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A Ngarrindjeri man from Coorong in South Australia, trials has spent his career demonstrating – either explicitly through his lyrics, or simply leading by example – the power and potential that comes with getting Indigenous artists in the room and giving them control. “Not only can we run this ship with whole hearted autonomy, we’ve been doing it.” To date, trials has picked up 4 ARIA awards, a further 3 nominations and has been accredited 2 double platinum albums and 10 gold albums for his extensive work as a producer and composer. It was specifically A.B. Original's debut that made people sit up and listen, winning the duo awards including the APRA Song Writer of the Year award, the J Award, the Australian Music Prize, the NIMA Awards Song of the Year, two AIR Awards plus a host of other notable awards and nominations. "I’m constantly representing my people by being one of the best by any measurement in any room you put me in," trials declares. In seeking out and curating the artists for his solo project, trials is driven by the desire to keep growing and learning, never content to do the same thing twice. It's this attitude that's established trials as a go-to producer at home and overseas, one not bound by expectation or genre. He's worked with his peers in hip hop Seth Sentry, Illy and Drapht; rock and punk acts like DZ Deathrays and Dune Rats & Ecca Vandal; and stalwarts of Australian music including Paul Kelly, Dr G Yunupingu and Archie Roach. Most notably, trials has contributed beats, vocals or both to just about every record from Adelaide firebrands Hilltop Hoods.