22-year-old MC Skryptcha is the latest member of the Obese Records stable writing his way to the upper echelon of Australian hip hop. Taking his first lyrical strides in 2003, Skryptcha is blessed by the gifts of a musical family; a grandfather who spent the 60
The Tongue is one hell of an MC. He is diverse (has recorded with Urthboy, Bertie Blackman, The Bag Raiders, Gift Of Gab (Blackalicious), Katalyst, Braintax (UK), Georgia Anne Muldrow (USA), Muph and Plutonic etc), Prolific (EP "Bad Education", LP "Shock And Awe", two mixtapes) and renowned for his impressive live show (as seen at Big Day Out, Good Vibrations, Groovin The Moo, Sydney Festival etc).
Bliss n Eso are an ARIA award winning Australian hip hop group based in Sydney, Australia and were originally known as Bliss n' Esoterikizm. They formed in 2000. From an early stage in their career, Bliss N Eso primarily built their fan base from their compelling and energetic live performances. An exhilarating blend of fluid rhymes and banging beats teamed with beat boxing, impromptu freestyling and seamless turntablism make their live shows a brand in their own right, and has seen the group hailed as one of the best live acts in the country.
The first two Def Wish Cast hard core hip hop releases have become legendary. Both "Mad as a Hatter" 1991 and "Knights of the underground Table" 1992 are available for instant download or hard copy from www.defwishcast.com Def Wish Cast hail from the west of Sydney and were contracted to my record company while still at school. Both recordings were engineered and produced by me Def Wish Cast, and Robert Bleeker at "Total Sound" Studio [www.tsrecording.com].
Hailing from what rural Queenslanders commonly refer to as ‘The Big Smoke’, Brisbane born “Evil Eddie” looks set to become the next big winner on the cult variety show “Bundamba’s Got Talent”. Having served as front man for the three time ‘Aria’ award nominated Hip Hop/Punk outfit ‘Butterfingers’ for the last nine years, “Evil Eddie” is now a solo man for the first time under his own moniker -while the rest of the Butterfingers team tend to the communally owned truffle farm.
After four years of non-stop touring with stage partner Phatchance, Sydney’s Luke Girgis aka Coptic Soldier has travelled the country on sold out national tours supporting artists such as Bliss n Eso, The Potbelleez, The Herd, Drapht, Pez, The Funkoars, Pegz, Muph n Plutonic and Phrase as well as international heavy weights Method Man and Redman, De La Soul and Planet Asia. In 2009 he launched his street release ‘The Past Three Years Diary’ to a capacity crowd at the popular Oxford Art Factory in Sydney.
There are more than one artist named Chasm, one an Australian hip hop DJ, the other a technical death metal group from Scotland 1) Chasm the DJ is heavily influenced and inspired by soul, roots, reggae and jazz music; all of which is highly evident in the construction of his unique production that results in Chasm bringing a distinctive flavour to Australian hip hop. With a penchant for old analogue gear and dusty vinyl, this beat-smith can most often be found deep in the crates of his local record store.
Infallible adj. Incapable of error; certain
Stratosphere n. An extremely high or the highest point or degree
“Rap isn’t real music!”
Try telling Infallible (aka Jose Barroso) that. Defying the propaganda of a high school teacher who ripped up one of his rhymes when he was a youngster, the rising star of Australian made hip hop has been building an art form out of his deft rap style.