Bliss n Eso

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Bliss n Eso
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Years active	2000–present
Label(s)	Obese Illusive Sounds Liberation
Website	http://www.blissneso.com/
Members
MC Bliss MC Esoterik DJ Izm

Bliss n Eso are an Australian hip hop group based in Sydney, and were originally known as Bliss n' Esoterikizm.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

The trio, American born, MC Bliss (Jonathan Notley), Australian MC Esoterik (Max MacKinnon) and DJ Izm (Tarik Ejjamai) of Moroccan heritage have been friends (and have rapped together) since high school.^[1]

Their first release was the EP The Arrival, which was followed by a mixtape CD. Bliss n Eso were the winners in the Hip Hop category at the 2003 Music Oz Awards and nominees for Artist of the Year in 2004.^[1] ^[2] Signing to Obese Records, in 2004 they released their full-length debut, Flowers in the Pavement, with production by Suffa, Weapon X, and Bliss.^[3]

In December, 2005 the trio performed as a support act for 50 Cent on his 'Get Rich Or Die Trying' tour together with G-Unit and Lil Jon.^[4]

The group then swtched labels to Illusive Sounds and released their second official album, Day of the Dog, on March 4, 2006. The album features production from Bliss, Weapon X, Suffa, and MC Motley, among others. It also features guest spots from British emcees MC Motley and Mystro, as well as fellow Sydney MC, Hyjak.^[1]^[5] The group undertook a national tour in March - April to support the album.^[6] Day of the Dog was then entirely remixed by Gold Coast producer M-Phazes (Supastition, Kenn Starr) and released later that year as Day of the Dog: Phazed Out. The album was nominated for Best Urban Release at the 2007 ARIA Awards^[7] the award was won by the Hilltop Hoods for The Hard Road Restrung.

The group's third single, "Then Till Now", which contains remixed instrumental elements from the Hilltop Hoods song "Riding Under One Banner", received airplay on Triple J,^[8] rage^[9] and Video Hits.^{[citation needed]} "Mad Tight", their fourth single, was played on radio stations Triple J,^[10] 3RRR,^[11], PBS,^[12] and on FBi.^[13] The music video was shown on rage.^[14]

In October, 2007 they released their most recent single, "Bullet and a Target", featuring the Connections Zulu Choir (a 21 piece African Choir from South Africa)^[15], which reached #46 on the Australian singles charts.^[16] The track features a remixed version of Citizen Cope's song by the same title. 100% of all profits from the sale of the song goes to The Oaktree Foundation, Australia's only youth-run international aid and development organisation.^[17]

Bliss n Eso were one of the Australian hip hop artists featured in the documentary Words from the City, which aired on ABC Television in late 2007.^[18]

The group's latest album, Flying Colours, was released April 26, 2008 - coinciding with a national tour by the group, along with True Live, Funkoars and The Winnie Coopers.^[19] The album debuted a week later at the No.10 position on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.^[20]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Flowers in the Pavement - Obese (August 23, 2004)
Day of the Dog - Illusive Sounds (March 4, 2006)
Day of the Dog: Phazed Out - Illusive Sounds (2006)
Flying Colours - Illusive Sounds (April 26, 2008) - AUS#10

[edit] EPs

The Arrival (2000)

[edit] Singles

"Up Jumped the Boogie" (January, 2006)
"Party at My Place" (2006)
"Then Till Now" (2006)
"Mad Tight" (2007)
"Bullet and a Target" featuring Connections Zulu Choir - Liberation (October 29, 2007)
"Woodstock 2008" (2008)

[edit] Compilation appearances

Empirical Records Present... 'Straight from the Art' (2003), Warner Music (Australia) (song: "Greenhouse")
Triple J Hip Hop Show (2005), ABC Music (song: "This Is for You")
Triple J Home and Hosed—Bangin' n Breedin' (2006), ABC Music (song: "Then Till Now")^[21]