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Whisper – Free Download

Jim Steps

The track is called, ‘Stand Up’, and the beat was produced by M-Phazes, featuring Lee Sissing on the hook. It also features a whole bunch of the Obese Records fam. Here’s a bit of what Whisper had to say about his latest work. ‘Stand Up’ is the first single off my upcoming free-album, ‘In Good Company’. Which will feature a heap of collabs with some amazing local emcees, vocalists and producers. Check out the ‘Stand Up’ clip on a earlier post here. Whisper is the triple threat. He’s an experienced emcee and producer, plus, the boy can sing! Whisper has … Continue reading Whisper – Free Download

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Bliss N Eso – Flying Colours Limited Edition Vinyl Release

Jim Steps

Bliss N Eso have officially announced the release of  the Flying Colours limited edition vinyl. This is the ultimate vinyl collectors piece featuring the original Aria Award winning Gold album on wax together with BnE’s amazing Flying Colours Live DVD. Packaged in a deluxe double gate fold cover with full foil and gloss finishes and full colour inner vinyl sleeves. This is a must have for every BnE fan but, copies are limited, so get in quick. It’s an impressive package and we can’t wait to grab one…or two. This is only available at Flying Colours Clothing website here. Check … Continue reading Bliss N Eso – Flying Colours Limited Edition Vinyl Release

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Bliss N Eso – New Merch

Jim Steps

After 12 months in the making Bliss N Eso finally introduced the new BnE Basketball Jerseys as a part of the summer range at FC Clothing. Limited to only 100 of each colour, available in white or yellow & presented with a special BnE card set, these will surely sell out fast. Be the first to get your hands on the BnE basketball Jerseys this weekend at the BNE SUNDAY SESSION BBQ! You can find out all the details on that one here. These seriously are dope as and I will be doing my best to grab one! Check the … Continue reading Bliss N Eso – New Merch

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Flying Colours Vinyl pre-release signing

Jim Steps

In celebration of Flying Colours Live being released on wax Bliss n Eso have teamed up with the RecordStore to bring you an exclusive pre release singing. Here is your chance to be first in the country to get your hands on this very special limited edition vinyl (only 500 copies) plus get it signed by Bliss, Eso & DJ Izm. Come say what up to the boys, grab a sausage off the BBQ and check out DJ Izm spinning live on the decks. There will also be some sneak peaks of the new Flying Colours Clothing Summer Drop. For … Continue reading Flying Colours Vinyl pre-release signing

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Bliss N Eso – New US Tour Artwork

Jim Steps

Bliss N Eso have just released their new tour artwork for the trip over to the US. Justin Maller was the designer behind this piece. We all wish Bliss N Eso the best of luck with the US tour, and we hope that they are well received. Justin Maller has also done some other cool work for Pez, check it out below. To check out more of his work head to his web page here, or twitter here. Continue reading Bliss N Eso – New US Tour Artwork

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OZ Artist 2009 – Vote for Bliss N Eso

Jim Steps

The top 4 include Empire of the Sun, Short Stake, Kisschasey and of course Bliss n Eso. Voting starts all over again with the winner to be announced on Channel V in a 60 minute special on Saturday 10 October at 12noon. Votes close this Thursday October 8, so be quick to have your say in the OZ artist 2009 awards. The guys need your help to take out the title! Last week also saw the launch of the long awaited Flying Colours Clothing website. Featuring a heap of new BnE merch including unisex Hoodies, Guys & Girls Tees, Girls … Continue reading OZ Artist 2009 – Vote for Bliss N Eso

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Flying Colours Clothing Now Open

Jim Steps

After months of waiting and waiting, Bliss N Eso heads will finally be happy to hear that Flying Colours Clothing website is now live!!. That’s right, the lads have stepped it up with an exclusive online store offereing everyone access to the full Flying Colours range. The site looks flash as and is easy to use. The range seems pretty extensive. Although, I would have loved to have had a second chance at grabbing a Big Undie reversable Bliss N Eso, Flying Colours hoody. As an introductory special the guys are offering, with any hoody purchase, the sort after Pez … Continue reading Flying Colours Clothing Now Open

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Armed To The Teeth Tour – Bliss N Eso

Jim Steps

As we heard the other day Bliss n Eso would like to announce that they are taking time out of the recording of their fourth studio album to showcase their highly praised live show across the USA. Below you can find the dates. The Sydney trio has been confirmed to play shows in 15 US cities alongside Canada’s biggest hip-hop act, Swollen Members. After their hugely successful Flying Colours Live Tour the guys put a halt on playing shows to focus on getting the new album done. But an unrefusable offer coming directly from the iconic Canadian group will see … Continue reading Armed To The Teeth Tour – Bliss N Eso

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Flying Colours Clothing Preview

Jim Steps

Flying Colours Clothing officially launched over the Flying Colours Live Tour and has gone from strength to strength. Reports are that new stock has arrived and the long awaited FlyingColoursClothing.com will open its doors this week!! Stay tuned for more news when it comes to light. If you want to know what’s happening in the Bliss N Eso camp before everyone else, sign up to the guys mailing list. Check above for a preview of whats to come. Flying Colours Clothing officially launched over the Flying Colours Live Tour. We’ve just recieved new stock and the long awaited FlyingColoursClothing.com will … Continue reading Flying Colours Clothing Preview

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Bliss N Eso United States Tour

Jim Steps

It’s has been a massive year for Bliss N Eso, and it’s only getting bigger. Twitter peeps were given an exclusive link to a website announcing that Bliss N Eso will be touring the USA. The great news didn’t stop there. Bliss n Eso have halted recording duties on their new album to go on this tour. The guys had been working on their fourth album in a secret recording studio in the Victorian bush (we have seen some Twitter pics of this secret studio) but when they received a call from Canada’s biggest hip-hop act, Swollen Members, asking if they’d support … Continue reading Bliss N Eso United States Tour

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Aussie hip hop in the media…

Jim Steps

An interesting article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today, titled ‘Phat Of The Land’ written by Craig Mathieson featuring comments from Eso, Pegz, Diafrix and mentioning crews Hilltop Hoods, The Herd and Killerqueenz. Now I say interesting article, not for the content, as it’s a story we’ve all heard a million times over, but more interesting for the reaction that it caused throughout the Australian Hip Hop community. From the comments raised on twitter, we see some interesting points of view on the article and hopefully some good buzz for those involved.  Read the reactions below. Urthboy: urthboy ozhiphop … Continue reading Aussie hip hop in the media…

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Bliss N Eso Newsletter

Jim Steps

It seems it’s newsletter time as we see Bliss N Eso’s July update. Inside this issue we have reviews and pictures from the Flying Colours tour, a great read. We also see the official announcement of the On Tour Documentary. The guys have released a cool little website with some video updates for your viewing pleasure. Expect to see some new merch coming from The Bliss N Eso Shop, another Big Undie Collab would be killer. Peep the newsletter here. Continue reading Bliss N Eso Newsletter

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Bliss N Eso feature on EA Sport Fight Night Round 4

Jim Steps

Illusive are very excited to announce that local hip-hop juggernauts and serial video game junkies Bliss N Eso will have a track featured on the new instalment of EA’s seminal boxing series – Fight Night.  The selected track, Field of Dreams, which also features Illusive’s skyrocketing soulstress Paris Wells, will be the only Australian song to feature on the game’s soundtrack. Fight Night Round 4 was released worldwide on June 25th and will undoubtedly continue the much acclaimed franchise’s stranglehold on the boxing game genre. Other acts to feature on the title include Snoop Dogg, Bloc Party and Mos Def. EA Sports Australia caught up with … Continue reading Bliss N Eso feature on EA Sport Fight Night Round 4

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Bliss N Eso back home

Jim Steps

Bliss N Eso are back home after an amazing sold out tour, but as the lads have admitted that “there is no rest for the wicked”. The guys will have a week off and it will be back to work, we hear that a documentary could be in the pipeline, amongst other things. If you would like to read some reviews of the Flying Colours Tour, check here at FasterLouder. You can also peep some cool photos, like the above shot by badjonni. On a side note, it seems that Bliss N Eso now have over 2000 followers on Twitter. … Continue reading Bliss N Eso back home

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BLISS N ESO – Sold out!

Jim Steps

Bliss N Eso will contend for Urban Work of the year at tonight’s APRA awards. The lads have been nominated for their songs, Woodstock 2008 and The Sea Is Rising. The guys will also be performing, live The Sea Is Rising. Make sure you tune into MAX for a special broadcast, on Sunday July 5 at 8.30pm to catch some of the highlights. In other Bliss N Eso news, the Perth leg of the Flying Colours tour has sold out making the whole tour a complete sell out. Congrats should go to the guys as they have one of the … Continue reading BLISS N ESO – Sold out!

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TZU guest program rage

Jim Steps

Catch the lads from TZU hooking us up with a killer playlist this weekend. Tune in from 10am – 11am Saturday morning for an hour long taste of what’s to come, with the full guest programming from 11.45pm Saturday night, ABC1. Check below for the allaussie hip hop version or for a full program rundown go to the rage website here. AUSSIE HIP HOP TIMES 1:00am ILLZILLA Cut Feet (Shock) 2:00am KID KOALA Fender Bender (Creative Vibes) 2:30am TZU Dam Busters (Liberation) TZU Wild Stylee (Independent) TZU She Gets Up (Liberation) TZU In Front Of Me (Liberation) TZU Computer Love (Liberation) TZU Mondays (Liberation) … Continue reading TZU guest program rage

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BLISS N ESO – GOLD!

Jim Steps

Well done to the guys, a great effort. On the weekend of the release of their highly anticipated Flying Colours Live deluxe edition, the original version of the Sydney trio’s hugely acclaimed third album has gone GOLD after 58 weeks in the ARIA charts. The deluxe edition of the album features the Flying Colours LP plus their brand new single On Tour (currently in high-rotation on Triple J and Nova nationwide) along with a DVD which features their intimate performance at Sydney’s sold-out Metro Theatre in February of this year. In addition, the DVD also includes MTV’s Out of Africa … Continue reading BLISS N ESO – GOLD!

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BLISS N ESO – Major Announcement

Jim Steps

The Twitter account of Bliss N Eso has had a few msg’s for their follows over the last twenty four hours, many relating to a major announcement. According to a tweet posted 3 hours ago, the major announcement drops today! All indications point to a new clothing label from the guys (INCORRECT) . This could be on the back of the hugely popular Big Undie x Bliss n Eso Collab. We have a preview of the newly created website called flyingcoloursclothing.com (check above). It’s GOLD GOLD GOLD for Bliss N Eso’s, Flying Colours!! So far it’s been a massive year … Continue reading BLISS N ESO – Major Announcement

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RALPH MAG x Aussie Hip Hop

Jim Steps

  The June issue of Ralph Magazine has hit the stands and features Skryptcha, Dialectrix and Phrase, all suited up for the fashion section. Skryptcha had this to say about the shoot “We had a lot of fun doing the shoot so please do go check it out, the mag is out on newsstands now with the very, very, very hot – Emily Scott on the cover!” The guys all have a lil’ Ralph style interview in there for a laugh, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy too. Check out the interview with Phrase here. While you are over at the … Continue reading RALPH MAG x Aussie Hip Hop

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JUNE 12 – A huge day in aussie hip hop

Jim Steps

With two huge release’s dropping yesterday and a massive concert from Bliss n Eso at Festival Hall, it surely was the biggest day on the hip hop calendar this year. All reports on Twitter said the Bliss N Eso show was massive. Soulmate Records had this to say solm8 “‘Happy In My Hoody’ remix feat Pez + 360 LIVE was rather epic…” Yesterday also saw the release of the highly anticipated State Of The Art album from the Hilltop Hoods. My local hip hop retailer said “We have sold over a hundred in 3 hours”. Bliss n Eso also used … Continue reading JUNE 12 – A huge day in aussie hip hop

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OBR 065 – ILLY

Jim Steps

Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce to you Obese Records latest,  Illy. Illy teams up with some big names on this album, and he promises to deliver. Illy enlists the help of his fellow Crooked Eye Crew member M-Phazes (producer of Bliss n Eso’s Flying Colours) and Jackson Jackson’s J-Skub (Phrase’s Clockwork) for the bulk of the album, with stellar contributions from up and comers J-Squared and Ta-Ku. Generation Y is the first single of the album and is described as a politically driven ode to the power of those whose days as the underdog are numbered. Long Story Short … Continue reading OBR 065 – ILLY

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BLISS N ESO – FLYING TOUR

Jim Steps

Hip-hop trio Bliss N Eso are about to return with their first solo tour in almost a year, and this time they’re upping the ante and tearing the roof off a whole new calibre of venues. Their Flying Colours album, released over a year ago, has amazingly remained in the ARIA Album Charts ever since, and spawned four massive singles in Bullet and a Target, Woodstock 2008, Eye of the Storm and The Sea is Rising. A special 2 disk Deluxe edition of the album entitled Flying Colours Live, has been pushed back till June 12, features a live show … Continue reading BLISS N ESO – FLYING TOUR

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PHRASE – CLOCKWORK

Jim Steps

That’s right peeps, its been almost 4 years since his critically acclaimed debut album Talk With Force was unleashed on the world.  Last month Phrase, returned with his long-awaited and highly anticipated sophomore release, “Clockwork”. Featuring guest performances from Wendy Matthews, Jackson Jackson, Bliss N Eso, Daniel Merriweather, Kram, Illy and Max White, Clockwork is without a doubt one of the boldest releases to emerge this year. Debuting in the top 30  CLOCKWORK is already making waves throughout the country! You can grab a free Mp3 download of Clockwork the track via Phrase’s Website. Below is a little extract from … Continue reading PHRASE – CLOCKWORK

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BLISS N ESO NOMINATED – 2009 APRA AWARDS

Jim Steps

Bliss n Eso have just been nominated for the 2009 APRA Awards for “Urban Work of the Year – 2009” The nominations for the award are as follows: Bliss N Eso – The Sea Is Rising Bliss N Eso – Woodstock 2008 Jessica Mauboy feat. Flo Rida –Running Back Jade MacRae – In The Basement Joel Turner feat. C4 and KNO – City of Dreams The winner will be announced at the 2009 APRA Music Awards on Tuesday June 23rd. Checkout all the nominations at: http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/Nominations.aspx. The 2009 APRA Music Awards will be hosted by Jonathan Biggins and will feature … Continue reading BLISS N ESO NOMINATED – 2009 APRA AWARDS