Messiah J and The Expert

Messiah J & The Expert are a rapper/producer duo from Dublin, Ireland. They originally met at a Scratch Perverts instore in 1999 and became part of a seven-strong collective, The Stonecutters. Alongside, DJ Mayhem, they formed Creative Controle. A four-track demo soon made it's way into the hands of No Disco presenter Leagues O'Toole who released their first two singles ('Bloodrush'/'The Dose' and 'Check The Vision') on his label, Volta Records (co-owned by Dave O'Grady). In 2002, Messiah J and The Expert decided to continue as a two-piece and shortly after switched their name. Their first release under the name Messiah J & The Expert, the single 'First Place', came out in September 2003, quickly followed by their debut album, 'What's Confusing You?'. The album included 'Bloodrush' and 'Check The Vision' which had originally been released by Creative Controle.This incarnation of the band featured DJ Flip and K-Why in their live line-up but by June 2004, the live line-up consisted of Messiah J , The Expert, The Twiddler on bass and G-bone on guitar. They played their last gig of that year in June supporting The Streets in Dublin Castle. They have, over the years, also supported Public Enemy, Gangstarr, De La Soul, Jurassic 5, Wyclef Jean, Buck 65, The Pharcyde, El-P, Jeru The Damaja and others. In 2005, they recorded a session for Steve Lamacq who had heard a demo for a track from their yet-to-be-finished second album called 'Something Outta Nothing'. This also led to plays by other BBC Radio 1 DJ's. In March 2006, they released a 12" featuring New York rapper, C-Rayz Walz, entitled 'When The Bull Gores The Matador' on their own label, Inaudible Records.This was followed in September 2006 by a release of 'Something Outta Nothing', featuring Leda Egri on vocals. And in October 2006, they released the album, 'Now This I Have To Hear', which was nominated for a Choice Music Prize in January 2007. The tracks, 'Place Your Bets' and 'All The Other Girls' were also released as singles. A low-key tour mini-album compiling 5 new tracks and 5 previously released b-sides, '...And Another Thing' came out in 2007. In October 2007, a download-only single, 'Superfamous Supertune' was made available from their website, www.messiahjandtheexpert.comThey are currently working on their third studio album, which is due for release in Summer 2008.

External links

* [http://www.messiahjandtheexpert.com/ Official Messiah J & The Expert Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/messiahjandtheexpert/ Official Messiah J & The Expert Myspace page]