Joel Ma (Joelistics)

Producer, rapper, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Joel Ma is recognised as a unique voice in the Australian music scene with a reputation for innovation and sonic experimentation.
In 2002 he founded seminal alt-rap group TZU, who were at the vanguard of an emerging Australian hiphop and electronica sound. Under the moniker Joelistics’ his anticipated debut album Voyager and follow up album Blue Volume opened up a new lane in Australian hiphop winning plaudits for both production and lyricism.

Blue Volume was one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Top 20 albums of 2014. Rolling Stone described it as “a celebration and mourning of the current state of the world, voiced by a smart, incisive writer and producer.”

📷 Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore