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TZU
TZU (pronounced "Tee Zed Yoo") were an Australian hip hop group, formed in 1999 by Joelistics, Yeroc, Seed MC and Paso Bionic. They used instruments in live performances, giving their shows a rock-infused feeling. Duzy What joined in 2005. TZU released four studio albums, '' Position Correction'' (2004), '' Smiling at Strangers'' (2005), '' Computer Love'' (2008, which peaked in the ARIA Charts top 30) and ''Millions of Moments'' (2012), before disbanding in 2013. History TZU were formed as an Australian hip hop band in 1999 in Melbourne, initially as a side project, by Joel Ma Joelistics on vocals, guitar and bass guitar; Corey McGregor Yeroc on drums and samplers; Phillip Norman Seed MC or Countbounce on vocals, guitar and bass guitar (ex-Pan); Shehab Tariq Paso Bionic (ex- Curse ov Dialect). Pan were a "drum-and-bass/funk/reggae mash-up" band, while Curse ov Dialect were an "oddball experimental hip hop group with a penchant for throwing meat at the audience." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Love (album)
Computer Love is the third studio album by Australian group, TZU. The album was released on 28 June 2008 and debuted at no. 23 on the ARIA Charts. At the J Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. The lead single, "Computer Love" received airplay on national youth radio station Triple J. The video clip was nominated for the "Music Video" J Award for 2008. Track listing # "We Got The Feeling" – 3:53 # "Computer Love" – 3:50 # "Right of Way" – 4:02 # "Take It Easy" – 3:39 # "Number One" – 3:54 # "Axis Tilt" – 3:24 # "Got To Do" – 3:58 # "Get Up" – 3:47 # "Mondays" – 4:33 # "Step with the Pressure" – 3:32 # "All Fall Down" – 4:12 # "Burning Up" – 4:59 # "Myriam's Song" – 4:47 # "Crazy Thinker" – 4:34 # "Reflecting Off That" – 3:55 Charts References {{Authority control TZU albums 2008 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Hip Hop
Australian hip hop traces its origins to the early 1980s and is largely inspired by hip hop and other urban musical genres from the United States. As the form matured, Australian hip hop has become a commercially viable style of music which is no longer restricted to the creative underground, with artists such as The Kid LAROI, Manu Crooks, ONEFOUR, Iggy Azalea, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Eso and Youngn Lipz, having achieved notable fame. Australian hip hop is still primarily released through independent record labels, which are often owned and operated by the artists themselves. Despite its genesis as an offshoot of American hip hop, Australian hip hop has developed a distinct personality that reflects its evolution as an Australian musical style. History Early years (1980s) In 1982, the music video for Malcolm McLaren's track, "Buffalo Gals", was shown on the Australian television music show '' Sound Unlimited''. The music show was broadcast on Network Seven. The clip was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joelistics
Joelistics (born Joel Ma) is an Australian MC, producer and multi-instrumentalist, who is a member of the Melbourne-based Australian hip hop group TZU and a solo artist on the Elefant Traks music label. Early life Ma was raised in Sydney, Australia, to a Chinese father and an Anglo-Celtic Australian mother. Ma attended Fort Street High School in the inner western Sydney suburb of Petersham, which was also attended by other Australian hip hop musicians, such as Adit Gauchan, producer for Horrorshow, and Kaho Cheung (aka Unkle Ho), producer for The Herd. Ma said in October 2014 that he played in punk and hardcore bands during his adolescent years, and drums was his first instrument. His high school band "The Mechanical Bumcheeks" won the "Battle of the Bands" competition at Balmain Town Hall in Sydney. Music TZU After travelling to Melbourne, Ma formed TZU with members of local acts Curse Ov Dialect and Pan in 2002. As of August 2014, the group has released three studio albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snarling At Strangers
''Snarling at Strangers'' is a repackaged version of '' Smiling at Strangers'', an Australian Hip Hop album by TZU TZU (pronounced "Tee Zed Yoo") were an Australian hip hop group, formed in 1999 by Joelistics, Yeroc, Seed MC and Paso Bionic. They used instruments in live performances, giving their shows a rock-infused feeling. Duzy What joined in 2005. TZ .... The album also came with an EP containing five previously unreleased tracks. These tracks (listed under the 2nd disc title 'Snarl') were not included on the original album, as the band considered them too politica while the ''Smiling At Strangers'' album was quite upbeat. Track listing Disc 1, 'Smile' # "Hey OK" - 3:23 # "She Gets Up" - 4:00 # "Logical" - 2:50 # "Recoil" - 5:00 # "Tzu Blues (Sweet Little Hoochie)" - 4:31 # "Won't Get Played" - 3:52 # "Coming Round" - 6:16 # "In Front Of Me" - 3:38 # "Back To Front" - 3:09 # "Reminisce" - 4:52 # "Lounge" - 4:09 # "Raise 'Em Up" - 3:13 # "Unnecessarily Blue" - 5:21 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Position Correction
Position Correction is the debut album by Australian Hip Hop band TZU, released in 2003. The album was released under the Liberation Music record label. Track listing # "Who?" - 3:56 # "Summer Days" - 3:53 # "Position Correction" - 3:57 # "Good Dog" - 4:23 # "Dam Busters" - 2:32 # "Wild Stylee feat. Mark Pearl" - 4:15 # "Curse of the Word" - 4:21 # "The Horse You Rode In On" - 3:35 # "Back Up!" - 3:57 # "Bold Digger" - 5:55 # "The Travel Song" - 10:32 TZU albums 2003 debut albums {{Australia-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiling At Strangers
Smiling at Strangers is the second studio album by Australian Hip Hop album by TZU, released in September 2005. The album was produced by Magoo (Australian producer), Magoo (Regurgitator and Butterfingers (Australian band), Butterfingers) and released under the Liberation Music record label. The album peaked at number 71 on the ARIA charts. The album was later re-released as a limited edition double album entitled, ''Snarling at Strangers''. Track listing # "Hey Ok" - 3:23 # "She Gets Up" - 4:00 # "Logical" - 2:50 # "Recoil" - 5:00 # "Tzu Blues (Sweet Little Hoochie)" - 4:31 # "Won't Get Played" - 5:52 # "Coming Round" - 6:16 # "In Front Of Me" - 3:38 # "Back To Front" - 3:09 # "Reminisce" - 4:52 # "Lounge" - 4:09 # "Raise 'Em Up" - 3:13 # "Unnecessarily Blue" - 5:21 # "Unnecessarily Blue (Remix)" - 7:55 Charts References TZU albums 2005 albums {{2005-hiphop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Awards Of 2008
The J Award of 2008 is the fourth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). In 2008, a new award for ''Australian Music Video of the Year'' was added to the existing awards; ''Australian Album of the Year'' and ''Unearthed Artist of the Year''. Robbie Ruck announced the winners on air on 5 December 2008. Who's eligible? Any Australian album released independently or through a record company, or sent to Triple J in consideration for airplay, is eligible for the J Award. The 2008 nominations for ''Australian Album of the Year'' and ''Australian Music Video of the Year'' were selected from releases received by Triple J between December 2007 and November 2008. For ''Unearthed Artist of the Year'' it was open to any artist from the Unearthed (talent contest) Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Music Prize
The Australian Music Prize (often shortened to the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The award was made by Australian Music Prize Ltd, a sole-purpose entity sponsored by a variety of music industry figures and record companies. The AMP was established in 2005. Unlike the more mainstream ARIA Music Awards, the AMP aims to encourage Australian music of excellence – the prize's stated aim is to "financially reward and increase exposure for an Australian artist (or group of artists) who have produced and commercially released what specially appointed judges vote is the best contemporary music album in any one calendar year". In this sense, the AMP is broadly comparable to the UK's Mercury Music Prize. The prize typically launches at the start of October each year and accepts entries (must be new Australian artist albums commercially released in that year) in Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Ov Dialect
Curse Ov Dialect is an alternative hip hop group based in Melbourne. It consists of Raceless, Volk Makedonski, Atarungi, and Paso Bionic. They are the first Australian hip-hop group to be signed to an American record label. They have been described as having a "wild theatricality with an urgent street politic, the raw cultural expression with collagist, first-generation hip-hop aesthetics, surrealism with activism." Musical career The group formed in 1994 with the original lineup consisting of MC Raceless, MC Malice and DJ Paso Bionic on turntables. It was with this lineup that they recorded their demo tape ''Evil Klownz'' (1995) and ''Hex Ov Intellect'' (1998). Not long after the release of ''Hex Ov Intellect'', they met Ollie Olsen (Max Q, No) who went on to produce their self-titled EP ''Curse Ov Dialect'' (2000). Malice left the group during the recording of ''Curse Ov Dialect'' and was replaced by Atarangi, 2 August and Volk Makedonski. With this lineup, they grew in popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Music
Liberation Music is an Australian record company and label, started in 1999 by Michael Gudinski and Warren Costello, based in Melbourne. Its stated aim is to find, nurture and then to develop new talent for a world market while remaining independent in the process. Liberation has a sub-label called Liberator Music, which is a distributor for foreign artists and labels such as Childish Gambino, Glassnote Records, BMG Rights Management, and Ipecac Recordings. History Following the 1998 sale of Gudinski's Mushroom Records to Festival Records, Liberation Music was formed to continue to satisfy Michael Gudinski's desire to promote and develop Australian Music. Effective September 2008, Liberation is distributed by Universal Music Australia after leaving Warner Music Australia. In September 2017, Liberation Music re-branded as Liberation Records. The Mushroom Group's newest imprint, Bloodlines, is now home to several artists previously signed to Liberation Music. Artists Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Awards
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, Triple J Unearthed and Double J The awards are given in an on-air ceremony held in November each year as part of triple j's AusMusic Month. Background and awards As part of Triple J's 30th anniversary celebrations in 2005, the station inaugurated a single "J Award" to be given for "an album of outstanding achievement as an Australian musical work of art – for its creativity, innovation, musicianship and contribution to Australian music." Australian Album of the Year The Judging criteria for the award is open to any album released (November the previous year to October the current year) either independently or through a record company by an Australian artist. The album must be available for purchase (All genres are considered) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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