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"Lance Ferguson is a man of many talents..." GQ Magazine (AUS) "Lance Ferguson may be New Zealand born – but to Australians he deserves to be up there with Tim Finn and the entire New Zealand soccer team. He's a bona-fide funk brother and the whole of Australia should throw their hands in the sky and thank the Good Dude!..." Falls Festival (AUS) “After being seemingly quiet for years, there are officially some very serious sounds being pursued down under…” - Straight No Chaser Magazine (U.K) "Ferguson is indeed a gifted composer who can expertly incorporate contemporary and traditional styles" - The Music Network (AUS) "The Aussie King Of Deep Funk...Australia's answer to Mark Ronson" - Blues & Soul Magazine (U.K)
New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based Lance Ferguson is a Producer, Guitarist, Songwriter, DJ and Tru Thoughts recording artist. He divides his time between releasing Pop/Electronica under his LANU guise, leading Australia’s premier Funk/Soul outfit THE BAMBOOS, and lending his production, songwriting and guitar skills to KYLIE AULDIST & COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS. Lance comes from a line of music makers that started with his Hawaiian-guitarist grandfather Bill Wolfgramm who recorded NZ's first ever LP record back in 1956. Keeping with the family tradition, his first foray into production was releasing Australia’s very first Deep Funk 45/7" vinyl single with The Bamboos in 2001. Since then he has produced 15 full-length albums and over 40 singles for labels including Tru Thoughts (UK), Ubiquity (USA), Inertia (Aus), Freestyle (UK), Kaydee (USA), Soul Source (Japan), Equatorial, Local People & Bamboo Shack (AUS). He has collaborated on musical projects with artists including: Aloe Blacc (U.S), Quantic (U.K), Lyrics Born (U.S), Alice Russell (U.K), Megan Washington (AUS), TY (U.K), Ohmega Watts (U.S), Kero One (U.S), Kylie Auldist (AUS) Paul MacInnes (SWED) & Tyra Hammond (NZ).
Lance's music has been included on over 100 different CD complilations and on high-rating TV shows including: Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Hellcats, One Tree Hill, Packed To The Rafters, Recruits, Offspring, Bondi Rescue, Underbelly, the Chris Rock documentary 'Good Hair' & the smash-hit movie 'Crazy Stupid Love'. In 2010 his composition for The Bamboos; 'Can't Help Myself' was nominated in the 'Blues & Roots Work Of The Year' category at the annual APRA Music awards. In 2011 the Lanu track 'Beautiful Trash' was the most-played track on Triple J (Aus) for the week ending Feb 5th. The video clip for 'Beautiful Trash' directed by Lucy Dyson took out the overall first prize 'Best Video Clip' category at the 2011 St Kilda Film Festival SOUNDkilda Awards. An accomplished guitarist, he has performed with artists/acts including; Syl Johnson (U.S), Eddie Bo (U.S), Eddie Floyd (U.S), Joe Bataan (U.S), Betty Harris (U.S), Alice Russell (U.K), Washington, Kylie Auldist, Mark de Clive-Lowe, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Lady Alma, Bembe Segue, Doug Parkinson & Renee Geyer. Lance Ferguson was a co-founder of Melbourne's Local People and Equatorial labels, whose releases put Melbourne on the map in the early 2000's for purveyors of quality, soulful club music. His DJ sets and live shows have been heard around the globe at destinations including London (The Barbican/The Jazz Cafe), New York, Paris, Los Angeles (Low End Theory), San Francisco, Washington DC, Brighton (The Brighton Jazz Rooms), Barcelona, Madrid, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Berlin, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Belgium, Ireland, Hong Kong, Shanghai and throughout Australia & New Zealand. He has performed at events including The Big Day Out, The Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, Meredith Music Festival, Falls Festival, The West Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Golden Plains, Parklife, The Adelaide Festival, The St Kilda Festival, The Caloundra Music Festival, The Sydney Festival & Trop Fest.
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