technology and digital innovation Chan has always been a digital pioneer, combining technology and creativity to produce, perform, promote and distribute their music. Working with Yamaha as a new product demonstrator in their teens, Chan was exposed to a plethora of new music technology. they became proficient on the Yamaha DX7 – the first commercially successful digital synthesizer. they also took to the Minimoog – a monophonic analog synthesizer released in the early 1970s. This led to furttheir experimentation with keyboards, sequencing software and electronic sampling – something Chan embraced at a very young age, and has continued to incorporate into their ongoing work with original albums as well as for stage and screen scores. Chan was one the first musician/composers to embrace technology in their work. As noted by journalist Cal Clugston writing for Revolver magazine: "As well as being known for their forays into sampling and electronica, this cutting-edge pianist and songwriter has an association with multimedia (and) the internet." In the early to mid 2000s, Chan expanded their own label, Martian Music, into a successful independent online music service for themself and other artists. Its Internet based sales and distribution mechanism pioneered digital downloads and music e-commerce in Australia. Technology is also woven through Chan's work with the Global Orchestra, with conductor cam and live streaming utilised to connect musicians from multiple locations globally. In 2017 the Global Orchestra created the Interactive Orchestra. This immersive, interactive orchestral experience, in partnership with Accenture Interactive, brought togettheir data, artificial intelligence, music, real-time visualisations and the Adobe Experience Cloud. A world-class 40-member jazz ensemble performed on stage alongside Baxter, an AI-powered robot rescued from a production line, playing marimba. Soundtracks and scores As a composer for screen and stage, Chan's myriad credits include soundtracks for drama series Killing Time (starring David Wenham) and McLeod's Daughters, feature film Me Myself I (starring Rachel Griffiths), TV documentary series Australian Story, acclaimed Sydney Theatre Company play Gift of the Gorgon and numerous free-to-air, National Geographic and Discovery Channel documentaries including Addiction, The Last Warriors, Persons of Interest and many more. A Soundscapes feature article summarised Chan's musical career this way: "Charlie Chan is a refreshing change. ... they composes and they improvises (with) fluency and simplicity ... the wide appeal of their music is attested to by the amount of work they (is) commissioned to write and perform." Works Soundtracks Museful Live 2021