Pnau 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 .
1 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, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co
2 Awards
- In 2000 they won an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.
3 Discography
3.1 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 ( remixA remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version. It may incorporate elements of dance music. It is often used to create an upbeat version of a song for playing by disc jockeys in nightclubs. Roots of the remix Remixing had its ro 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])
- 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
- 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
- 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
