Pnau

Pnau is an Australian dance music duo made up of Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes.

History

The duo released 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 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 sophomore album is Again.

Events & happenings

• A week before winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release the album Sambanova was pulled from every record store shelf in the country.
• Pnau toured nationally on Big Day Out in 2001 and 2004
• Pnau performed at Homebake in 2002 and 2003
• In March 2001 they played a set in between Darren Emerson and Fatboy Slim in Miami
• Pnau did a gig with Katalyst and Maya Jupiter at Manning Bar, Sydney University on 4 March, 2004

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] (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 [2] (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

• Sambanova (2000, CD format, has 3 bonus tracks, rereleased by Warner Music Australasia [3] (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

Cover of Pnau's international release of Sambonava

• Sambanova (2000, CD format, had video on it [4] (http://www.discogs.com/release/12030), 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] (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 [6] (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

Collaborations

Cover of Pnau's collaborative album Enuff's Enuff

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 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] (http://www.sanity.com.au/product.asp?intProductID=546541&intArtistID=10601)

• 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

• Warner Music Australasia press release (http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artists/press.asp?pressid=242)
• "Pnau and then" (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/16/1065917534693.html?from=storyrhs), The Age, October 17, 2003
• Discogs entry for Pnau (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pnau) (out of date)
• The interviews: Nick from Pnau (http://www.channelv.com.au/dynamic_diary/diarymain.asp?diaryID=33&secID=130) - Channel V website