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Saturday - 10.00pm - Big Wheel Stage
Endorphin (aka Eric Chapus) has
had a prodigious and highly creative career to date.
Since leaving his homeland France
in 1984, he has travelled and lived in Morocco, India and the USA,
eventually taking roots in Australia.
Coming into the musical spotlight after being unearthed by the National
Youth Broadcaster JJJ in 1996,
Endorphin has delivered six stunning albums, won numerous Industry
awards and toured with the biggest
names in the Music Industry.
Endorphin has excelled in composing
emotive music and music
soundscapes designed for a wide range of commercial media.
Branching out in all areas of music
production and placement, Endorphin has worked as a recording Artist,
for the film and TV industry and as a
Live Performer.
Website: www.endorphinmusic.com
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FAST FACTS:
1996 Unearthed by Triple JJJ in Cairns Australia, (National Broadcast Radio).
1998 Debut album “Embrace” signed to SONY MUSIC worldwide.
1998 ARIA (Australian Record Industry Assn.) Nominated “BEST DANCE RELEASE” for “Embrace”.
1999 Second Album “Skin” (SONY) released.
1999 WORLD WIDE HIT “Café Del Mar 6” includes endorphin’s song “Satie 1”.
2000 “Skin” wins the “2000 DANCE MUSIC AWARD” for best album.
2000 ARIA nominated for “BEST MALE ARTIST”.
2000 Three tracks on the Box Office Hit feature “Looking for Alibrandi”.
2001-02 composes Soundtracks for 26 episodes for the National Geographical Channel USA.
2002 Third album “AM PM” (SONY) released.
2002 Endorphin tours Mexico ( World APEC Meeting) and Venezuela to rave reviews.
2002 Eric Chapus wins “ Outstanding Achievement for Best Self managed Artist” MMF Awards
2003 Composes one hour doco for The Discovery channel.
2003 Release of Album “Seduction”. (SEDUCTION RECORDS)
2003 National Tour “Are we there yet” takes in 67 gigs around the nation.
2004 Composes Music for “Blue Horizon” a Feature Film by Jack McCoy.
2004 New Album “Shake It” licensed to Fly music/UMA.
2005 Tours nationally. Invited to play three gigs at The World Expo in Japan to rave reviews...
2006 Voted “BEST LIVE SHOWCASE” by CBC3 Radio ( Canada’s national radio broadcaster)
2006 Recording new album "Soon After Silence".
2007 Hollywood trailer for Christopher Walken’s new movie “Balls of Fury”
2007 National tour of CHINA for 7 weeks (13 performances in 13 major cities)
2007 Signed to a major US music licencing company for film and television work
2007 Signed a licensing deal with G-Pop (Germany) for distrubution of Endorphin’s catalogue throughout Asia
2008 Music Score for “THE INFORMANT” Screentime/TEN Network.
T.V. AND FILM CREDITS
Music Score for “THE INFORMANT” Screentime/TEN Network 2008
Hollywood trailer for Christopher Walken’s new movie “Balls of Fury” 2007
Triple J national TVC campaign (ABC TV)
“Looking for Ali Brandi” – 3 songs from Endorphin featured
Original score for the first feature length film ever made in 1906 “The Story of the Kelly Gang” NFSA
“Next Wave” National Geographic USA 26 part - Endorphin composed all music
“Martial Arts Hot Spots” Discovery Channel (World) / Beyond Productions - Endorphin composed all music
“Adventure Planet” Discovery Channel (World) / Beyond Productions - Endorphin composed all music
“Body Wars” Discovery Channel (World) / Beyond Productions - Endorphin composed all music
“Blue Horizon” and - “TO” Feature films by legendary filmmaker Jack McCoy
“Angst” – Endorphin Music featured
Endorphin Music Features in many TV Series including: Sleeper Cell (USA TV) 2007, Neighbours,
Mc Leod’s Daughters, Kylie Kwong: Cooking with Heart and Soul (ABC TV) The Block, The Cooks,
Amazing Homes, Location - Location, Property Hot Spots, Heart break High, Head Start (ABC),
Love is a Four letter Word (ABC), Above the Law.
TOURS:
1998 Portishead support (Nationwide), Massive Attack support (Nationwide), Homebake festival, Livid festival.
1999 Faithless support (Nationwide), two endorphin national tours, Vibes on a Summers day festival (Nationwide).
2000 Moby support (Nationwide), Hemispheres festival, Offshore festival, Homebake festival.
2001 St Germain support (Nationwide), Gatecrasher tour (Nationwide), Homebake festival.
2002 Mexico City (World APEC) International Art festival Venezuela, Moonlight sounds, Delirium festival, Adelaide fringe.
2003 National Tour “Are we there yet” takes in 67 gigs around the nation.
2005 National tour for “Shake it”.
2005 3x performances at WORLD EXPO in JAPAN to amazing reviews.
2006 2x showcases at Canadian Music Week ( voted best live showcase by CBC3 radio)
2006 Kosheen support (Sydney/Perth), The Great escape festival. Toured nationally throughout Australia.
2007 MUSEXPO Los Angeles, China tour of thirteen major cities, national tour for album release
FOR MORE INFO, PHOTOS, MP3, LIVE MOVIE, LATEST VIDEO CLIP, TOUR DATES, ETC..
VISIT ENDORPHIN’S WEBSITE: www.endorphinmusic.com
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