TZU
This is no gimmick. This is the truth.
In the last days of 2006 Joelistics, Count Bounce, Paso Bionics and Yerock hitchhiked a ride in the back seat of Michael J Fox's time travelling Dollorian on a mission to record their new album. But before we get to that let's go back to the past.
In 2004 TZU unleashed their debut album Position Correction on an unsuspecting Australian public. It announced the arrival of an eccentric hip hop crew with classic songs like Summer Days and Wild Style and immediately identified them as leaders on the forefront of the burgeoning local hip hop scene.
In 2006 TZU released their follow up album Smiling At Strangers to critical acclaim. The album was nominated for the inaugural Australian Music Prize and featured the songs She Gets Up, Coming Round and In Front Of Me. With its broadened palette of live instruments and a passing nod to 1960s psychedelic pop music, Smiling At Strangers proved to their growing audience that here was a group willing to take chances and experiment with their sound.
In 2008 TZU once again smash the pre-conceptions of what hip hop can sound like with their third album, Computer Love. Throughout the fourteen songs on Computer Love TZU tackle serious subject matter such as domestic violence, work place psychosis, first time love and the relationship between linguistics and reality. Oh, and did we mention a solid dose of their trademark good time party raps, referencing such intrigues as man boobs, Ned Kelly and space travel? As rappers, Joelistics and Count Bounce manage to pack the freshest of flows with social conscience and a sense of humour.
TZU are well respected for their high energy shows that fuse live instruments with the classic turntables and sampler set up. The have played most of Australia's biggest music festivals, including Splendour In The Grass, Falls, Pyramid Rock, Woodford, Apollo Bay and now they're coming to Southbound.
Now, in the year 2008 with a dollop of '80s brilliance and a time travelling Dollorian, TZU have created an album that truly travels back to the future with a tuned live show to match.
Check it out!