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Illy – Spit Syndicate – Sietta – On Tour (Hosted by M-Phazes)

30 08 2011

Following a smashing set at Splendour In The Grass, Illy has unleashed a new video, joined the 600 Sounds line-up and released tickets for the Illy, Spit Syndicate and Sietta tour, hosted by M-Phazes. Illy has released a stunning new video for the latest track (and third single from the acclaimed album The Chase) Cigarettes.

Cigarettes has also just hit radio – it is a calming hook-laden track, and a perfect example of musical matching between M-Phazes and Illy. Illy said, “Phazes first showed me this beat at the Bunbury Groovin’ The Moo… It’s not a typical hip-hop sounding beat, which I loved from first listen. The song is about someone who falls from grace, and as crazy and futile as it might be, they can’t let go of their dream whatever the consequence.”

Tickets have been released as Illy hits the road for his biggest tour yet in October. With Sydney’s Spit Syndicate and Darwin’s Sietta on the bill, and ARIA Award winning producer M-Phazes as host, this tour is a not-to-be-missed showcase of the best of localhip hop. Illy, Spit Syndicate, Sietta and M-Phazes play in Adelaide on September 30, Hobart October 1, Sydney on October 14 and Melbourne on October 28. You can also catch Illy on stage at the Full Noise Festival in Townsville on October 8 (The Herd, Eskimo Joe, Grinspoon, The Vines), Sprung Festival in Brisbane on October 15 (Drapht, Phrase, Funkoars), 600 Sounds on the Gold Coast on October 21 (Drapht, Potbellez & Bag Raiders) and Fat As Butter in Newcastle on October 22 (The Living End, Naughty By Nature) plus more festivals soon to be announced.

Stay tuned for a local support to be added to capital city shows. Tickets on sale now from http://www.illyal.com. ‘Cigarettes’ is available now on itunes.

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Illy – Cigarettes: New film clip

28 07 2011

This is the third single from Illy’s wildly successful sophomore release The Chase, this track Cigarettes features Hue Blanes of the Melodics, with production by ARIA award‐winning M‐Phazes. Music video by Rockaway Media

This October, Illy hits the road for his biggest tour yet. With relentless live shows and two acclaimed albums under his belt, the emcee has earned his crown as one of our of country’s top hip hop artists. With Sydney’s Spit Syndicate and Darwin’s Sietta joining the bill, and ARIA Award winning producer M-Phazes as host, this tour is the perfect follow-up to the 21 date (mostly sold out) album tour last March.

It’s been one hell of a ride for Illy, with singles Pictures, It Can’t Wait’ (Feat. Owl Eyes), and The Chase already becoming radio favourites. Illy’s latest single Cigarettes has just hit radio and is a prime example of musical matching between M-Phazes and Illy.

Illy said, “Phazes first showed me this beat at the Bunbury Groovin’ The Moo… It’s not a typical hip-hop sounding beat, which I loved from first listen. The song is about someone who falls from grace, and as crazy and futile as it might be, they can’t let go of their dream whatever the consequence.”

In support is Sydney’s Spit Syndicate who earned an ARIA nomination for their second album Exile – proving again that Australian hip hop deserves its place in our musical forefront. NT duo, Sietta will also join the bill. Sietta are becoming a staple in Australian music with the strong vocals of Caiti Balker matched with the deep electric/hip-hop production of James Mangohig. Signing to The Herd’s own label, Elefant Traks, Sietta have their soul and blues drenched hip-hop debut The Seventh Passenger out now.

Purchase Illy’s single “(Cigarettes ft. Hue Blanes)” on iTunes here.

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Illy announces new tour feat. Spit Syndicate & Sietta

26 07 2011

Tour Dates
Tickets on sale this Friday July 29, from www.illyal.com
Friday September 30 – The Gov, Adelaide (Lic AA)
Saturday October 1 – The Waratah Hotel Hobart (18+)
Saturday October 8 – Full Noise Festival, Townsville (AA)*
Friday October 14 – Factory Theatre, Sydney (18+)
Saturday October 15 – Sprung Festival, Brisbane (Lic AA)*
Saturday October 22 – Fat As Butter, Newcastle (AA)*
Friday October 28 – The Palace, Melbourne (18+)

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Illy – The Chase [Out Now]

29 10 2010

Melbourne MC Illy returns with a stunning second album, The Chase. Fuelled by the blazing first single It Can Wait feat. Owl Eyes (#3, #4 most played on Triple J through the first two weeks of October 2010 and added to NOVA nights nationally and across the board in Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane), the album is the addiction to desire- the moments that define all the emotion and uncertainty of the pursuit of happiness.

Buoyed by an incredible palette of infectious production, The Chase is filled with soaring melodies (M-Phazes work on Cigarettes), hard hitting flow (We Don’t Care) and unmistakable chart topping appeal (Jan Skubiszewski with It Can Wait). The issues covered through the tracks are as diverse as Illy’s global outlook- from the ups and downs, to personal gain and wealth, to growing up in today’s ever changing world; it is about never standing still.

In Diamonds feat. Wren, Illy demonstrates a refined maturation in songwriting, trading right hook beats and rhymes for down beat melodies and quiet introspection. Cigarettes feat. Hue Blanes is the amalgamation of near-perfect pop sensibilities with piano-tuned production and hip hop attitude; taking flight with Illy’s stream of consciousness raps and Hue Blanes’ (of The Melodics) sweeping vocal hook.

Amongst the flourish of great rhymes, catchy beats and melodies, there rests the staple party tracks (Put Em In The Air) and hip hop anthems (Guess I Could), but it is the soul and substance of the album as a whole that will leave a lasting picture on those listening. This is the new addiction, the reality of right now, welcome to The Chase.

Track list:
1. Go
2. Guess I Could
3. It Can Wait feat. Owl Eyes
4. On the Bus
5. Cigarettes feat. Hue Blanes
6. Without a Doubt
7. We Don’t Care
8. Numbers Game
9. Feel Something
10. Put Em In the Air
11. Diamonds feat. Wren
12. The Chase feat. Oliver Daysoul
13. I Know feat. Joyride
14. Same Number, Same Hood
Featuring production by: M-Phazes, Jan Skubiszewski, Taku, Styalz Fuego, J Squared

THREE UP TOUR DATES
Illy is currently on tour around the country headlining the Three Up Tour on the following dates:
Fri Oct 29 – Sandbar, Mildura
Sat Oct 30 – Rocket Bar, Adelaide
Fri Nov 5 – The Hi Fi, Melbourne
Thu Nov 18 – Prince of Wales, Bunbury
Fri Nov 19 – Norfolk Basement, Fremantle
Sat Nov 20 – Amplifier Bar, Perth
Thu Nov 25 – Roi Bar, Albury
Fri Nov 26 – Yahoo Bar, Shepparton
Sat Nov 27 – Transit Bar, Canberra

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Illy – The Chase – 14 Tracks In 14 Days [Day 8]

22 10 2010

The anticipation for Illy’s second album, The Chase, continues to grow with the announcement that Triple J has selected it as next week’s Feature Album. Tune in to Triple J all week for your chance to hear more from The Chase! The album’s first single, It Can Wait (feat. Owl Eyes), was the 3rd and 4th most played track on Triple J for the last two weeks respectively. The single has also gained across the board NOVA adds through the country, including Nova 969 (Sydney), Nova 919 (Adelaide), Nova 1069 (Brisbane) along with night time rotation nationally. Expect a brand new music video for the single to hit the airwaves very soon. Illy has also been added to this year’s Pyramid Rock Festival, bringing in the New Year alongside an already illustrious roster of artists both national and international.

In the lead up to the release of his anticipated second album The Chase, Melbourne MC Illy has launched ‘14 Tracks in 14 Days’. What is 14 Tracks in 14 Days you ask? Commencing last Friday the 15th of October.Illy will be uploading 1 track per day off his new album The Chase for streaming via his official website www.illyal.com

Each track will be accompanied by a detailed description of the song, sharing exclusive details like the meanings behind the songs through to the recording process. This is intended to give fans not only an in-depth insight into the album, but also an idea of the overall flow of the record. Below you can find out what Illy had to say about Day 8′s track Numbers Game. You can check the track out here.

Day 8 – Track: ‘Numbers Game’
I got this instrumental off Skub the week before I left for South America over Christmas/New Years (almost every dollar I make goes to travelling – I’m committed to having a completely filled out passport by the time it expires in 2014). I had originally planned, and written to it, as a sort of travel song. It was cool, but although the beats got a lot of positivity to it, it’s also got a lot of room to talk about deeper shit. So I completely rewrote the verses in May or June, with a different theme and massively different flow.
A very broad inspiration behind the style of Numbers Game is in the way an old person talks to a young person about events in the past, that you weren’t there to see yourself. Their recollections usually skewed by personal opinions, like it’s not just the facts, its a story. I tried to use that style of story telling. The song’s basically me talking to a kid in the future, about how we were (are) in a bad way as a planet. I like to think that sooner or later we will reach the tipping point and stand up to this mess, so I wrote about overcoming the odds we’re currently faced with. I’m not normal a fan of autotune, but I think we pulled it off alright here.

The Chase out through Obese Records October 29th www.illyal.com

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Illy The Chase – 14 Tracks In 14 Days [Day 7]

21 10 2010

Each track will be accompanied by a detailed description of the song, sharing exclusive details like the meanings behind the songs through to the recording process. This is intended to give fans not only an in-depth insight into the album, but also an idea of the overall flow of the record. Below you can find out what Illy had to say about Day 7′s track We Don’t Care. You can check the track out here.

Day 7 – Track: ‘We Don’t Care’
Another Ta-Ku beat, this was the first track I finished writing for the album. Ta-Ku sent a beat, and the loop that makes up this track was a small part of it, maybe 8 bars of an entirely different song. I can’t remember the rest of the beat but this section stuck out, so I got him to build the beat around this loop.
The idea behind the track has to do with responding to a lot of the criticism that’s been directed my way since LSS dropped. It amazes me that people go to the efforts they do with it. I’m all for honest opinions, there’s nothing worse than yes-men, but I cant stand it when it crosses the line into flat out hating for the sake of it.
The third verse talks about my record label, Obese, and a lot of the gossip that was flying around in 2009. After a few of the big names moved on from the label, a lot of people who knew nothing about the situation took it upon themselves to label Obese a sinking ship. I wanted to address that, because what Obese has done for the scene is beyond argument. Almost every local hip-hop artist I look up to has at one point or another been on Obese, and with M-Phazes, SS, Mantra, Skryptcha and now myself dropping in the same year, its not exactly a barren spell.

Illy is currently on tour around the country headlining the Three Up Tour on the following dates: Thu Oct 14 – Bended Elbow, Geelong Sat Oct 16 – Karova Lounge, Ballarat Wed Oct 20 – Harp Hotel, Wollongong Thu Oct 21 – Bar on the Hill, Newcastle Fri Oct 22 – Annandale Hotel, Sydney Fri Oct 29 – Sandbar, Mildura Sat Oct 30 – Rocket Bar, Adelaide Fri Nov 5 – The Hi Fi, Melbourne Thu Nov 18 – Prince of Wales, Bunbury Fri Nov 19 – Norfolk Basement, Fremantle Sat Nov 20 – Amplifier Bar, PerthThu Nov 25 – Roi Bar, Albury Fri Nov 26 – Yahoo Bar, Shepparton Sat Nov 27 – Transit Bar, Canberra

The Chase out through Obese Records October 29th www.illyal.com

Illy The Chase – 14 Tracks In 14 Days [Day 6]

20 10 2010

Each track will be accompanied by a detailed description of the song, sharing exclusive details like the meanings behind the songs through to the recording process. This is intended to give fans not only an in-depth insight into the album, but also an idea of the overall flow of the record. Below you can find out what Illy had to say about Day 6′s track Without A Doubt. You can check the track out here.

Day 6 – Track: ‘Without A Doubt’
This song is another pretty straightforward jam. The beat had been sitting in his catalogue for a minute, so I picked it up pretty much as soon as I came back from South America. I had already had a few beats that I had on hold taken, so I knew it was going to get snapped up any day if I didn’t fork out for it. I bought it just before us and the BBS boys went out on the Pictures tour.

We sorta came to the conclusion that I had this beat, and had this tour, so we should throw it into the set.I’m never entirely comfortable with playing new stuff (I don’t have the ability to make songs that stick instantly, a lot of it takes a while to warm to) so I wanted to make the hook something that would go down well from the first listen.

I think we spent the first few shows of tour fucking up that song because I finished it like the week before tour started, but once we got the rhythm to it it worked perfectly. Again, it’s another undeniable beat, and its great to see people getting right into it when they can’t have heard the song more than once or twice at previous shows.

The Chase out through Obese Records October 29th www.illyal.com

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Illy The Chase – 14 Tracks In 14 Days [Day 5]

19 10 2010

In the lead up to the release of his anticipated second album The Chase, Melbourne MC Illy has launched ‘14 Tracks in 14 Days’. What is 14 Tracks in 14 Days you ask? Commencing last Friday the 15th of October. Illy will be uploading 1 track per day off his new album The Chase for streaming via his official website www.illyal.com

Each track will be accompanied by a detailed description of the song, sharing exclusive details like the meanings behind the songs through to the recording process. This is intended to give fans not only an in-depth insight into the album, but also an idea of the overall flow of the record. Below you can find out what Illy had to say about Day 5′s track Cigarettes. You can check the track out here.

Day 5 – Track: ‘Cigarettes’

Phazes first showed me this beat at the Bunbury Groovin The Moo. We’d been touring flat out for about 2 months up till this show, and this was the last big show we played together, so it was a kind of bittersweet thing. Phizzle, Cam (my drummer – HandiCam, Cameroon, Camdle, Camoron) and myself were in our room, and Phazes chucked that beat on. I lost my shit straight away.

It’s not a typical hip-hop sounding beat, which I loved from first listen. It’s got an almost pop feel, but those drums dirty the whole feel of the track up perfectly. I took a bit of inspiration from the movie The Wrestler, in that the song is about someone who falls from grace, and as crazy and futile as it might be, cant let go of their dream, whatever the consequences are as a result. The beat was originally a much more down-tempo track, and the original verses reflected that – there was a sense of hopelessness, where matey’s stuck in a downward spiral he’ll never get out of.

I’d planned on having a female vocal for the hook, but after the beat got changed, a chick wouldn’t have suited. Hue was my first choice male vocal for the hook; I knew him through his band The Melodics, he’s got a really unique voice, and it suited the track perfectly. He came in at 10am on a Monday session, and was out by midday with the hook bodied.

The Chase out through Obese Records October 29th www.illyal.com

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