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Joelistics
Turning Heads speaks to Melbourne producer and rapper Joel Ma. His new collaborative LP, Joelistics Presents Film School, is out now.
Get in touch: [email protected]
Joel began his career as an MC and instrumentalist with the alternative hip hop outfit, TZU. TZU released four records between 2003 and 2013. They're perhaps best known for their anti-racism single, 'The Horse You Rode in On', as well as their third album, Computer Love (2008).
Joelistics' solo journey began at the turn of the 2010s while he was living in between China and Mongolia. His debut solo album, Voyager, came out in 2011 and was followed by Blue Volume in 2014. Although he continued to rap and embrace the sounds of golden era hip hop, Joelistics' solo records also infused post-punk, grunge and folk sounds.
Joelistics Presents Film School is his most deviant work to date, drawing on 70’s Asian pop music and psych- and post-rock to create a surreal, cinematic listening experience. Parvyn Singh (The Bombay Royale) and Hailey Cramer (The Meltdown) add guest vocals while cellist Francesca Mountfort and guzheng player Mindy Meng Wang appear on multiple tracks.
Turning heads is recorded on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation; the traditional custodians of the land. I pay my respects to their elders past and present, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
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By Augustus WelbyTurning Heads speaks to Melbourne producer and rapper Joel Ma. His new collaborative LP, Joelistics Presents Film School, is out now.
Get in touch: [email protected]
Joel began his career as an MC and instrumentalist with the alternative hip hop outfit, TZU. TZU released four records between 2003 and 2013. They're perhaps best known for their anti-racism single, 'The Horse You Rode in On', as well as their third album, Computer Love (2008).
Joelistics' solo journey began at the turn of the 2010s while he was living in between China and Mongolia. His debut solo album, Voyager, came out in 2011 and was followed by Blue Volume in 2014. Although he continued to rap and embrace the sounds of golden era hip hop, Joelistics' solo records also infused post-punk, grunge and folk sounds.
Joelistics Presents Film School is his most deviant work to date, drawing on 70’s Asian pop music and psych- and post-rock to create a surreal, cinematic listening experience. Parvyn Singh (The Bombay Royale) and Hailey Cramer (The Meltdown) add guest vocals while cellist Francesca Mountfort and guzheng player Mindy Meng Wang appear on multiple tracks.
Turning heads is recorded on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation; the traditional custodians of the land. I pay my respects to their elders past and present, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.