Esoterik

Max Donald Mackinnon, (born 31 December 1980) who performs as Esoterik or Eso, is an Australian hip hop recording artist and founding member of Bliss n Eso since 2000.

In 2018, he released his debut solo EP, My Astral Plane. It was nominated for Best Urban Release at the 2018 ARIA Music Awards.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".

! |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2009 | "Woodstock 2008" <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley, Noam Dishon) | rowspan="2"| Best Urban Work | rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"| |- | "The Sea Is Rising" – Bliss n Eso <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley, Noam Dishon) |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | "On Tour" – Bliss n Eso <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley, Mark Landon) | Best Urban Work | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2011 | "Addicted" – Bliss n Eso <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley) | rowspan="2"| Best Urban Work | rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"| |- | "Down By the River" – Bliss n Eso <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley) |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2012 | "Reflections" – Bliss n Eso <br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley) | Best Urban Work | | |- | "Act Your Age" – Bliss n Eso | Song of the Year | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2014 | "Act Yr Age"<br/> | rowspan="2"| Best Urban Work | | rowspan="2"| |- | "House of Dreams"<br>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley and M-Phazes) | |- ! scope="row"| 2015 | "My Life" – Bliss n Eso <br> (Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley, Matthew Kirk, Nigel Kirk, Ebony West) | Best Urban Work | | |- ! scope="row"| 2018 | "Moments" – Bliss n Eso <br/> (Kaelyn Behr, Peter James Harding, Max Mackinnon, Nicholas Martin, Jonathan Notley, Ryan Vojtesak) | Best Urban Work | | |- ! scope="row"| 2019 | "Believe" – Bliss n Eso <br/>(Max MacKinnon, Jonathan Notley, PJ Harding, Cameron Ludik, Damian Smith) | Best Urban Work | |

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

! |- ! scope="row"| 2018 | My Astral Plane | Best Urban Release | |

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