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Laneous & The Family Yah
Genre: Hip Hop, Indie
Region: Brisbane, QLD
Members: Laneous - words, birds & things absurd; General Beats- Drumkit; Antilla - Guitar; Poz Serps - Bass; Peet G - MPC; Bird Fire Choir - MC Kel, Trev Brady, Georgeous, Pear, CountZilla
Sounds Like: andre 3000, Dirtbombs, Cody ChesnuTT
Influences: stones throw, tv on the radio, danger mouse
Artist Website: www.myspace.com/lachlaneous

Unearthed Artists We Like: pear and the awkward orchestra , Kingfisha , Banawurun


Bubblin’ Up out of the artisan hotbed that is Brisbane’s West End – introducing the grunty Rudeboy Soul and Croon Punk of Laneous And The Family Yah. What started as a community whisper has broken out into a fire. From the Big Day Out to the screens of NME TV and recent rotation on Triple J, the dirty, hip-hop driven soul grooves of L&TFY have officially arrived.

Spotlight artists on Triple J Unearthed in June 09 and named amongst Hip Hop’s Hottest in J Mag’s City by City ‘Oz Hip Hop Special’, with the launch of their debut LP St Ill Regal and regular East Coast touring L&TFY are cementing a swiftly burgeoning reputation. And what a reputation – let’s face it, press releases are partial to hyperbole but it would be no overstatement to say that Laneous And The Family Yah have recently become one of the most talked about bands in Brisbane. This has been due largely to their live show, a 10 piece spectacle that witnesses have referred to as – quite bluntly – unparalleled. Couple this with the prestigious Q Song Hip Hop Song of the Year Award for Bubblegum, both Searing Life and Bubblegum enjoying radio play Nationwide including rotation on Triple J for Searing Life and a Debut LP that has both critics and fans picking their jaws up from the floor.

Who is Laneous?

The ‘Lovable Tramp with the clamped, cramped fist in the air’, Laneous is the conceptual poet for the Backbeat Generation. Devoting his life to music since dropping out of high school at the age of 15, Laneous’s musical vision has been unfaltering. Born into the Bohemian south-Brisbane community that he’s now so heavily a part of, Laneous has spearheaded a new Brisbane-born movement of edgy groove, hip hop bounce and soul glaze.

Joining forces with The Family Yah – consisting of General Beats (Drums), Antilla (Guitar), Positive Serpent (Bass) and Peet G (MPC/Keys) – in 2007, Laneous has set about realising his musical vision, creating a formidable live experience that has seen them grace the stages of Big Day Out, Woodford Folk Festival, Island Vibe, Kuranda Roots Festival, Green Fest, and the West End Carnivale but to name a few. Now they arrive with their most outstanding musical excursion to date – their debut album.

St. Ill Regal

Recorded at Psi Fi Studios with Producer Peet G, St. Ill Regal is the realisation of Laneous’s supreme musical vision. With the help of The Family Yah, the all singing, all dancing Bird Fire Choir, not to mention guest MC’s, a Nepalese Tabla Master and an 8-piece string section, the album stretches a massive 17-tracks that cover the full spectrum of Soul and Hip Hop.

From Hip Hop Opener ‘BubbleGum’ all the way to Soul Joint ‘Searing Life’, lyrically Laneous flowers with the quirk of MF Doom and the perk of TV on The Radio. Musically, The Family Yah astounds, making unconventional sounds with conventional instruments – think garage band meets MPC.

Featuring a zany filmclip produced by Squareyed Films (Silverchair, The Sleepy Jackson, Living End, Youth Group), first single ‘BubbleGum’ is a testament to Laneous’s off the chart pop and bounce. Filmed on location at the Richmond Housing Commission Flats in Inner Melbourne and featuring Melbourne shuffle kids and breakers, the video has already garnered strong international attention with The NME featuring it on their dedicated TV channel in the UK. See the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijE5xkJyOQw&. ‘BubbleGum’ was also recently named Song of the Year at the 2009 Qsong Awards
‘Hip Hop’ Category.

A complete artistic package, accompanying the remarkable musical vision found on St. Ill Regal is the inclusion of exclusive artwork by New York/Brisbane based artist Anthony Lister, who has generously donated his art to the albums’ cover. Rounding out the package is a mini-exhibition of five Brisbane based visual artists – including works from Laneous himself. Said art is included on individual cards contained within each copy of the record.

Delivered via Brisbane’s new home of Underground Soul, Rock and Hip Hop Bird Fire Records, St. Ill Regal was released nationally in August 2009.

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Searing Life
rating:  4/5
niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - cool stuff strings aa great mix too rosie x
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CrewCut
rating:  4/5
This reminds me of old-skool 'gurge... you never know where it's headed but all of it rocks! Nice work L&TFY!
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Searing Life
rating:  4/5
What an awesome song. Digging that soulful, Stevie Wonder-esque groove, and it's embellished so well, full of melody and sunshine. Yes, sunshine! Thi...
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CrewCut
rating:  4/5
Some of the tastiest music in Brisbane. These guys definitely have a unique way of rocking out. The chorus production reminds me of Rage Against the ...
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This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.