Calum Lee

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Logic Pro

I can use: Logic Pro

About me

Calum Lee is a composer for TV and film, a music producer and an accomplished performer working under the alias’ “Fresnel Lens” and “Paleman”.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14975868/

Calum studied music formally starting at age 11. He studied Jazz Drums, piano and composition at Chethams School of music from ages 15-18 then graduated in 2016 with a degree in Jazz Drums from Trinity College of Music in London. During his degree and throughout the last decade he has worked as a composer, performer and music producer creating a  recognisable sonic world composing for film and tv and releasing, remixing and touring as “Paleman” and “Fresnel Lens”.

Highlights include performing live at Manchester International Festival as part of Mary Anne Hobb’s  curated “Dark Matter” series alongside artists such as Haxan Cloak, Clark, Sun O))) and Holly Herndon. Club performances include Tresor Berlin, Cross Club in Prague alongside many European hotspots for electronic music. He has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Outlook and Dimensions and embarked on multiple date tours as far as Australia and Canada.

In 2018 Calum began writing and composing for film and TV working on numerous briefs and projects including soundtracking an editorial for Eye_C magazine. in 2022 into 2023 he began working on a number of short film soundtracks whilst releasing his own explorative, immersive works via his Fresnel Lens project. His 2022 album "Rise" was received and reviewed highly by the experimental music experts at Boomkat - 

‘Rise’ is a proper album unto itself, rather than a contemporary library set. It follows his vision to imagine a fantasy of unidentifiable, shadowy menace and introspection on the edge of doomy torpor, but pulled back from the edge by presence of layered vocals and pensile hits that occur like hypnic jerks to the senses'

Film projects so far include:
Suspect Directed by Emily Ralph
Neu Mirrors by Keishi Kondo
Lust by Connor Chaplin

As a composer and producer, Calum works with immersive, mood driven modular and analog synthesis and analog processing and recording techniques, whilst wielding a breadth of knowledge obtained through his formal studies in music, jazz drumming and harmony from a young age and up to degree level. His work is also extensively informed by his love for Film, Visual Arts, Philosophy and Existentialism alongside practical experience obtained via years of performance, synthesis, mixing, engineering, programming and production knowledge built over the last 2 decades.

Calum has the expertise and instinct to blend more traditional composition and orchestration methods with his cutting edge electronic studio set up creating a unique blend of modern, engaging and thoughtful work of the highest sonic quality.

https://www.instagram.com/fresnel__lens/
https://www.syncsmith.com/paleman
https://plmn.bandcamp.com
https://fresnel-lens.bandcamp.com


Additional skills:
Logic Pro X
Ableton Live
Hardware and Outboard processing
Modular Synthesis
Music Composition
Scoring to Film
Arrangement
Classical Compostion
Avant-Garde
Electronic Music
Music Production
Composition
Sound Design
Audio Editing
Audio Engineering
Midi Programming
Mixing
Mastering
Arranging

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Musician (electronic)
Job Titles	Music Production, Composer, Sound Designer, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Operator / Engineer, Producer
Years in industry	6+ years
Musical Skills	Drums/Percussion, Percussion, Piano/Keyboards, Synthesiser
Musical Style	Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Club music, Dance music, Electronica, Experimental, Improv, Industrial, Techno