Gully Platoon
Australian musical group
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::summary Australian musical group ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gully Platoon |
| origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| genre | Hip-hop |
| years_active | 2008 – present |
| label | Obese Records |
| associated_acts | Down Under Beats |
| website | MySpace site |
| current_members | Pegz |
| Joe New | |
| Dialectrix | |
| :: |
| name = Gully Platoon | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | genre = Hip-hop | years_active = 2008 – present | label = Obese Records | associated_acts = Down Under Beats | website = MySpace site | current_members = Pegz Joe New Dialectrix | past_members = Gully Platoon are an Australian hip-hop group, composed of Pegz (Tirren Staaf) with Joe New (Joseph Newberry) and Dialectrix (Ryan Leaf).
Biography
Tirren Staaf, who is also the CEO of Obese Records, founded the group in 2008. He realised his ambitions when Ryan Leaf (originally from the Blue Mountains) came to Melbourne to record the video of his song "Outcast". Soon after Joseph Newbury also from Down Under Beats, the first Australian hip hop group to win Triple J's Unearthed competition, joined the duo.
Signed to Obese Records, they released their debut album, The Great Divide, in 2009. The album was the culmination of six months of work from Staaf, Leaf and Newbury who did all the writing, and the production and mixing talents of J Squared, Plutonic Lab and J Smith & Dutchman, as well as vocal help from Kel Timmons, Cisco Tavares and Kulaia. The Great Divide reached #18 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Album charts. The first single to be lifted from the album is "Nothing to Lose", with the song, "Coat Of Paint", also being placed on national rotation on Triple J. The background to the album's title, according to Staaf "represents being in an Australian landscape and musically and artistically trying new things. It represents creatively trying to do something different, to step away from the stereotypes."
Discography
Albums
- The Great Divide — Obese (OBR057) (8 August 2009)
Singles
- "Nothing to Lose" — Obese (2009)
References
References
- Fell, Sam. (4 August 2009). "Gully Platoon". Tsunami Magazine.
- Sim, Alicia. (8 October 2009). "Nothing to lose". Street press Australia.
- McNamara, Tim. (29 July 2009). "Gully Platoon : Interview". Scene Magazine.
- (21 September 2009). "ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles". [[Australian Recording Industry Association.
- "hitlist (by artist): triple j music". ABC.
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