Introducing Voyager - the debut solo record from producer,\nrapper and singer JOELISTICS. As part of TZU, Joelistics garnered\nAMP and J Award nominations and toured the country countless times,\nplaying every major festival. In solo mode, he relishes in the\nfreedom to creatively stretch out, exploring universal themes\nthrough a laconic personal insight. Regarded as one of the most\ncharismatic lyricists in Australian hip hop, Joelistics is one of\nthe most gifted freestylers to have never battled; a true\nstoryteller influenced by shoegazer electronica and folk as much as\nclassic boom bap hip hop. Self-produced and self-assured, VOYAGER\nwas written in France, Mongolia, China and Australia, tapping into\nthemes of travel, modern world paranoia and growing older. On the\nsong “Head Right” he throws down “I’m half Caucasian, still very\nAsian, a mad variation of what you call Australian”. While the\nintoxicatingly evocative “Heart Remains”, shows he’s not just an\nobserver, but rather, part of the land: “the languid heat make\nsleepless nights, lazy speak, mosquito bites, old timers who drive\nthe road trains rolling cigarettes single handed …I saw it all\nclear from a house on a hill in a country far away and I thought to\nmyself till the day that I die that¹ll be where my heart\nremains”.

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