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Navíd (pronounced: Nah-veed) Lancaster is a musician, music producer and the owner of LANCAST, an independent company composes the emotions for award-winning films, video games, mobile apps and animation. Throughout his career he has built an impressive portfolio from recording artists to producing his own albums and soundtracks. He has also created many radio commercials and created audio programs for the Ministry of Information, the Ministry of Health and other Governmental agencies. Before starting his independent company, Navíd worked and trained in various studios most notably KMP Music Lab in 2001 and Suresound Recording Studios for six years. From 2009 to 2012 he also worked as a Sound Engineer Officer/Media Archive Producer at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (N.A.P.A). Other highlights include: • Composed the soundtrack for film ‘Buck – The Man Spirit’. (Winner of the People’s Choice Award for Best Short at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2012). • Composed the soundtrack and trailer music for the film 'Jab In The Dark'. (Winner of the People’s Choice Award for best short at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2013). • Technical Assistant for the award-winning, PBS broadcasted docudrama ‘Pan! Our Music Odyssey’ (2014). • Sound Designer/Music Editor for the full length documentary ‘Re-Percussions. Pan: Our African Odyssey’ (Winner of Best Documentary at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2015). • Sound Designer for the Caribbean Premiere of the play ‘Carnival Medea – A Bacchanal’ in 2017. He has also composed music for the first interactive Caribbean business magazine app for iPad and Android tablet, 'Caribbean Commerce Magazine' and the music and sound design for the first Material Design (Google Standard) mobile book '30 in Thirty. Vol 1. Short Stories'. His current projects include composing the music for the commercials and interactive app for iBook, 'Anthony Phills - Designing for the Home Run King. Vol 1, 2003-2007' He is also a member of the Bahá’í Faith. A lover of the Japanese language, he also spent two years in the Center of Language Learning in the University of the West Indies (UWI). He was the co-founder/guitarist of the band Broken Mirrorz that, during their twelve year run, played what they called ‘Trini Progressive’ music. Navíd is also Member of the Copyright Music Organization of Trinidad and Tobago (C.O.T.T), a holder of the Certificate of Recognition of Caribbean Community Skills Qualification (C.S.M.E.) and a registered Cultural Worker with The National Registry of Artists and Cultural Workers (Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism). He holds an EDEXCEL BTEC HND in Media and Communications and a BA (Hons) First Class Honors in Media and Communications from the University of Greenwich, England. He also holds an MA in New Media and Society from the University of Leicester, England.

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