Pnau members Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes released their album Sambanova four times - in fact a week before it won Best Dance Release at the Aria Awards it was pulled from stores.
are an
Australian dance music act, releasing their debut album
Sambanova in 1999 under the Peking Duck label. Due to poor timing, the album was pulled from record stores a week before they won an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.
Warner Music Australasia rereleased 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 sophomore album is
Again.
The members of Pnau are Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes .
Events & happenings
Awards
- In 2000 they won an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.
Discography
Albums/Singles
Note: There are four versions of Sambanova released to the public, two through Warner Music Australasia, another through the label Peking Duck, and another sample release (no label).
- Sambanova (1999 sample, 12" Vinyl format, no label [1])
- Sambanova (it is noted that it samples 2 Man Sound 's Que Tal America.)
- Sambanova (1999, CD format, released by Peking Duck [2])
- 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
Cover of the now deleted Australian release of Pnau's
Sambonava- Sambanova (2000, CD format, has 3 bonus tracks, rereleased by Warner Music Australasia [3])
- 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
Cover of Pnau's international release of
Sambonava- Sambanova (2000, CD format, had video on it [4], rereleased by Warner Music Australasia)
- 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
- Need Your Lovin' Baby (2001, 12" Vinyl format, released by Warner Music Australasia [5])
- Track 1: Need Your Lovin' Baby
- Track 2: Direct Drive
- Track 3: Journey Agent
Cover of Pnau's album
Again- Again (2003, CD format, released by Warner Music Australasia [6])
- 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
Collaborations
Cover of Pnau's collaborative album
Enuff's EnuffEnuff'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 vocalists, 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 Austin-penned "Yada Yada Yada". Abstract Rude is a founding member of Abstract Tribe Unique , an LA posse specialising in conscious hip-hop with its roots in soul and jazz. He's also the long-time sparring partner of another respected West Coast rapper, Aceyalone , and his resonant baritone is crucial to the appeal of "Enuffs Enuff".
- The 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 producer (he's played sax and 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. [7]
Cover of Pnau's collaborative album
Una Noche- 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
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
External links
Last updated: 05-30-2005 03:41:01
