Thundamentals are an Australian hip hop group originating from the Blue Mountains region bordering the metropolitan area of

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. The members are currently Tuka, Jeswon, and Morgs. They have released five studio albums.

History

Band origins: 2008–2010

Before becoming Thundamentals, the band consisted of DJ Morgs, Tommy Fiasko, MC Jeswon, MC Tuksnatch, MC Ruthless and DJ Clockwork, and was called Connect 4. Today, the band consists of DJ Morgs (Morgan Jones), MC Jeswon (Jesse Ferris), MC Tuka (Brendan Tuckerman) and DJ Poncho (Kevin Kerr). In 2009, they released their first album ''Sleeping On Your Style''. DJ Lee Hartney from

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went to one band practice in 2009, but decided to give up his DJ career in favour of playing guitar. In 2010, Thundamentals featured at Festival First Night in Sydney. In the

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, Thundamentals'

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recording of fellow Australian

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's "

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" came in at number 49. The original "Brother" placed number 3 the previous year in

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. In the

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, three of their tracks were voted into the countdown: "

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", "Quit Your Job" and "Got Love". In December 2016 the group announced their new record label, High Depth. they also announced that their fourth studio album, ''Everyone We Know'', would be released in February 2017 as the first release on the label produced by Dave Hammer. Thundamentals' track "Think About It" came in at number 82 on the

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. Their track "Sally" came in at number 8 on the

Triple J Hottest 100, 2017 The 2017 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 27 January 2018. It was the 25th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. A record-breaking number of voters (2.386 million) pa ...

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - ,

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, ''So We Can Remember'' , Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album , , -

J awards

The

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, ...

are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

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's youth-focused radio station

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. They commenced in 2005. , - ,

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, "Smiles Don't Lie" , Australian Video of the Year , , - ,

J Awards of 2014 The J Award of 2014 is the tenth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Austral ...

, ''So We Can Remember'' , Australian Album of the Year , , - ,

J Awards of 2017 The J Award of 2017 is the thirteenth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). For the fourth year, four ...

, ''Everyone We Know'' , Australian Album of the Year , , -

References

External links

* {{authority control Australian hip hop groups Obese Records artists