About Augusta Quiney

I worked out at an early age that music got me in with girls, girls broke my heart and then music made it all alright again. Dressing up as Boy George was the obvious place to start, mix tapes took me to the next level and it doesn’t take a genius to work out that Steven Morrissey had a thing or two to do with perpetuating the cycle. I had my first synthesizer aged 11, vari-speed turntables aged 12, a multitrack at 14 and by 17 I was DJ'ing and organising successful raves.

During my degree course in Film and Communication, I jumped at a work experience placementat M62 in the basement of the old Whitehouse on Kingly Street, under London’s best sound designer. He only went and asked me to leave University and become a company director, working on soundtracks for adverts directed by Ridley Scott, Paul Weiland and Tarsem so what was I supposed to do?

I really got into the work so then I just went nuts and set up A-Bomb, which gave me a room that sounds sublime, boxes that make everything sparkle and all those dear friends that come and go, the computers. Much of my time is spent plugging and unplugging things that make different sounds come out. Lots of brilliant and interesting people come by and I love to hear what they think and how they feel about things, although it does upset me if they have sticky fingers or drop crumbs.

Being Personality Type ISFJ like Mother Theresa and the Queen, means I pride myself on doing a really good job of whatever I’m working on and apparently you should see my reserve as an expression of my sincerity and seriousness of purpose. But you know, I’m a mild mannered citizen who dreams of meting out justice, which explains the six rounds I suffer in the boxing ring every week.

I’m never going to give up my search for great music, whether it’s an elusive buried treasure or the latest underground production technique. I love crafting songs and producing records but putting sound to picture is what I reckon I do best. Plus I get what brands are looking for and I can reconcile it with the ins and outs of record producers' and artistes’ processes. It’s a treat to tell clients what they want is achievable and that I know how.