Occupation(s) Rapper Years active 2008-present Instruments Rap | Name Alasdair Murray Genres Hip hop music | |
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Birth name Alasdair David George Murray Born 6 September 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-09-06 ) Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Associated acts Crooked Eye, Allday, Elemont Role Hip-hop artist ยท illyal.com Albums Cinematic, The Chase, Long Story Short, Bring It Back Profiles | ||
Record labels Obese Records, UNFD | ||
Illy papercuts feat vera blue official video
Alasdair David George Murray (born 6 September 1986), better known by his stage name Illy, is a recording artist from Frankston in Melbourne, Australia. Before his solo career, Illy was a member of Crooked Eye, but opted to leave the group. He released his first solo album in 2009, entitled Long Story Short, and has released three further albums. His second The Chase, was nominated for an ARIA award while his third Bring It Back won. Furthermore, in 2016 he released an album titled Two Degrees. He has toured internationally both as headliner and as support to the Hilltop Hoods in 2014 world tour in Europe.
Contents
- Illy papercuts feat vera blue official video
- Illy tightrope official video
- Music
- APRA Awards
- ARIA Awards
- Discography
- References
Illy tightrope official video
Music
Illy was a member of Crooked Eye before embarking on a solo career. He released 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 rotation on Triple J. In April 2010, Illy embarked on his first national headlining tour, playing 12 dates nationally. In September the same year, Illy toured nationally alongside Australian rappers 360 and Skryptcha for "The Three Up Tour".
He appeared on the track "Take It from Me" on producer M-Phazes' debut album Good Gracious released in 2010.
In October 2010, Illy, released his second album The Chase, and its lead single "It Can Wait" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number fifty-eight. In October 2011, "It Can Wait" was certified Gold by ARIA after selling 35,000 copies. In 2011, Illy was nominated for an ARIA Music Award for Best Urban Album for The Chase, which was won by Drapht. His single "Cigarettes" was on high rotation on Triple J and came 35th in the 2011 Triple J Hottest 100. In February 2011, Illy embarked on his 14-date nationwide "The Chase Tour", with special guest M-Phazes.
Illy released his third album, Bring It Back, on 21 September 2012, following the release of the single "Heard it All". This album was described by Illy as a "passion project" and a "tribute" to the Australian hip hop scene. He announced a corresponding 24-date nationwide tour, spanning from August until October 2012, with Australian hip-hop producer Chasm and Skryptcha as support acts. At the 2013 Aria Music Awards, Bring It Back won Illy the Aria Award for "Best Urban Album".
Illy left Obese Records following the release of Bring It Back to set up his own label, ONETWO records, and signed South Australian hip hop artist Allday. The label is a collaboration with the We Are Unified (UNFD) music company, which is also Illy's global management representative.
His fourth studio album, Cinematic, a sequel to The Chase, was released through ONETWO on 8 November 2013. The album is executive produced by M-Phazes. M-Phazes also produced 10 of the 13 tracks, with J-Skub, Styalz Fuego and Cam Bluff producing one each. It debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Charts on 16 November 2013. Artists who feature on the album include the Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, Kira Puru, Ahren Stringer, Thomas Jules from Rudimental and Daniel Merriweather. He announced on his Facebook page that his fourth album will be released through his own record label, "ONETWO", in association with Warner Music Australia. The singles for the album include "On & On", "Youngbloods" (featuring Ahren Stringer from The Amity Affliction) and a free iTunes single "Cinematic".
"Swear Jar", Illy's first single release in 2015 was released on November 17.
Illy's most successful track "Papercuts" came in at 7th in the Hottest 100 2016.
APRA Awards
At the APRA Music Awards of 2015 Illy won Urban Work of the Year for "Tightrope" featuring Scarlett Stevens. In April 2017 he won the same category for "Papercuts" (featuring Vera Blue).
ARIA Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Illy had been nominated three times.