Andres Borda Zabala Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Manhattan Beach, California, United States

- Founder partner of "Emergent", creating and developing immersive sound marketing experiences for brands, artists, top events, businesses, and experiences. - Supervise, operate recording and immersive sound engineering for Carlos Vives's New album “Cumbiana”. 5 Latin Grammy nominations for Latin Grammy 21st 2020. - Conducted immersive sound design for sound logo animations and recorded live concerts, working side by side with Super Charango Argentina, Mama Bear Colombia & The Mills. Developing new ways of client impact, taking the spatial sound to a new level of hearing experience.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Won an American Grammy & 7 Latin Grammys for audio engineering of "Hasta La Raiz" by Natalia Lafourcade, "VIVES" "Cumbiana" by Carlos Vives & “Agustin” by Fonseca; 29 total nominations.Collaborated in the production of feature film "Encanto" Soundtrack by Disney Animation Studios, feat. Carlos Vives and tracking Choir sessions.Supervise, operate recording & immersive sound engineering for Carlos Vives's New album “Cumbiana” Vol. 1-2. 3 Latin Grammy nominations for Latin Grammy 21st 2020.Oversee vocal tracking, choir, and instrumental recording sessions for Disney Plus Latinoamerica Serie "El Club de Los Graves". Head Studio engineering for Multi-Grammy and Billboard Latin Artist Carlos Vives (GML Estudios), assembled tracking sessions for artist albums, singles, marketing campaigns, documentary, music videos, acoustic sessions & tour performances. Co-created the Spotify Sessions, NPR Music "Tiny Desk", Corona Music, The WMP Rounds, VEVO, Studio Live Sessions for YouTube, Samsung Galaxy Sessions & Rubber Tracks Converse with international and national artists including MGMT, Apocalyptica, Russian Red, The Vaccines, Natalia Lafourcade, Kashmir, DLD, Carlos Rivera, Santiago Cruz, Monsieur Periné, Andres Cepeda, The Gloaming, Leonel Garcia, Bomba Estéreo, Gusi & Juan Pablo Vega.- Tracking engineering for music production and dialog recording of brand marketing campaign 2018 - 2019 "Andina - Dejame Quererte" Colombian Multinational Beer Company.- Conducted music production and dialog sessions for Conservation International shortcut "La Naturaleza nos habla, Carlos Vives es El Paramo".

Ciudad De México

• Developed sound design for Disney Channel and Graphic India TV Series “Astra Force” • Oversee and managed pre-mix sessions for Mexican Feature Movie “La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal”, one of the top ten exclusive Mexican movies of 2016.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Won a Grammy & 3 Latin Grammys for audio engineering of “Hasta La Raiz” by Natalia Lafourcade; 5 total nominations for 16th Annual Latin Grammys and 58th Annual Grammy Awards.• Won 2 Latin Grammy recognitions for audio engineering of “Los Grandes Éxitos de las Sonoras con la mas grande Sonora Santanera” and “RAIZ” - Lila Downs, Nina Pastori y Soledad Pastorutti”.• Conducted percussion recording sessions for “007 James Bond - Spectre" alongside Thomas Newman.• Assembled tracking sessions for the string, brass and wood sections of Natalia Lafourcade's new album “Hasta la Raiz”. The single was the 7th most shared track worldwide on Spotify.• Collaborated with HaAsh to record “1ª Fila Hecho Realidad”, a Gold album that has sold over 40,000 copies and double platinum. Organized studio rehearsals, audio engineering, mic placements, and session recordings.• Co-created the Spotify Sessions, Corona Music, The WMP Rounds, VEVO and Studio Live Sessions for YouTube with international and national artists including MGMT, Apocalyptica, Russian Red, The Vaccines, Natalia Lafourcade, Kashmir, DLD, Carlos Rivera, Santiago Cruz, Monsieur Periné, The Gloaming, Leonel Garcia, Bomba Estéreo and Niuver.Produced acoustic live album “Yo Creo” for Carlos Rivera, Sony Music Mexico and Westwood top label artist with Gold album and mayor international achievements.• Worked side-by-side for 30 days with top engineer & producer Hector Castillo on Rubber Tracks by Converse.• Managed the studio experience for artists, engineers, and producers. Facilitated work stability, applied console setups, configured patch bays, set up live-rooms, tracked vocals and controlled Pro-Tools operations. Worked in more than 80 Music Albums with Gold and Platinum awards, including 1Fila albums, Label singles, Acoustic Sessions & DVD’s.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Video and Sound Editing, create new proposals for animations, color correction, sound design, and product shots.Worked as an Offline Editor at Genomma Lab for TV commercials. Created sound design and edited videos for more than 100 commercial spots.

• Studio Management • Assist Recording and Mixing Sessions• Music & Post- audio editing and tuning vocals.• Console Setup, Patchbay Configurations, Handled Microphone Placement, Session setups, arranging computer files.

Los Angeles - Santa Monica

Elytron Productions Studio - Working as Assistant Engineer for Rene Garza Aldape and Aureo Baqueiro. Intern for 5 months (08/2011 – Working position started 02/2012) • Assistant Engineer for music recording sessions of Comedy Central Show “BrickleBerry” (season 1). Composers – Alejandro Valencia, Rene Garza Aldape, Nicolas Barry, Tomas JacobiRecording and Mixing Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape04/2012 - current• Assistant Engineer for spotting and mixing session of Feature Documentary “TEA”. Sound Effects Editor for Backgrounds and Effects, Foley Editor and Production Sound editor. Director – Mario Garcia TorresMixing Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape04/2012 - 05/2012• Assistant Engineer for Recording Session of Artist-Songwriter Leonel Garcia –Todas Mias 2013 (Record Label – Sony Music)Producer – Aureo BaqueiroRecording Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape - 03/2012 - 04/2012• Assistant Engineer for Recording Sessions of Artist-Songwriter Lindsey SaundersProducer - Drew Sherrod Recording Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape - 02/2012 - 03/2012• Assistant Engineer for Mix session of Chayanne - “Me Enamore de Ti” - Jugos del Valle/Commercial Producer - Aureo Baqueiro Mixer – Rene Garza Aldape 02/2011 - 03/2012• Assistant Engineer for Recording sessions of “The Owls” - Producer - Drew Sherrod - Recording Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape - 11/2011 - 12/2011• Assistant Engineer for Recording sessions of Singer-Songwriter Joy Valencia Recording Engineer - Rene Garza Aldape - 10/2011 - 11/2011• Assistant Engineer for Recording and Mix sessions of “JazzTec” - Recording Engineer and Mixer – Rene Garza Aldape09/2011 - 10/2011

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Audio Internship Competition for Mamma Mia Theater Play – First place winner (stage musical written by Catherine Johnson, music composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus)• Participated in the audio crew for the Pre-Production for the stage musical Mamma Mia, Mexico. Worked on soldering and cable construction, microphone placement for artist and vocals booths, construction work, orchestra setup, speaker placements and engineer assistance.• Assisted Sound Designer David Patridge (Mamma Mia, Tarzan, Robin and the 7 Hoods, The Little Mermaid, In My Life, The Lion King, etc)• Assisted Mix engineer Sergio Santoyo (Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast)• Assisted Keyboard Engineer James Drew

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Assisted in Over-Dub Sessions, working in Cleaning Tracks, Observation, Microphone Placement, Audio Sync, and Pro Tools use.

Associate Of Science Of Recording Arts, Tracking, Mixing And Audio Post-Production

Activities and Societies: Sound Foundations and Introduction to Audio Use of Audio & MIDI Software – Pro Tools HD & LE, Melodyne, Wavelab.

Bachelor Of Audio Engineering And Production Degree, Mixing And Recording Sessions

Activities and Societies: Audio Engineering Basics, Acoustic Treatments, Program courses (Pro Tools, Cubase, Nuendo, Reason, Sibelius.

Highschool, Standard Education

Activities and Societies: Mexican Standard Education

Primary School, Primary School