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Enzso

{{Short description|Orchestral project}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = ENZSO

|image =

|caption =

|background = group_or_band

|alias =

|origin = New Zealand

|instrument =

|genre = Orchestral, rock

|occupation =

|years_active = 1995–1999

|label = Sony, Epic

|associated_acts = New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Split Enz

|website =

|current_members =

|past_members = New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Eddie Rayner
Dave Dobbyn
Annie Crummer
Neil Finn
Tim Finn
Sam Hunt
Jon Stevens
Boh Runga
Margaret Urlich
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

}}

ENZSO was an orchestral project started by former Split Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner. It combines the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with contemporary pop singers to perform Split Enz songs.

History

The project began with Eddie Rayner. He wanted something more from the old Split Enz songs, and doing orchestral arrangements seemed perfect. Creating the arrangements on his synthesiser, with help from Dave Woodcock, Eddie approached Mark Keyworth of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to ask the orchestra to play his arrangements; Keyworth gladly agreed.

With conductor Peter Scholes, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Dave Dobbyn, Annie Crummer, Sam Hunt, Neil Finn, Tim Finn and the New Zealand Youth Choir, they recorded and released their first album in 1996 simply titled ENZSO. Again in 1999 ENZSO recorded a second album titled ENZSO 2.

A film of the collaboration was made by director Justin Pemberton called ENZSO: Dirty Creature.

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Details

! colspan="2"|Peaks

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Enzso|title=charts.nz – Discography Enzso|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=5 June 2017}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
Peaks in Australia:

  • Enzso: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Enzso|title=australian-charts.com – Discography Enzso|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=5 June 2017}}
  • "Message to My Girl": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/juKyah0.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Aug 1996|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=19 April 2020}} N.B. The HP column indicates the highest position reached.
scope="row"| ENZSO

|

  • Released: 5 November 1996
  • Label: Epic, Sony

| 2 || 4

|

  • RMNZ: Platinum{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|type=album|id=1996-12-20|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|date=22 December 1996}}
  • ARIA: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1996|website=ARIA|access-date=15 November 2020}}
scope="row"| ENZSO 2

|

  • Released: 16 February 1999
  • Label: Epic, Sony

| 25 || –

|

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Year

!rowspan="2" width="225"|Single

!colspan="2"|Peaks

!rowspan="2" width="130"|Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS

rowspan="2"|1995

! scope="row"| "Poor Boy"

| 29

–

|rowspan="2"|ENZSO

scope="row"| "Message to My Girl"

| – || 56

References

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External links

  • [http://www.frenz.com/enzso/ Page about the ENZSO project]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060816034616/http://www.thei.aust.com/isite/enz.html Interview with Eddie Rayner about ENZSO]

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Category:New Zealand rock music groups