Pnau
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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Pnau
| Img = Pnaulogo.jpg
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| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| Genre = [[Electronic dance music]]
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| URL = [http://www.pnau.net/ Official website]
| Current_members = [[Nick Littlemore]], [[Peter Mayes]]
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}}
'''Pnau''' is an [[Australia]]n [[Electronic_dance_music|dance music]] duo from [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[New South Wales|NSW]] made up of [[Nick Littlemore]] and [[Peter Mayes]]. The duo released their debut album ''Sambanova'' in 1999 under the Peking Duck label. However, the album was pulled from record stores due to uncleared [[Sampling_(music)|samples]] a week before they won an [[ARIA_Music_Awards|ARIA Award]] for Best Dance Release. [[Warner Music Australasia]] re-released it in [[2000]], then released ''Need Your Lovin' Baby'' in [[2001]]. After releasing the single "Follow Me" in [[2002]], the album charted higher than their previous albums in both the Australian [[ARIAnet]] Singles and Albums Charts. Pnau charted even higher with the single "Una Noche (Get Up)" ([[2003]]). Their second album is titled ''Again''. In 2007 the group released a self-titled album.
==Events & happenings==
[[Image:Pnaushot.jpg|thumb|right|Nick and Peter]]
* A week before winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release the album ''Sambanova'' was pulled from every record store shelf in the country for uncleared samples.
* Pnau toured nationally on [[Big Day Out]] in 2001, 2004, and 2008
* Pnau performed at [[Homebake]] in 2002, 2003 and 2007
* In March [[2001]] they played a set in between [[Darren Emerson]] and [[Fatboy Slim]] in [[Miami]]
* Pnau did a [[Gig (musical performance)|gig]] with [[Katalyst (musician)|Katalyst]] and [[Maya Jupiter]] at [[Manning Bar]], [[Sydney University]] on [[4 March]], [[2004]]
* Pnau played in July at 2006 Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay
* Pnau played at the Ministry of Sound: Annual All Day Festival in Perth in December 2007
* Pnau's song [[Baby]] was used for an [[advertisement]] for [[Dairy Farmers]] Milk in early [[2008]].
* Pnau played at the [[Triple J's One Night Stand|One Night Stand]] in [[Collie, Western Australia]], on [[April 26]] [[2008]].
==Awards==
* In 2000 they won an [[ARIA Award]] for Best Dance Release.
* The Song "Wild Strawberries" placed at #100 in the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2007]]
==Discography==
===Albums/Singles===
'''Note:''' Four versions of ''Sambanova'' have been released to the public, two through [[Warner Music Australasia]], one through the label Peking Duck, and another sample release (no label).
* ''Sambanova'' (1999 sample, 12" Vinyl format, no label [http://www.discogs.com/release/224659])
** Sambanova (it is noted that it samples [[2 Man Sound]]'s ''Que Tal America.'')
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* ''Sambanova'' (1999, [[CD]] format, released by Peking Duck [http://www.discogs.com/release/116932])
** Track 1: Journey Agent
** Track 2: Mellotron
** Track 3: Keep On Truckin'
** Track 4: Hard Biscuit
** Track 5: To Hear Your Love – Jon Hardy’s Tinted Mix ([[remix]] by [[Jon Hardy]])
** Track 6: Sambanova
** Track 7: Need Your Lovin’ Baby
** Track 8: Direct Drive
** Track 9: Discone
** Track 10: The Red Tapes
** Track 11: Meshes of the Afternoon
** Track 12: Arthur’s Pizza
** Track 13: The Last Track
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* ''Sambanova'' (2000, [[CD]] format, had video on it, rereleased by [[Warner Music Australasia]] [http://www.discogs.com/release/12030])
** Track 1: Journey Agent
** Track 2: Mellotron
** Track 3: Keep On Truckin'
** Track 4: Hard Biscuit
** Track 5: Sambanova
** Track 6: Need Your Lovin' Baby
** Track 7: Direct Drive
** Track 8: Discone
** Track 9: The Red Tapes
** Track 10: Meshes Of The Afternoon
** Track 11: Arthur's Pizza
** Track 12: The Last Track
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* ''Sambanova'' (2001, [[CD]] format, has 3 bonus tracks, released by [[Warner Music Australasia]] [http://www.discogs.com/release/8948])
** Track 1: Follow Me
** Track 2: Journey Agent
** Track 3: Mellotron
** Track 4: Keep On Truckin'
** Track 5: Hard Biscuit
** Track 6: Ordinary Day
** Track 7: Sambanova
** Track 8: Need Your Lovin' Baby
** Track 9: Direct Drive
** Track 10: The Red Tapes
** Track 11: Searchin'
** Track 12: Meshes Of The Afternoon
** Track 13: The Last Track
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* ''Need Your Lovin' Baby'' (2001, 12" Vinyl format, released by [[Warner Music Australasia]] [http://www.discogs.com/release/105650])
** Track 1: Need Your Lovin' Baby
** Track 2: Direct Drive
** Track 3: Journey Agent
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* ''Again'' (2003, [[CD]] format, released by [[Warner Music Australasia]] [http://www.discogs.com/release/255730])
** Track 1: We Love The Fresh Kills
** Track 2: Again
** Track 3: Super Giants
** Track 4: The Hunted
** Track 5: Fear & Love
** Track 6: Collision Course
** Track 7: In The Valley
** Track 8: Enuff's Enuff
** Track 9: Bloodlust
** Track 10: Crystal Science
** Track 11: Foreigner
** Track 12: Lovers
** Track 13: Bubbles 'n' Mum
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* ''PNAU'' (2007, Released Digitially on Australian [[iTunes Store]] on 30 October 2007)
** Track 1: With You Forever
** Track 2: Wild Strawberries
** Track 3: Shock to My System
** Track 4: Baby
** Track 5: Come Together
** Track 6: We Have Tomorrow
** Track 7: Lover
** Track 8: No More Violence
** Track 9: Embrace
** Track 10: Dancing On the Water
** Track 11: Freedom
** Track 12: Die With Us
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* ''PNAU - Australian Tour Edition'' (Has second disc with 6 bonus tracks)
*** Disk 1
** Track 1: With You Forever
** Track 2: Wild Strawberries
** Track 3: Shock to My System
** Track 4: Baby
** Track 5: Come Together
** Track 6: We Have Tomorrow
** Track 7: Lover
** Track 8: No More Violence
** Track 9: Embrace
** Track 10: Dancing On the Water
** Track 11: Freedom
** Track 12: Die With Us
*** Disk 2
** Track 1: Baby (Breakbot Remix)
** Track 2: Sambanova (Sam La More Remix)
** Track 3: Shock to My System (Noel Burgess No Tempo Mix)
** Track 4: Five Hundred (Pedals)
** Track 5: Shadow in the Shadows: The Opening/The Awakening Scorched Earth/Power Points
** Track 6: Harmonic Fields
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: ''Baby'' (2008, CD Single)
** Track 1: Baby [Radio Edit]
** Track 2: Baby [Breakbot Remix]
** Track 3: Baby [The Aston Shuffle 'Just Woah' Remix]
** Track 4: Wild Strawberries [Album Version]
==Chart Positions==
{|class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Single
!colspan="1"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Album
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!width="35"|<small>[[ARIA Charts]]</small>
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2007
| "Wild Strawberries"
|align="center"| -
|align="center" rowspan="3"| ''[[Pnau]]''
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|rowspan="2"| 2008
| "Baby"
|align="center"| 32
|-
| "Embrace"
|align="center"|TBR
|-
|}
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===Collaborations===
''Enuff's Enuff'' (2004, collaboration with Empress Camielle and Abstract Rude as well as Adelaide's Juno, 12" Vinyl format, ''unsure who released it'')
The explanation of the album at [[sanity Music Australia]], is as follows:
:"Enuffs Enuff" features two [[vocalist]]s, [[Empress Camielle]] and [[Abstract Rude]]. Empress Camielle, who's based in Sydney and has lived in the USA and Jamaica, is one of the rising stars of the Australian R&B scene, nominated in the Best Urban category at the [[2003]] [[Australian Dance Music Awards]] for her debut single, the [[Dallas|Dallas Austin]]-penned "Yada Yada Yada". Abstract Rude is a founding member of [[Abstract Tribe Unique]], an [[Los Angeles, California|LA]] posse specialising in conscious [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] with its roots in [[soul music|soul]] and [[jazz]]. He's also the long-time sparring partner of another respected [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] rapper, [[Aceyalone]], and his resonant baritone is crucial to the appeal of "Enuffs Enuff".
:The [[vinyl record|vinyl]] comes with two [[remixes]]. The first is from Adelaide's Juno, whom Pnau met through singer [[Sia Furler]], also from [[Adelaide]]. A multi-[[instrumentalist]] and [[Record producer|producer]] (he's played sax and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] on Pnau tracks), Juno is a rising star of the Australian music scene: he's about to sign a publishing deal with [[Engine Room]] ([[The Vines]], [[Holly Valance]]) and release a single on [[Darren Emerson]]'s Underwater label as well as forging an ever-increasing profile thanks to a string of great gigs with his live band. [http://www.sanity.com.au/product.asp?intProductID=546541&intArtistID=10601]
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* ''Una Noche'' (2004, [[CD]] Single, collaboration with Kid Creole & The Coconuts, released by [[Warner Music Australasia]])
** Track 1: Una Noche (Get Up) (Radio Mix)
** Track 2: Una Noche (Get Up) (Toby Neal Mix)
** Track 3: Una Noche (Get Up) (Hess's Bamboo Mix)
** Track 4: Una Noche (Get Up) (Unplugged In The Congo Mix)
** Track 5: Una Noche (Get Up) Extended Mix
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=== Appearances ===
* ''[[Homebake]]: Volume 7'' - Track 13: Pnau - Fear & Love
* ''West Papua: The Sound of the Morning Star'' - Track 12: Hurricane - Pnau
* ''[[Big Day Out]] 2004'' - Disk 2, Track 5: Pnau - Again
* ''Underwater: Episode III'' - Disk 1, Track 4: Pnau - In The Valley
* ''Clubber's Guide to 2004: Ministry of Sound'' - Disk 2, Track 1: Pnau – We Love The Fresh Kills
* ''RATED G'' (release by Illpikl) - Track 7: Need Your Lovin' Baby
* ''The 2008 Annual: Ministry of Sound'' - Disk 2, Track 2: Pnau - No More Violence
* ''Corroboration'' - Track 9: Pnau & Stiff Gins - Ride
* ''MOS: Clubber's Guide to 2008'' - Disc 1, Track 1: Pnau - Wild Strawberries (Sam La More remix)
* ''Triple J's Hottest 100: Volume 15'' - Disc 2, Track 22: Pnau - Wild Strawberries
* ''MOS: Electro House Sessions 2'' - Disc 2, Track 2: Pnau - Lover
* ''MOS: Mashed 4'' - Disc 2, Track 5: Pnau - Baby (The Aston Shuffle Just Woah Remix)
==External links==
*[http://www.pnaupnau.com/ PNAU WEBSITE]
*[http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artists/press.asp?pressid=242 Warner Music Australasia press release]
*[http://www21.sbs.com.au/alchemy/index.php?pg=ct&ct=1&sc=2&id=637 Pnau Interview with Alchemy [[SBS Radio]] 2008-4-30]
*[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917534693.html?from=storyrhs "Pnau and then"], [[The Age]], [[October 17]], [[2003]]
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pnau Discogs entry for Pnau] (out of date)
[[Category:Australian musical groups]]
[[Category:Australian electronic music groups]]
[[Category:Electronic music duos]]