Messiah J & The Expert are a strange breed. They were born three days apart in February 1981 in two hospitals to four parents in one Dublin. Both were heavily interested in music from an early age and they spent their childhood and teenage years collecting football stickers, records and heroes. They met at a Scratch Perverts instore in late 1999 and started to hang out. Influenced by the early nineties golden era of Hip Hop, they saw in each other a similar understanding and ethic and went about writing songs.

After three or four years learning their trade in a three piece group called Creative Controle, with whom they released two Eps (Bloodrush and Check The Vision), they formed Messiah J & The Expert. They released their debut album, 'What's Confusing You?' in 2003 on Volta sounds which was received very warmly and sold out of its first pressing. They were happy and played many, many gigs and had much, much fun. The influence list grew too.

When MJEX finished touring and promoting album number one, they drew breath and went about trying to become better songwriters. They wanted to be more than just another straightforward Hip Hop group. They wanted to be a great band. A feast of records were devoured. Messiah J moved house. Now living a stonesthrow from each other, lots of writing was done. They assembled a series of demos which resulted in a Lamacq session on the BBC in May 2005. They reeled in G Bone on guitar and The Twiddler on bass and became pretty damn tight live.

2006 saw the birth of Inaudible Records, a record label set up by MJEX and their manager, General Knowledge. The first release was a limited edition 12" single 'When The Bull Gores The Matador' (feat C Rayz Walz of Def Jux).

The second MJEX album - Now This I Have To Hear - was released in Ireland and the UK in 2006

Here's what the Irish press said about the record:

"An album loaded with smart tunes, killer lines and lots of justifiable bravado" The Irish Times
"The dopest Hip-Hop joints you'll hear this year" The Star
"One of the best albums this country has seen since, well, we don't remember when" In Dublin
"An album that will be impossible to ignore" The Irish Post
"The hip-hop equivalent of water into wine" Hot Press
"Choc-a-bloc with great ideas, great samples and fun-filled rhythms, Messiah J & The Expert have produced a genuinely exciting album that has cross the board appeal" Totally Dublin
"Now this you have to hear" NME

'Now This I Have To Hear' was nominated for The 2006 Choice Music Prize - Irish Album Of The Year and in March, MJEX played SXSW in Austin, Texas. MJEX have just finished their third album and it's the best thing they've ever done...................To Be Continued

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Influences:

Bjork, DJ Shadow, The Kinks, Aesop Rock, The Smiths, Portishead, Rakim, Hip Hop '88 to '96, Sage Francis, Holland Dozier Holland, David Bowie, Wu Tang Clan, Axelrod, The Clash, Rass Kass, The Zombies, Aphex Twin, 60s nuggets and psych music and lots more