Latest Release
- APR 6, 2023
- 1 Song
- Off the Grid · 2017
- Off The Grid · 2017
- Running On Air · 2010
- Off the Grid · 2017
- Flying Colours · 2008
- Off the Grid · 2017
- Circus In The Sky · 2013
- Off the Grid · 2017
- Circus In The Sky · 2013
- Off the Grid · 2017
Essential Albums
- If Bliss n Eso’s first two albums—2004’s Flowers in the Pavement and 2006’s Day of the Dog—introduced them as lively, if inconsistent, hip-hop party-starters, then Flying Colours, their third, established them as a more serious group. Encouraged by their growing profile, they relocated from Sydney to Melbourne, where they recorded the album during an intensive three-month period. They found inspiration in unusual places—witness the cover of Citizen Cope’s “Bullet and a Target,” complete with 20-piece African vocal group The Connections Zulu Choir, or the thoughtful “Eye of the Storm,” which samples Angus & Julia Stone's “Paper Aeroplane.” The trio are at their most playful on the funk-meets-Latin melodies of “Happy in My Hoody” and the skit-riddled “Royal Flush,” while some songs showcase a newfound depth, such as “The Sea Is Rising,” a string-laden call to arms that laments the pollution of the earth and politicians' misguided priorities. The album's ensuing tour saw Bliss n Eso break box office records for the genre in Australia, and become the first local hip-hop act to tour America.
Albums
- 2017
Compilations
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About Bliss n Eso
Since forming in 2000, the Australian rap trio Bliss n Eso have built a huge national following and notched three chart-topping albums. For many fans, they define Australian hip-hop. • At first, the crew was known as Bliss n Esoterikizm. They shortened the name to appeal to an international audience. • In December 2005, BNE served as an opening act on the Australian leg of 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Tour. • The trio made the Top 10 of the ARIA charts with their third album, 2008’s Flying Colours. • Bliss n Eso topped the ARIA charts in 2010 with their album Running on Air. They would string together three consecutive No. 1 albums thanks to 2013’s Circus in the Sky, which features a collaboration with legendary New York rapper Nas, and 2017’s Off the Grid. • The group returned in 2020 with the electronic-leaning “Lighthouse,” featuring Jake Isaac, their first song in three years.
- ORIGIN
- Sydney, Australia
- FORMED
- 2000
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap