – Land L^[44]

References