Gully Platoon are an Australian hip-hop group, composed of

Pegz Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He was the CEO of Obese Records—the record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, ...

(Tirren Staaf) with Joe New (Joseph Newberry) and

Dialectrix Ryan Leaf, better known by the stage name Dialectrix, is an Australian hip hop artist from Sydney. He was a member of Down Under Beats Crew (DUB Crew) and, since 2008, has been a member of Gully Platoon. In addition to his musical career, Diale ...

(Ryan Leaf).

Biography

Tirren Staaf, who is also the CEO of

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, founded the group in 2008. He realised his ambitions when Ryan Leaf (originally from the Blue Mountains) came to Melbourne to record the video of his song "Outcast". Soon after Joseph Newbury also from Down Under Beats, the first Australian hip hop group to win

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's Unearthed competition, joined the duo. Signed to Obese Records, they released their debut album, ''The Great Divide'', in 2009. The album was the culmination of six months of work from Staaf, Leaf and Newbury who did all the writing, and the production and mixing talents of J Squared,

Plutonic Lab Leigh Ryan, better known by the stage name Plutonic Lab or sometimes as Pluto is an Australian music producer, engineer, artist & performer. He is also one half of soul/pop duo “''SoundsLike FRANCO''” with vocalist Natalie Slade, one third ...

and J Smith & Dutchman, as well as vocal help from Kel Timmons, Cisco Tavares and Kulaia. ''The Great Divide'' reached #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts. The first single to be lifted from the album is "Nothing to Lose", with the song, "Coat Of Paint", also being placed on national rotation on

. The background to the album's title, according to Staaf "represents being in an Australian landscape and musically and artistically trying new things. It represents creatively trying to do something different, to step away from the stereotypes."

Discography

Albums

* ''The Great Divide'' —

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(OBR057) (8 August 2009)

Singles

*"Nothing to Lose" — Obese (2009)

References

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