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 i\their diversity, EMU has been likened to / sounds like : BF2's, Ian Dury, Beastie Boys, John Cooper Clark, the Prodigy, Fraser Clark, Fourtet, Shapeshifter(NZ), Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Omni Trio, John Carpenter, Confuscious, Future Sound of London, Regurgitator, PWEI.
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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