HIP HOP NEWS: Bliss N Eso Nominated for ARIA Award

Illusive Sounds are very proud to announce that Flying Colours, the third studio album from Sydney-based Hip Hop trio Bliss N Eso, is officially a nominee for Best Urban Release at this year's Motorola ARIA Awards. This signifies the trio's third consecutive ARIA nomination.

Bliss N Eso's nationwide Flying Colours Tour has begun with a hydrogen bomb-sized bang with three back-to-back sell out shows over the past weekend, including their already infamous show at Melbourne's Prince of Wales, which has earnt them the spot of Australia's premier Hip Hop act. The weekend's Bendigo gig was the first ever show to sell out the venue before. All remaining major city shows are all either in the stage of final ticket release or sold out.

In other big news, Flying Colours has won the Desktop Create Award for Best Packaging Design. After being chosen amongst the 500+ initial selections alongside designs for beer bottles, video game packaging, sauce containers and potato chip packets, and then graduating to the shortlist of 20 finalists, the album was announced as the category's winner at the Desktop Create Awards in Melbourne last Friday (September 12). The package was a collaborative effort between designer April 77 (who also worked on their previous album's artwork), illustrator and tattoo artist Steve Cross and photographer Dean Hammer.

With so much talk of threes, Flying Colours' upcoming third single, The Sea is Rising, surely has to break some kind of worldwide sales record.

Bliss N Eso Flying Colours Tour Dates (All Tickets Selling Fast):
- Friday 19th September, Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour                 
- Saturday 20th September, Yamba Bowling Club, Yamba              
- Thursday 25th September, Tomba’s Nightclub, Toowoomba         
- Friday 26th September, The Zoo, Brisbane                   
- Saturday 27th September, Sands Tavern, Sunshine Coast
- Thursday 2nd October, Great Northern, Byron Bay                  
- Friday 10th October, Cambridge, Newcastle                        
- Saturday 11th October, Woodport Inn, Erina                            
- Friday 17th October, Enmore Theatre, Sydney          
- Friday 24th October, Bombay Rock, Townsville                   
- Saturday 25th October, Cadence Nightclub, Cairns                  
- Thursday 30th October, Settlers Tavern, Margaret River                       
- Friday 31st October, Players Bar, Mandurah
- Saturday 1st November, Capitol, Perth                                      
- Saturday 8th November, The Gov, Adelaide
- Friday 14th November, Wrestpoint Entertainment Centre, Hobart                                 
- Saturday 15th November, Batman Fawkner Inn, Launceston                                
- Sunday 16th November, YouthArk, Hobart