TZU

his is no gimmick. This is the truth.

In the last days of 2006 Joelistics, Count Bounce, Paso Bionics and Yerock hitch hiked a ride in the back seat of Michael J Foxs time traveling Dollorian on a mission to record their new album. Here is a transcript of the conversation that took place...

Michael J Fox - Hi TZU.
TZU - Hi Michael J Fox.
Michael J Fox - Where can I take you guys ?
TZU - Take us to the 80s Michael J Fox.
Michael J Fox - Why?
TZU - Because the 80s was a space time continuum intersection and we need to travel back there to re shape the future. In our present day the fashionably hip illuminati are obsessed with this particular decade and yet they focus on the wrong elements. We must go back there to set things right. The future is in our hands.
Michael J Fox - Okay TZU.
TZU - Hey Michael J Fox ?
Michael J Fox - Yes TZU.
TZU - Bummer about the Parkinsons man. Well try and fix that too.

TZU returned from the 80s with their new album COMPUTER LOVE but first...Lets recap on the story so far. In 2004 TZU released their debut album Position Correction on to 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 60s 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.

Within the 14 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 as well as serving up a solid dose of their trademark good time party raps referencing such things 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 humor. The production is tighter than ever and draws influences from such diverse sources as old Stax records and Motown to the future rhythms of the late great J Dilla. They have also explored the dirtier sound of 80s electro infusing their beats with crunchy old analog synths and giant 808 bass drums.

Meanwhile, they enlisted the help of Tony Espie (The Avalanches /Cut Copy) to mix the album to get the tunes right in the bass bottom end for dance floors and collaborated with a number of female singers, most notably the great Renee Geyer , who adds a touch of class and soul to the new record. 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 Australias biggest music festivals including Splendor in the Grass, Falls , BDO , Pyramid Rock , Woodford , Apollo Bay and they have shared stages with De La Soul , Mos Def ,The Pharcyde, Michael Frantis Spearhead, Blackalicious and a whos who of local Australian music greats from many genres and now in the year 2008 with the help of the good bits of the 80s and a time traveling Dollorian TZU have created an album that truly travels Back to the future
with an updated live show to match.

• $19^.95

  Smiling at Strangers

• $19^.95

  Position Correction

• Download

  In Front of Me

• Download

  Cover Up Motel

• $19^.95

  Computer Love

• Download

  Beginning Of The End

Music Videos

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  She Gets Up
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  Computer Love
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  In Front Of Me
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  Monday's
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  Beginning Of The End (Teaser Clip)
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  Beginning Of The End