M-Phazes
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M-Phazes is an Australian Hip Hop
producer and artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Born on the Gold Coast he relocated to Melbourne to further his musical career. Originally known for his production work he has produced for artists such as Bliss n Eso
, Phrase, Drapht, Dialectrix
, Muph & Plutonic
, Spit Syndicate
, Urthboy, Syntax, and The Tongue
, as well as American hip hop artists Pharoahe Monch
, Talib Kweli
and Slaughterhouse. He released his debut solo album, Good Gracious, in 2010. The album features many guest appearances, including Mantra
, Muph & Plutonic, Phrase
, Spit Syndicate
, Bliss N Eso, Illy
and Pez
, and reached the top 20 of the ARIA album charts. Good Gracious was a featured album on national youth radio station Triple J
. The album earned M-Phazes an ARIA Award for Best Urban Album.
Australian hip hop
Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...
producer and artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Born on the Gold Coast he relocated to Melbourne to further his musical career. Originally known for his production work he has produced for artists such as Bliss n Eso
Bliss n Eso
Bliss n Eso are an ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band based in Sydney, and were originally known as Bliss N' Esoterikizm for their debut EP The Arrival...
, Phrase, Drapht, Dialectrix
Dialectrix
Dialectrix is an Australian hip hop artist from the Blue Mountains. He was a member of Down Under Beats Crew and since 2008 has been in Gully Platoon...
, Muph & Plutonic
Muph & Plutonic
Muph & Plutonic is an Australian hip hop group. It is composed of MC Muphin and DJ–drummer–producer Plutonic Lab, both of whom released several solo albums before joining together to form a combined act in 2004.-Plutonic Lab:...
, Spit Syndicate
Spit Syndicate
Spit Syndicate are an ARIA Award nominated Australian hip hop duo based in Sydney.-Biography:In 2006, Spit Syndicate debuted by releasing a mixtape CD: The Future's Bright....
, Urthboy, Syntax, and The Tongue
The Tongue
The Tongue is a Sydney music artist signed to Australian independent label Elefant Traks. He has recorded with Dudley Perkins, Ozi Batla, DJ Diaz, Urthboy, Bertie Blackman, The Bag Raiders, Gift Of Gab , Katalyst, Braintax, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Muph & Plutonic.He has released an EP , two LPs...
, as well as American hip hop artists Pharoahe Monch
Pharoahe Monch
Pharoahe Monch is an American hip hop artist. He is known for his complex lyrics, complex delivery, and internal and multisyllabic rhyme schemes.-Biography:...
, Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene , better known as Talib Kweli, is an American hip-hop artist and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" ; his in Swahili means "true"...
and Slaughterhouse. He released his debut solo album, Good Gracious, in 2010. The album features many guest appearances, including Mantra
Illzilla
Illzilla are an Australian hip hop group featuring live instruments. The group mix together funk, reggae and rock.Illzilla released their debut album Wasteland in 2008...
, Muph & Plutonic, Phrase
Phrase (rapper)
Harley Webster —better known as Phrase—is an Australian hip hop MC, originating from Melbourne, Victoria.-History:Phrase began to piece together an album with producers Daniel Merriweather and J-Skub , while working part-time for the Reach Youth foundation, an organization that Phrase credits with...
, Spit Syndicate
Spit Syndicate
Spit Syndicate are an ARIA Award nominated Australian hip hop duo based in Sydney.-Biography:In 2006, Spit Syndicate debuted by releasing a mixtape CD: The Future's Bright....
, Bliss N Eso, Illy
Illy (rapper)
Illy is an Australian Hip Hop Artist from Melbourne, Victoria. He was a member of Crooked Eye and has since gone solo, releasing his first album, Long Story Short in 2009. Long Story Short reached #24 on the ARIA Top 40 Urban Albums chart and the lead single, "Pictures", was placed on national...
and Pez
PEZ
Pez is the brand name of an Austrian confectionery and the mechanical pocket dispensers for the same...
, and reached the top 20 of the ARIA album charts. Good Gracious was a featured album on national youth radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. The album earned M-Phazes an ARIA Award for Best Urban Album.
Discography
- Good Gracious (2010) - Obese
- Phaze One (2011) - Collaboration album with Emilio Rojas