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His music is played all around the world. Its won an ARIA award, been used in documentaries, films and fashion parades. Journos have raved about it. And according to his biography Billy Connolly even bliss’s out to it. Or It could just pop up on Radio Denmark, Brazil TV or Japanese media.

Crossculture CD has received good reviews:

‘a great CD’ PBS FM Melbourne

‘appeals to a mixed range of people’ RTR FM Perth

‘nice club tunes...banging beats’ Sunshine Coast Daily

‘heaps of requests’ WOW FM Mackay

‘big beat ethereal’ Tim Ritchie ABC Radio

‘a soundscape of exceptional depth and texture’ Zebra Perth

‘guaranteed to shorten generational gaps and expand horizons’ Townsville Bulletin

Crossculture is an independent release by one of Australia's more innovative contemporary musicians Ed Duquemin. It fuses musical styles and features dynamic percussion for which Ed is renowned. It features graceful voices of three vocalists including jazz singer Robyne Dunn. The album was composed in Sydney, Brunei and London using live performance. The music has topical themes, high energy is uplifting and brings together world and club music with elements of contemporary classical, rock and jazz. The track Be Afraid was produced in London by Curt Stewart-Paul . The title track features a co-write with Aboriginal songman Bobby Bunuggurr doing tribal law vocals. The CD Includes a bonus video clip, which was shot in Sydney of the track Corruption . Two video clips aired on Australian Television are available on the website below.This is Ed’s first solo CD which gave him complete musical freedom and is a culmination of his musical and life experiences. For more info, go to efmmusic.com

His claim to fame though is Gondwanaland (ARIA winners) a ‘not to be missed act’ that toured extensively across Australia becoming a household name. He released 4 CD’s with them: Let the Dog Out, Gondwanaland (ARIA), Wildlife, and Wide Skies and received great reviews.

‘beautifully understated lines with the rhythm of tom toms.’

‘One of Australia’s most interesting and modern bands’ Sydney Morning Herald

‘requests to replay the band’ USA Today Show

‘Wide Skies is nothing short of magnificent’ ambientmusicguide.com

Ed has toured and worked with a host of artists. They include: Sade, Gary Crail, Midnight Oil, Prodigy, Lenny D, Pee Wee Ferris, Charlie McMahon,Ozzie Gee,Tomita, John Williamson, Wim Wenders, Jonathan Richman. He has performed on NBC, FUJI, ABC TV as well as many other public and commercial broadcasters. Recently his music was used by BBC TV for documentary of the ship Endevour. He has released six CD’s with a lot of music finding its way into film and radio in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Austria, UK,Finland, France, Australia and Japan.

This CD follows acclaimed ARIA nominated Xenophon which features digeridu and aboriginal vocals in a sea of pure cafe groove , produced with Paul Mac (Itchy Scratchy).

‘understated brilliance' (Rolling Stone)

‘This is an excellent album.’ Angela Caterns. ABC Radio

a cutting edge album a great Australian release.’ (AM) West Australian.

REVIEWS:

Crossculture CD
“Duquemin was percussionist with Gondwanaland, a truly ground breaking Australian act. This credential alone will be enough to make you seek this album. This is not your average, wishy-washy, world music fusion. He has brought the sounds of the rough and the smooth from tribal culture and brought them and offsets the pleasant chord progressions of the east with bleepy, grindy industrial samples, and beats to produce a soundscape of exceptional depth and texture. The overall tone is very positive, but never loses its edge. An album that improves with repeated listening.”
Jonathan Smith
Zebra

Expand your horizon

“Education and evolution strike out as the main theme on Ed Duquemin’s wonderfully compiled Crossculture. Bringing together three decades of world, dub and bass, Duquemin achieves the rare feat of producing an album which actually lives up to its name. Offering such diversity, one can imagine Crossculture proliferating at anything from a mainstream cafe to a rave barn in the back blocks. Nearly all of Duquemin’s rich musical history is put out to show, ranging from his beginnings as a childhood drummer to his time with indigenous communities and most recently, his continued experimentation on the London synth scene. With a tilt towards percussion, Duquemin offers a crisp, accurate and dynamically of beats. The opening sequence on Luv is comparable with Basement Jaxx’s world-wide hit Where’s your head at ?, while the epic Be Afraid offers new depth to mid-90’s techno. Not all of Crossculture is fast-paced however, beginning and ending with a gentle blend of natural sounds. It’s a mind-opening offering, guaranteed to shorten generational gaps and expand horizons.
Robert Rachow
Townsville Bulletin

For more information about Ed Deqeumin please contact Chris or Tom at MAPMUSIC on 0044 (0) 20 7916 0544/5 or contact us