Sharooz Explained

Sharooz Raoofi is an electronic music artist, producer and entrepreneur. His work has appeared on a variety of record labels such as Modular and Fool's Gold,.[1] Raoofi is the founder of ventures Sample Magic,[2] Audiaire, Attack Magazine and the Principle Pleasure recording studio in Los Angeles.[3]

He has remixed a range of artists including Moby, Robyn and Craig David.[4]

Sharooz has featured in numerous studio based articles, including Future Music magazine's cover,[5] FACT Magazine's In The Studio and T-Mobile's Electronic Beats video series.[6] Under various guises he has written works for motion pictures including the Palme d'Or nominated Rust and Bone[7] and the Netflix series Baby. Sharooz has worked as a sound designer on Roland's TR8-S drum machine, System-8 synthesiser, Steinberg's Cubase software,[8] Korg's Minilogue synthesiser, Microsampler, Gadget iPad app, Electribe and Kronos workstation, programming patches and loops.[9]

Raoofi was a co-founder of the Sounds to Sample website, which was acquired by US based music download company Beatport.[10]

In October 2017, Raoofi performed live for Red Bull Music Academy working on an improvised composition with several vintage synthesisers for a live Facebook stream.[11]

In October 2018, Billboard announced that New York based VC funded startup Splice had purchased Raoofi's Sample Magic venture for an undisclosed sum.[12]

In February 2019, the software synthesiser Zone, developed by Raoofi under the Audiaire brand was awarded Music Tech magazine's Choice Award.[13]

In July 2020, Variety reported that a publishing company founded by Raoofi had been acquired by music company BMG.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharooz From UK :: I Voice Electronic Dance Music Magazine :: Charts, Biographies, Podcasts & Interviews . Ibiza-voice.com . 20 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080830/http://www.ibiza-voice.com/music/artist/Sharooz . 28 September 2011 . dead.
  2. Web site: Sample Magic Feature on Time & Space . Time&Space . 9 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081215154612/http://www.timespace.com/features/721/ . 15 December 2008 . dead.
  3. Web site: Miloco Studios in Los Angeles . Miloco.
  4. Web site: Sharooz on Discogs . Discogs.
  5. Future Music Issue 214, 'Interview:Sharooz', June 2009, pp. 52–56
  6. Web site: Principleasure Studio Video. 26 March 2019.
  7. Web site: ZEROGcs – Soundclash . Zero-g.co.uk . 20 October 2011.
  8. Web site: Steinberg VST Sound Loop Sets: Cubase And Sequel Loops And Samples . Gearwire . 17 June 2011 . 20 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104010700/http://www.gearwire.com/steinberg-vst-sound-loop-sets.html . 4 November 2011.
  9. Web site: Sampling Keyboard | Sampler Keyboard | microSAMPLER . Korg.com . 20 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026042058/http://www.korg.com/microsampler . 26 October 2011.
  10. Web site: Beatport Acquires UK-Based 'Sounds/To/Sample' Musical Loop & Sample Download Service . Beatsmedia . 20 October 2010 . 20 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120126031441/http://beatsmedia.com/news/beatport-acquires-uk-based-soundstosample-musical-loop-sample-download-service/ . 26 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Red Bull on Facebook . Facebook.
  12. Web site: Splice Doubled Artist Payouts in Last Year, Launches Creator Initiative . Billboard.com . 17 October 2018 .
  13. Web site: Music Tech Magazine Review: Audiaire - Zone. Musictech.net. 8 February 2019.
  14. Web site: BMG Production Music Expands Portfolio with Dynamic Music Acquisition. 20 July 2020.

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