Fernando Arruda is a Brazilian sound professional and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. As an composer, artist, audio engineer and sound designer, Fernando set out to garner an accomplished 360 degrees wealth of skills and experience within the sound industry, allowing him to work on projects as diverse as film, documentaries, animation, concert music, interactive media and much more. Fernando showcases an articulate and rich musical vocabulary, as he feels at home whether he's working on a hip-hop track or on an orchestral score.

Fernando Arruda organizes sounds. As a multi-instrumentalist performer (saxes, flute, clarinet, piano, acoustic guitar, EWI4000s and synths), composer, and sound designer, he merges live acoustic performances with heavily processed electronic music, ranging from orchestral music to jazz, all the way to underground and pop synth styles. His work focuses on diversity, technical excellence, accurate emotional expression and originality. As an explorer of the many facets of the music scene in the world, he worked as a jazz and session musician in Australia and New York (2004-2010), as an audio engineer, composer and sound designer (2010-present), touring the USA as a sax player and DJ (Neon Hitch, Ariana and the Roses, Dark Inc. 2011-2012), as a teacher (Dubspot, The New School, Skill Share, privately, 2011-present), as musical director and sound designer for theater (La MaMa, The New School, NY Fringe, 2009-present) and as a composer for film and concert music (2012-present). An expert in music theory, history and performance (School of Music of Brasília; University of Brasília; Australia’s Performance Arts Unit; The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Eugene Lang College), Fernando Arruda graduated both as a performer (B.F.A.) and as a historian (B.A.). Currently he pursues a Master’s Degree (M.M.) at New York University’s Steinhardt for Film Scoring, Multimedia, and concert composition.

He is the co-founder and baritone sax player of the acclaimed classical saxophone quartet Art&Sax. In 2014, Art&Sax released their debut CD Gare Saint Lazare: his first classical release both as a performer and as a producer. In 2016 Fernando will release the Bach Inversions arranged for Saxophone duo.

Fernando Arruda is also known as FJAZZ in the electronic dance music scene. As such, he released 3 solo albums (2011, 2012, 2013), and another release is planned for the Fall of 2015. As a sideman, audio engineer composer and producer, his discography goes beyond 20 official releases. He is also a voting member of The Recording Academy (Grammy) and full member of The Society of Composers and Lyricists.

As composer, sound designer, session musician and mix engineer, Fernando worked with music for moving picture at New York’s creative audio studio Antfood, where he had the chance to work with brands such as Stoli Vodka, Facebook, Apple, Fruit Snacks, Marvel, Air Jordan and great companies‎ such as Frame Store, Trollbäck, Saatchi, BuckTv, B-Reel, Vice and The Martin Agency to name a few.

Some of his interests are: the origins of digital technology and its relation with World War II, Cold War, contemporary music and financial systems. Other interests include: posthuman art, audio sampling, acousmatic music and advocating for a healthier urban sonic environment.

Curiosities:

→ FJAZZ licensed three of his productions to the feature film, Berlin International Film Festival’s Teddy Jury Award winner concussion (2013) , directed by Stacie Passon and produced by Barb Morrison, sharing the bill with David Bowie and Brian Eno.

→ Fernando was the engineer, male background singer and trombone player on one of Blondie's single "Practice Makes Perfect", where he closely worked with the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame diva Debbie Harry.

→ Fernando worked with sax legend and Dave Matthews Band member Jeff Coffin as a co-composer on the Inle Heritage Film Project.

→ Fernando was the lead sound designer for Marvel's Virtual Reality Android App that promoted the release of the second Avengers movie, Age of Ultron, animated by the legend Andrew Daffy. Fernando crafted the sounds of Iron Man's Repulsor Beam, Hulk's roar, Captain American's shield spin, and many Sub Ultrons being crushed, smashed, tossed and exploded, all in slow motion!

→ Fernando's tenor sax can be heard on vinyl on a 2016 collaboration with the acid house and underground techno legend Abe Duque.

→ He was Vanessa Daou's side man playing clarinet during 2014.

→ Fernando had the pleasure of collaborating with theater legends such as Zishan Ugurlu, Ozzie Rodriguez, Jesse Berger, Cecilia Rubino, Liz Swados, Terry O’Reilly, Raïna von Waldenburg and Peter Franzen, to name a few.

Fernando Arruda

Musician, Producer, DJ

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