With the alias of Combustion, Marcelo Baldin has been working with electronic music and sound design since 2001. During this time, he has developed works with several creative studios around the globe such as DVEIN, Umeric, Nervo, Renascent, Publicis, among others. Client list counts with names such as Nike, MTV, Diesel, Armani, Mercedes-Benz and Samsung.



His works were featured in several magazines, including Computer Arts UK and Brazil, Digital Temple, Revista Webdesign, Zupi, etc. He also was speaker at Pixel Show 2008, BD4D London 9 and made a workshop at OFFF 2006 Barcelona.

The Eléphant EP had more than 50,000 downloads since its release in 2007.

He is also signed artist of Hymen Records since 2008.

Sound design portfolio available at Combustion and Vimeo

Download FREE Combustion music here:
Eléphant EP
Building the House of Vanity





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After 10 years working in this business, we've learnt the dos and don'ts of the market. We know the results of doing every kind of work on any kind of conditions, but the best result is gained when you do something with love. The best result for a project is timelessness. It doesn't matter if you experience it now or in 50 years, it lasts.

Independent of the media, technology or tools, when it has a strong basis, the power of the end product is everlasting. It doesn't matter if you spend all your money to spread the word about your project, in the end, only the real good and well designed products will achieve its proposals.

When the principles of design are applied to any kind of project, the meaningfulness will make the user view the work over and over, and will never get tired of it. That can be a piece of music, a painting, a film, a building, a picture. The result is consistent. The inside means more than the exterior, the entertainment and propagation are just consequences.

Masterpieces aren't done under pressure nor by money, but by heart, and that's on what we believe. Results are just a reflex of a tailored and very well done job. Looking just for results instead of a good product will only seek failure. The aim is not to reach the expectative, is to overcome it. Otherwise is not worth the effort.

We are not here to kneel down before the idiocracy and consumerism that rules the current way of doing business, not here for making glitter for the retina, not here for numbers and not here for baking breads. We are here to do something worth of investing time and brain cells, something that makes every individual involved in the process proud, and make something that adds values to the final user experience.

Reduce the noise and focus on doing something honest.

Maël
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