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Lanu is the experimental side project of
the Bamboos' guitarist and leader,
Lance Ferguson, one of the most prolific and well-respected musicians on the Australian funk and soul scene. Born in New Zealand,
Ferguson grew up in a musical family, with his Hawaiian guitarist grandfather, Bill Wolfgramm, responsible for the country's first ever LP in 1956. In 2000, he formed Melbourne funk revivalists
the Bamboos, who released four albums during the noughties,
Step It Up, Rawville,
Side-Stepper, and
4, and the soundtrack to the Nintendo Wii game De Blob. Throughout this period, he also produced material for
Aloe Blacc,
Ohmega Watts, and bandmate
Kylie Auldist's two solo releases; co-founded Melbourne's soulful club-based Local People and Equatorial labels; and performed as a session guitarist for
Joe Bataan,
Eddie Floyd, and
Alice Russell. In 2007, armed with a new sound encompassing dream pop, folk, lounge, electro, and indie, he released his debut solo LP,
This Is My Home, under the guise of
Lanu, a childhood nickname that is the Tongan word for color, and followed it up four years later with the critically acclaimed
Her 12 Faces. ~ Jon O'Brien