Pnau 603633 222472351 2008-06-29T14:56:05Z 121.223.198.220 /* Chart Positions */ {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Pnau | Img = Pnaulogo.jpg | Img_capt = | Background = group_or_band | Origin = [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]] | Genre = [[Electronic dance music]] | Years_active = | Label = | URL = [http://www.pnau.net/ Official website] | Current_members = [[Nick Littlemore]], [[Peter Mayes]] | Past_members = }} '''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.'') ---- * ''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 <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> ---- * ''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 <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> ---- * ''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 <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> ---- * ''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 ---- * ''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 ---- * ''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 ---- * ''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 ---- : ''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 |- !width="35"|<small>[[ARIA Charts]]</small> |- |rowspan="1"| 2007 | "Wild Strawberries" |align="center"| - |align="center" rowspan="3"| ''[[Pnau]]'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2008 | "Baby" |align="center"| 32 |- | "Embrace" |align="center"|TBR |- |} <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> ===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] <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> ---- * ''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 <!-- don't delete this tag. See [[Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Cancelling floating-around-image mode]] --> <br style="clear:both;"/> === 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]]