BIO

David O’Toole (he/him) has been a working musician for almost 30 years, which saw him touring with a variety of original bands. He currently works as a sound engineer and producer for the ‘Madam Nightingale’ synthpop act, occasionally performing onstage with ‘Madam Nightingale’ and producing under the moniker ‘Aj’Zho’.

 

In 1995, David trained in audio, while starting his career as a guitarist in the band, ‘Torch’. In 1996, they recorded a three-track EP, ‘Machine Love’ and the song ‘Red’ from that EP won a contest on the ABC’s ‘10:30 Slot’ television program.

 

In 2007, David went over to Europe with the progressive rock band, ‘The Merlin Bird’. They supported ‘Jethro Tull’, ‘Asia’ and other prog bands from Europe. David co-produced their album ‘Chapter & Verse’.

 

From 2012, David played in cover bands for 5 years e.g. ‘Cross The Line’. From that point, he joined original blues-rock outfit ‘Blue Balls’ and started touring regionally.

 

In 2018, David was the recipient of a kidney transplant and took time off to recuperate.

 

In 2019, David volunteered at community radio station 3MDR in Upwey whilst building his home recording studio. From home he recorded sessions with Simon Mcconachy’s quartet, plus guitarist Hendy Minfaq and drummer Rhys Hinrichsen amongst others.

 

David identifies as a queer artist living with a disability. During the pandemic due to his immunocompromising disability David was restricted to remote music production – for his own solo act ‘Aj’Zho’, ‘Madam Nightingale’, ‘Wizardom’ (Giuliano Avedikian) and Daniel Moloney. He is currently producing the ‘Madam Nightingale’ debut album.