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Ju-Ju Space Jazz
12+ albums
acid jazzdowntempoambientjazzaustralia
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Ju-Ju Space Jazz are Dan Conway & Alex Nettelbeck. The grand masters of funked out 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 interes
