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Pnau (album)
''Pnau'' is the third studio album by Australian dance music duo, Pnau. The album was released on 12 November 2007 on the independent record label etcetc in Australia and on the independent record label Pnau Records and Tapes on LP in the UK in 2009. The album peaked at 31 on the Australian albums chart and was featured at number 89 on the Triple J Hottest 100 Albums of All Time. At the J Awards of 2007, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. Shortly after the album's release, Elton John claimed the album to be the greatest record he had heard in ten years. Subsequently, Pnau was signed to Elton's management, which resulted in their heavily publicised apprenticeship under the music icon. Additionally, ''Pnau'' reunited Nick Littlemore with Luke Steele for the first time in nearly a decade for the album tracks "With You Forever" and "Freedom". According to Littlemore, the track "With You Forever" inspired the artists to collaborate on a side project, which fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pnau
Pnau ( ) is an Australian dance music trio originating from Sydney. The trio, a duo before 2016, consists of the musicians Nick Littlemore (vocals, production), Peter Mayes (guitar, production) and Sam Littlemore (production), with the latter joining in 2016. Pnau has achieved multiple successes with their award-winning 1999 first album ''Sambanova'' and the widely acclaimed 2007 release ''Pnau''. Pnau is also recognised for a heavily publicised apprenticeship under the musician Elton John, who signed the duo after listening to the ''Pnau'' album. Several of Pnau's later projects have had John's involvement, such as the album '' Soft Universe'' and an album of Pnau recreations of Elton John's hits called ''Good Morning to the Night''. Apart from being a member of Pnau, Nick Littlemore also appears as one half of the project Empire of the Sun, which has had multiple chart-topping singles. In November 2016, the new line-up released "Chameleon", the first single from their album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s, having released 31 albums since 1969. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967, John is acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his work during the 1970s, and his lasting impact on the music industry. John's music and showmanship have had a significant impact on popular music. His songwriting partnership with Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was raised in the Pinner suburb of London and learned to play piano at an early age, forming the blues band Bluesology in 1962. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years, they wrote songs for other artists, and John worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Burgess
Noel Burgess is an Australian electronic dance music producer. Burgess formed Vision Four 5 whilst studying Music Technology at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with fellow students Gavin Sade, Harry Ho and later Ben Suthers to perform live electronic dance music at night clubs. The popularity and uniqueness of the band attracted the attention of Tim Gruchy, a Brisbane-based video artist who was part of the Rat Parties team at the time. Vision Four 5 was quickly signed to Volition Records / Sony Music alongside stable mates Boxcar, Itch-E and Scratch-E, Severed Heads, Southend, Single Gun Theory. Vision Four 5 was active from 1990-1997. During this time, Burgess also wrote, recorded and performed under the name of AapogeE with Ben Suthers and released through Candy Line Records (Melb, Aust) and Rabbit City Records (UK). Their most popular track was "The Force" (Come to the Darkside Mix). Burgess also collaborated with Boxcar's David Smith under the name of Gridlock and wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mayes
Peter Mayes (born 5 October) is an Australian musician and producer. He is widely known for being a leading member of dance act Pnau. He is a longtime collaborator with Nick Littlemore and has produced and mixed many of his projects, most notably the platinum-selling album ''Walking on a Dream'' and '' Ice on the Dune'' for Empire of the Sun, and the art-rock act Teenager. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009 he won Producer of the Year. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'. He has also done work with Elton John, Mika, Karen O, Ellie Goulding, Sia, ESG, Electric Youth and Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl .... In 2019 he and Nick Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van She
Van She are an electropop band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia, with Matt Van Schie (pronounced Van Ski) on bass guitar/vocals, Tomek Archer on drums/sequencer, Michael Di Francesco on synth/guitar and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar. The band's debut album, '' V'' was released on the Australian label Modular Recordings in August 2008, and peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Charts. Van She remix other artists' work both under the name ''Van She'' and as ''Van She Technologic''. History Van She began in 2002 when band members Nick Routledge, Matt Van Schie, Michael Di Francesco, and Tomek Archer all met through mutual friends at a club called ''Bang Gang'' in Sydney. In 2005. Van She released their self-titled, debut EP. It included the single "Sex City". After touring with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, New Young Pony Club and playing shows with the likes of Daft Punk, Phoenix and Bloc Party, Van She released their debut studio album, ''V'' in 2008, which debuted at number 10 on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Di Francesco
Touch Sensitive is the solo project of Michael Di Francesco, an Australian producer and musician from Sydney, also known as a member of Van She. His debut single "Body Stop" was released in 2004. Touch Sensitive's 2013 single "Pizza Guy" attained popularity in an advertisement for Very. In September 2017, Touch Sensitive released the debut album ''Visions''. ''Visions'' debuted and peaked at number 48 on the Australian ARIA Charts. Touch Sensitive has remixed songs from artists such as Rüfüs, Hayden James. He is a common sight at Australian Music festivals, such as Falls Festival, Listen Out, and Hot Dub Wine Machine. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles Awards and nominations AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - , AIR Awards of 2018 The AIR Awards of 2018 is the twelft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Valentinos
Lost Valentinos are a band from Sydney, Australia. They released two EPs under the band name The Valentinos but changed their name in mid-2007 to Lost Valentinos due to the threat of legal action by soul artists from the 1950s, Bobby Womack & The Valentinos. Lost Valentinos have been described by ''NME'' as "A skittering shitstorm of punk fury, disco beats and psychedelic excursions, the sonic invention of M83, Can and My Bloody Valentine melding with the panty-poking fun of Wham!, The Pixies and The Human League." History The band's eponymous debut EP, ''The Valentinos'', produced by Kim Moyes of The Presets was released in 2005 and featured Midnight Juggernauts's Daniel Stricker and a young Kirin J. Callinan (credited as Kieran Callinan), of Mercy Arms, on guitar. The EP's original pressing sold out in its first week of release. Their first single "Man with a Gun" received heavy rotation on Triple J. Their second EP, ''Damn And Damn Again'', was produced by Nick Litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feadz
Feadz (born Fabien Pianta) is a French music producer, DJ and songwriter currently signed by French music label Ed Banger Records. He combines the genres of hip hop, electronic, techno and French house in his music and frequently collaborates with label-mate and former girlfriend Uffie. Career Feadz began creating electronic and hip hop music in the early 1990s in Paris. He met fellow music producer Mr. Oizo in 1999 and the two began production on his album ''Analog Worms Attack'' which became extremely successful and the two toured the world to promote it. Then in 2001, after completing work with Mr. Oizo, Feadz was invited to join Ellen Allien's influential German electro record label, BPitch Control. On this label, Feadz released his first official solo work as an artist, starting with his first EP ''High-B'' in 2001. He would go on to release three more EPs on BPitch Control. Feadz and Uffie began collaborating in early 2005, when she provided vocals for his track "Uff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenager (band)
Teenager was an art rock, punk dance band formed in 2004 by Nick Littlemore as a side project from his electronic dance group Pnau, and Phillipa "Pip" Brown (later known as Ladyhawke) on guitar (ex-member of New Zealand band Two Lane Blacktop). In 2006 their debut single "Pony" was issued ahead of the album, ''Thirteen'', which was followed by a second single, "Bound and Gagged". The album had been recorded over three years in studios in Sydney, London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles. The track "Pony" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game ''Grand Theft Auto IV''. It also features Aiden Nemeth from Wolfmother on guitar. By 2007 Brown had left to pursue her solo career as Ladyhawke, and Littlemore returned to his work with Pnau and later also formed Empire of the Sun. History Teenager was formed in 2004 in Sydney by Nick Littlemore as a side-project to his main group Pnau which had released their second album ''Again'' in October 2003. Phillipa "Pip" Brown had left he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladyhawke (musician)
Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She took her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film '' Ladyhawke''. Brown was part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop (2001–2003), before moving to Australia where, in 2004, she formed the art rock band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. In 2007 she moved to London, afterwards relocating to Los Angeles around 2013, and then subsequently relocating back to her native New Zealand after the release of her third album, Wild Things. Brown's debut solo album, '' Ladyhawke'', was released on 22 September 2008 through Modular Recordings, and topped the RIANZ Albums Chart. It spawned five singles of which "My Delirium" was the most successful. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Ladyhawke won Breakthrough Artist in both album and single categories. Brown's second solo album, ''Anxiety'', was released in May 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of The Sun (band)
Empire of the Sun are an Australian electronic music duo formed in 2007. The duo is a collaboration between Luke Steele, of alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson, and Nick Littlemore, of electronic dance band Pnau. Empire of the Sun's 2008 debut album, ''Walking on a Dream'', brought the duo international success and has been certified double platinum in Australia and gold in the United Kingdom. The album provided a number of internationally charting singles including "Walking on a Dream", which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number sixty four on the UK Singles Chart, and " We Are the People", which peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart. The band's second album, '' Ice on the Dune'', was released in June 2013, preceded by lead single "Alive" on 16 April. The band are signed to EMI Music Australia/Virgin. As a live band, they have performed internationally and are known for their flamboyant appearance and elaborate stage set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
