TZU (pronounced "Tee Zed Yoo") were an Australian hip hop group, formed in 1999 by Joelistics, Yeroc, Seed MC and Paso Bionic.

TZU released four studio albums, Position Correction (2004), Smiling at Strangers (2005), Computer Love (2008, which peaked in the ARIA Charts top 30) and Millions of Moments (2012), before disbanding in 2013.

"[2] According to Joelistics, the group's name is taken from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu,[3] which was suggested by Lee Hartney of the Smith Street Band.

"[3] Their debut six-track extended play (EP), Um... Just A Liddlbidova Mic Check (2001), was recorded in a portable studio in the back of a truck parked near Hobart.

[6] Greg Lawrence of WHAMMO described how the quartet, "[are] a bunch of true technicians who successfully transmit their love for beats and lyrics.

The double-pronged vocal attack is more exact than the scalpel of a master surgeon, the subterranean bass growls and snappy beats are premium.

"[7] Tony Mitchell felt "[it] covers a wide range of moods, styles and tempos, and represents another new direction in Australian hip-hop coming from an idiosyncratic Melbourne push which is making an important impact on local indigenisations of the genre.

[6] Mitchell noticed, "[they] can successfully combine rock and hip hop... through a desire to experiment with and stretch the often restrictive parameters of MCing and Djing.

"[citation needed] Inpress said "Computer Love is full of old school synth's, masterful sampling and live instrumentation - a maverick in its field and release that will set a new standard for the Australian music landscape.

"[citation needed] Richard Kingsmill, Musical Director of Australian radio station Triple J, stated in regard to the band's 2008 J Award nomination for Computer Love, "They open their album saying "TZU still feelin' awesome".

[20] The concept stemmed from Joelistics' travels in Asia, as he explains in an interview with Beat Magazine: “I was constantly in front of screens [...] laptops and phones and being outside the environment I was in.

‘Set up at your station with your synths and your samplers and let’s jam!’ That was the spirit of it, and that’s what led us to not do a hip hop record; we’ve really got to indulge that side of us.”To promote the album, they went on tour.