Enzso

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.

ENZSO
Origin	New Zealand
Genres	Orchestral, rock
Years active	1995–1999
Labels	Sony, Epic
Associated acts	New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Split Enz
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

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

Title	Details	Peaks
		NZ [1]	AUS [2]
ENZSO	Released: 5 November 1996 Label: Epic, Sony	2	4
ENZSO 2	Released: 16 February 1999 Label: Epic, Sony	25	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks		Album
		NZ [1]	AUS [2]
1995	"Poor Boy"	29	—	ENZSO
	"Message to My Girl"	—	56

References

1. "charts.nz – Discography Enzso". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
2. Peaks in Australia:
   • Enzso: "australian-charts.com – Discography Enzso". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
   • "Message to My Girl": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 Aug 1996". ARIA. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column indicates the highest position reached.

External links

• Page about the ENZSO project
• Interview with Eddie Rayner about ENZSO