Bliss N Eso's Colours Flying Higher

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

It's been another colossal week for Sydney's skyrocketing hip-hop trio, Bliss, Eso and Izm. Let's re-cap in chronological order:

BLISS N ESO NOMINATED FOR MTV AUSTRALIA AWARD

In the wake of their ARIA Award win, Bliss N Eso are now nominated for another of the country's most prestigious music awards. The new category in which they are nominated, Independent Spirit, is designed to recognise acts that have managed to flourish without the backing of a major label. Other acts nominated in this category include: Ladyhawke (Modular), Sia (Inertia), Sneaky Sound System (Whack) and Cut Copy (Modular). This is their second nomination for an MTV Award in two years.

BLISS N ESO FILM DVD AT SYDNEY'S METRO THEATRE

Just hours after receiving their MTV Award nomination, Bliss N Eso blew the roof off an unforgettable intimate gig to a sold-out audience of 1,200 lucky ticket holders at the Metro. Friday's show was recorded in its entirety for the upcoming Bliss N Eso Flying Colours Live CD and DVD releases, which are both due out in the coming months.

BLISS N ESO ANNOUNCED FOR SOUND RELIEF CONCERT AT THE MCG

On Tuesday morning, Bliss N Eso were announced to perform at Melbourne's Sound Relief concert on March 14th. The historic event, which sees all proceeds going to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal, is only the second time in a decade that a concert has taken place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, one of Australia's most iconic locations.

Bliss N Eso become the sole hip-hop act on the single stage set-up and join a phenomenal line-up which features Kings of Leon, Jack Johnson, Hunters & Collectors, Midnight Oil, Split Enz, Wolfmother, Paul Kelly, Augie March, Liam Finn, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Jet and Gabriella Cilmi. Sydney's show, which is held at the SCG on the same day, includes acts like Coldplay, The Presets, Eskimo Joe, You Am I and the Hoodoo Gurus amongst another incredible line-up. Sydney's Sound Relief will see all proceeds donated evenly to the Bushfire Appeal and Queensland's Disaster Relief Fund.

A year on, Bliss N Eso's Flying Colours LP still sits firmly inside ARIA's Top 100 album chart and is joined by The Presets' Apocalypso, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson's Rattlin' Bones, Gurrumul's Gurrumul as the only Australian albums to maintain such a high placing since their releases.