Famed Sydney hip hop boys, Bliss n Eso, burst onto the scene back in 2000 with the release of their distinctly Aussie sounding EP ''The Arrival'. Comprised of MC Bliss (Jonathan Notley), MC Esoterik (Max Mackinnon) and DJ Izm (Tarik Ejjamai) the boys begun jamming in the playground in their school days, finding comfort in being the only kids into rap. After the success of 'The Arrival' the lads were winners in the 2003 Music Oz Awards and were nominees for Artist of The Year. It didn’t take long after this for the small local hip hop scene to spy some talent in the trio who were picked up ...
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Full Biography
Famed Sydney hip hop boys, Bliss n Eso, burst onto the scene back in 2000 with the release of their distinctly Aussie sounding EP ''The Arrival'.
Comprised of MC Bliss (Jonathan Notley), MC Esoterik (Max Mackinnon) and DJ Izm (Tarik Ejjamai) the boys begun jamming in the playground in their school days, finding comfort in being the only kids into rap.
After the success of 'The Arrival' the lads were winners in the 2003 Music Oz Awards and were nominees for Artist of The Year. It didn’t take long after this for the small local hip hop scene to spy some talent in the trio who were picked up by Obese records in 2004.
With a record deal behind them they finally dropped their long awaited full length debut, 'Flowers in the Pavement'. This was enough to get the guys noticed by the big guns, playing as the support act for Lil Wayne and 50 cent.
With the smell of success lingering the boys jumped ship on labels signing up to Illusive Sounds with whom they released their next album, Day of the Dog. It debuted at #43 on the ARIA chart making it the first Aussie hiphop album to ever drop direct into the top 50 chart. This was followed by an ARIA nomination in the Urban category and a national road trip to support their dope new release.
With the taste of travel on their tongues and armed with some fresh material the crew jumped ship to the states where they embarked on their first international tour. They played North America, Portland and a snow show in Whistler Canada.
Back in Oz in 2007, the boys next release was accompanied by a 21 piece African choir from South Africa. Bullet and a Target is the first single from their as yet unreleased third album, and when sold as a single donates 100% of profit to charity. The charity in question is The Oaktree Foundation which is Australia’s only youth run international aid agency. With the charities support behind them the boys embarked on a mission to Africa to record the video clip and do a documentary to create awareness about poverty and the challenges of living in a third world country.
This was filmed in conjunction with MTV and Evermore and got the boys a little bit more media attention than they probably expected. As such, they were nominated for The Good Karma Award at the 2008 MTV VMA’s for their work with Oak Tree foundation.
Flying Colours was released in April 2008 and accompanied by another homeland tour. ARIA chart success is a standard for the boys now with Flying Colours debuting at #10 and staying in the charts for a further 12 weeks. Keep your ears to the ground for these bad boys who continually crack the Aussie records making history for local hip hop.
By Penny Newton
