Experimental Music Unity
“...no longer has a transcendental connection to music and its quality, just wants the glamour ... It's not about humility, or arrogance, a posture ... we don't want to be famous, we're underground” HERBIE HANCOCK
All original funky dance dubhop groove-monster party-starters with a punk twist.
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EMU is music made of inspiration – Euro precision meets South Pacific polyrhythm.
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DARRYL DARRYL is the frontman – he’s a complex cat you might see him about ...
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We don’t play the fame game, we make socially-conscious events supporting independent artists worldwide.
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First sighted in Aotearoa New Zealand, spotted in Melbourne Australia, currently based out of the UK.
300+ shows, 3 albums, gracing the stage with legendary artists such as OPIUO, STATE OF MIND, TREVA WHATEVA, DISASTERADIO.
Appearances at mega festivals like TANIWHA’S DEN . SPLORE . PHAT . RAINBOW SERPENT . CANAAN DOWNS . VISIONZ . EUDAEMONY . OSTARA . RENAISSANCE . SMALLWORLD . ILLUSIVE . BIMBLE BANDADA
In all their diversity, EMU has been likened to / sounds like : Ian Dury, Beastie Boys, BF2's, NiN, PWEI, RATM, Hot Chip, John Cooper Clark, the Prodigy, Happy Mondays, Fraser Clark, Fourtet, Headless Chickens, Shapeshifter(NZ), Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Omni Trio, John Carpenter, Confuscious, Future Sound of London, Regurgitator.
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Music is realtime emotion, it comes from and is always free.
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THANKS to LEGENDS Geoff Briggs . Kat Martian . Ben 'multiman' Pierssene . Dave Carter . Giles McNeill . James Norton . Heather Turner . Tyscha Snamegaw . James Davenport . Frank Eggleton . Dom Hogan . Hamish Kilgour . Pikachunes . Chris Knox . Dub Asylum . ISO12 . Stray Theories . Paul Bognuda . Luna Rae . Patrick Lyons
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Independent, continuously evolving for music lovers with open hearts and minds ...
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FULLY INCREDIBLE COLLABORATORS !
Lesbian Death Slutz from Hell . The Ideas . The Bucks . Singles Going Steady Crew . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turntables . James Davenport . Snead Place . 'Lil Bastard . DJ Obi . Moppy . Sneeky . Tommy . Gerhard Lottermoser . DJ Sonny Delight . Cam Knight . TerraNine . Simone Pileggi . D-Rektional . Attic Saltt . Soaphead . Shane Hollands . Flowie . Meta Guinea . Geoff Briggs . Stan Wright . Micky Ci . Micky Steevo . Angela Gelatina . NSU . Raktacular . Roya Harvey . Oli . Toki . Neo Kalashnikovs . Mel Green . Ben Lemi . Naomi Lamb . Module . Sharkweek . Sonic Smith . Haszari . Tom Bosley . Jarad Bryant . Josh Weeks . Damian Golfinopolous . Oscar Davey-Wright . Minuit . Nigel Braddock . Kingsley Melhuish . Alan Halstead . Symbiont . Pat Lyons . Jeremy McBurney . Jason Horner . Justin Ossher . Dean Shirriffs . Erin Greer . Gemma Jackson . Matt Turner . Paul Stothers . Michaela Manley . Clare Simmons
SHORT:CIRCUIT tour evolved into OPEN HEART CIRCUITRY – NZ’s premiere electronic-based music touring brand.
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(dub) : “the hottest tunes could be heard on dubplates prior to their official release…”
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(eclectic) : Philosophy denoting or belonging to a class of ancient philosophers who did not belong to or found any recognized school of thought but selected doctrines from various schools of thought.
noun a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
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“In this post-geographical world, small is bountiful and significance doesn’t need to be universal to matter.” Simon Reynolds
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Favourite Dub album of all time ! 110 BELOW COMPILATION
featuring Killing Joke, African Headcharge, Leftfield, Tricky, Paul Weller, Julian Cope, Primal Scream, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Beaumont Hannant, Urban Jungle
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LEGEND OF THE EMU – Australia’s gnarliest bird