Pre-Jazz Emu
This page talks about Archie Henderson's projects before the creation of Jazz Emu.
2014-2016 - Lorelai
Lorelai was a six person jazz/soul/funk band featuring Iona Gaskell, Archie Henderson, Sophie Grant, Joshan Chana, Josh Briegal and Yannick Mayaud.
Music
2014 - View From Here
Listen on Bandcamp!This album was released only on Bandcamp and features three songs.
- View From Here
- Could Be You
- People
2016 - Adaline
Listen on Bandcamp!This album was released on Bandcamp and Spotify. It features four songs.
- Takedown
- Bones
- Adaline
- Blossom
2015 - Cambridge Footlights
While at Cambridge, Archie was a member of the well known drama society 'Cambridge Footlights' where he worked on a number of sketch shows. A number of these shows have been recorded and put onto Youtube to watch. The cast consisted of Archie Henderson, Adrian Gray, Eleanor Colville, Luke Sumne and Olivia Le Andersen.
One sketch, Smokehouse, was given a 'cinematic adaptation', filmed by Hunter Allen. It was a musical wild west sketch about an outlaw and a sherriff who fall in love after hunting each other down for fifteen years. This sketch featured Archie Henderson as 'Smokehouse' and Luke Sumner as 'Sherriff'.
2016-2017 - d'Onovan Love
d'Onovan Love was a charcter created and played by Archie Henderson a few years before the character of Jazz Emu was created. It is believed that d'Onovan may have been a 'beta design' of Jazz, due to the number of similarities the two share: music style, personality and 70's theming.
He wore the same wire frame glasses that Jazz is frequently seen in and sported short hair and a bushy mustache. His clothing was fairly basic, being a white turtleneck and black trousers. d'Onovan describes himself as a 'Stone cold hot shot with looks that melt butter' and 'Smoulder City'.
d'Onovan had a Twitter account that ran between the 4th and the 16th of Octobver 2016. He made 15 posts.
Additionally, he featured in a Two Plus Ones sketch video that was released on February 14th 2017. In it, he talks about his break from the limelight since the good old days, his fame and connections and his current living conditions.
Music
The Second Coming of d'Onovan Love
This EP released on October 11th, 2016, being the only musical release by the d'Onovan persona. The EP was notable for having two demos of [sic] tracks, Get it Right and Sincerité.
- Get It Right (demo)
- Crank It Up
- Imagination
- Never Enough (demo of Sincerité)
- The Line
2017-2018 - Two Plus Ones
Two Plus Ones was a comedy group that featured Archie Henderson, Luke Sumner and Joshan Chana. They created a total of 4 videos together, two sketches and two songs. These can be viewed on their YouTube channel.
2018-2020 - Lunafruit
Lunafruit was a three person band featuring Sophie Grant, Archie Henderson and Elliot Wenman that had a smooth jazz/pop blend sound. They released one full album on Bandcamp, featuring all of their singles from Spotify.
Heroes
- Interlude 0 (Wake)
- Rise
- Interlude 1
- Lid Mountain
- Superhero
- Slow Steps
- Follow The Sun
- Interlude 2
- St Mary's
- Jacob's Prayer
- Madeline
- Interlude 3
- You Ask
- Rafael's Time
- Interlude 0 (Sleep)
2018-onwards - Adrian Gray Comedy
Archie Henderson has co written and appeared in a few sketches with Adrian Gray. These sketches were originally uploaded to the mr box channel on YouTube, but have since also been uploaded to Adrian's channel Adrian Gray Comedy.
Sketches
- 2019 - One Second Every Day
- 2019 - Streamline
- 2024 - Mikaeli Hitting Metal (Day 89-93) (small cameo)