Ju-Ju Space Jazz

space-boogie, Ju Ju formed in 1995 in

Sydney, Australia with the meeting of Alex

Nettelbeck and Dan Conway.

After their first album 'HEAD OVER HEELS

IN DUB' in 1996, Ju Ju quickly became

fixtures on the underground and warehouse

party scene in Sydney. Performances that

legends are made of, at events such as

VibeTribe's 'Stompede' and

'Carmageddeon', an On U Sound

System/Tackhead support at the Metro,

Newtown Festival 1996, 1997, 1998, as well

as inter-state festivals; Beyond the Brain,

Transelements, plus regular club

appearances all along the east coast

of Australia.

With the launch of the second album,

'SHLOOP' by London based label Matsuri

Productions in early 1998, Ju Ju Space Jazz

began receiving more international

exposure. Adding the golden horn of trumpet

player Lee McIver, Ju Ju toured Europe in

1998 playing Festivals in the U.K, Germany,

Portugal, Sweden, Spain and the first ever

'Techno Parade' in Paris (300,000 people).

Subsequent visits to Europe in 1999 and,

more recently, Japan at the Solstice Music

Festival just outside Tokyo.

Playing increasingly outside the techno scene

means the Ju Ju sound has found a wider

audience and, contrary to the limited shelf life

of many electronic albums, 'SHLOOP' is still

selling well in Germany, Japan, the U.K and

Northern Europe. Returning to Australia to

focus on writing a new album for the new

millennium, Ju Ju found a new level of interest

from the local scene, leading to live sets with

Yumchacha @ Home nightclub, Offshore

Festival, the Harbourside Brasserie, Glenworth

Valley festival, and 2SER's Freaky Loops.

The Ju Ju gang has also written music for

dance and theatre pieces, notably One Extra

Company's 'the Antwatchers' performed live

from high atop a scaffold tower at Newtown

Theatre and appeared live on Triple J's Mix-up,

in '97 and in'98. Ju Ju have releases on

numerous local and international compilations,

been played from Tokyo FM to BBC 1 and

generally wowed the hell out of anyone who

has ever seen a live show.

And now, after almost two years,

INTERSOUND - the long awaited follow up

album to Shloop has finally hit the streets.

Intersound

The new album, released November 2000

by Kookyburra Recordings in Australia,

Spiritzone-Germany Internationally, is an

ambitious, far-reaching and focused work.

The guest musician list is huge with strings,

guitars, much live percussion, various

vocalists (Morika Elek and Antigone Foster

as well as the mysterious MC Zen), poetry

and thumpin' disco. Funky, unique and

unavoidably - Ju Ju Space Jazz. The new

feel is also beginning to become more

evident in their live sets which show a far

more main-dance-floor' sensibility than

before. All precious elements of lateral

wiggle have still been maintained.

Live sets:

Having taken a break for much of 2000

Ju Ju are about to unleash the Intersound

live set on eagerly anticipating audiences.

Ju Ju Space Jazz live, featuring the

extraordinary space trumpet of Lee McIver

is a funky, crunchy, wah pants experience.

Dan and Alex use instruments from both

analog and digital realms: custom built

micro-phones, full live sequencer set ups

and all manner of sonic devices, turntables,

vintage keyboards, drum machines and

samplers. Performances range from

ambient electronic, hip hop to thumping

funklaced disco beats. The debut

Intersound live gig and album launch

featured a cast of 15 musicians on stage

and attracted close to 1,000 people to the

Metro to see the larger than life,

space-disco spectacular.

2001

Ju Ju tracks have been play listed for

December 2000 and January 2001 on JJJ

as well receiving excellent support and airplay

from independent radio around Australia.

Undercover Mystic has been included on

Qantas in-flight radio for January thanks to

Angela Catterns of ABC fame and enthusiastic

responses have come back from as far as

Zagreb, Croatia.

After playing the 'Big Day Out' in Sydney Ju Ju

launch their New Zealand mission, headlining

the Splore outdoor festival as well as playing

Dancing in the Streets in Auckland. Ju Ju will

then focus on spreading the Intersound word

along the East coast of Australia with gigs in

Brisbane, Byron, Wollongong, Newcastle,

Melbourne and Canberra.

The Ju Ju Space Jazz website is taking it's first

heaving breaths as Angus Chad and Brett

Stanley unleash their design madness on the

web for us. Plans for upcoming features include

downloadable audio, frequently updated

'stories' page and much much more......

Visit Planet Ju Ju at jujuspacejazz.com

Then it's off overseas for the European

summer festival circuit.