Nesian Mystik
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Genre(s) | Hip-Hop, R&B |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Website | Nesian Mystik Official Site |
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| Awa Reeder Sabre Strickson-Pua Oldwun McNulty Junz Rikiau Dmon Finguz Atai Heath Notiq |
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Nesian Mystik is a New Zealand Hip-Hop/R&B group formed in 1999. Their cultural backgrounds unite a remarkable diversity of Polynesia by bringing together Māori, Tongan, Samoan and Cook Island ancestry.
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[edit] History
Formed in 1999, Nesian Mystik united their diverse cultural backgrounds of Polynesia in bringing together Maori, Tongan, Samoan and Cook Island ancestry and English, becoming one of the biggest names in music. Nesian Mystik was formed in the music room of Auckland's Western Springs College, however, one of their members attended St Paul's College, also in Auckland. They compose all their material including the music, beats and rhymes.
Beginning with the Gold-selling Top Ten debut single "Nesian Style" at the end of 2001, their next single, "It's On", released in March 2002 followed as another Gold-selling radio hit. "It's On" peaked at #2 in the winter of 2002 in the New Zealand singles chart. In November 2002, the group released their debut album Polysaturated.
Polysaturated went straight to #1 and was certified Gold by the end of its first week of sales and out sold every superstar out there during the holiday season. By the end of June 2003, the album was still in the national top 10 and was certified Four times Platinum.
Their third single release "For The People" followed the album release just before Christmas 2003 and gave Nesian Mystik a hat-trick of three Top 10 singles and became their third consecutive Gold selling single. In an unprecedented achievement, the groups fourth single "Unity" also achieved Top Ten. Their fifth single, "Brothaz" failed to do as well and charted at #12.
Aside from enjoying huge sales and radio success with their singles, the group collected many awards including:
- Best Hip-Hop/RnB Video Award at the 2002 Juice TV Music Awards
- Best Urban Group and The Peoples Choice Award at the 2003 NZ Music Awards
- 2003 APRA Silver Scroll Award for Song of the Year
- Best Hip Hop Release in the 2003 B-Net Awards
- Album of the Year at the 2003 NZ Entertainment Awards
Nesian Mystik are currently putting the final touches on their third album, which is likely to be released in early 2008. It is confirmed on Sabre's Myspace page that the album will be called Elevator Musiq.
[edit] Members
The members of the group are currently:
- Te Awanui 'Awa' Reeder (vocals)
- Feleti 'Sabre' Strickson-Pua (raps)
- Donald 'Oldwun' McNulty (raps)
- Junior 'Junz' Rikiau (raps, drums)
- David 'Dmon Finguz' Atai (guitar, vocals)
- Heath 'Notiq' Manukau (turntables).
[edit] Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Certification |
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| November 2002 | Polysaturated | Bounce Records | #1 | New Zealand | 4x Platinum |
| May 1, 2006 | Freshmen | Bounce Records | #8 | New Zealand | Gold |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Album | NZ Singles Chart | Certification |
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| 2001 | "Nesian Style" | Polysaturated | #9 | - |
| 2002 | "It's On" | Polysaturated | #2 | - |
| 2002 | "For The People" | Polysaturated | 5 | - |
| 2003 | "Unity" | Polysaturated | 7 | - |
| 2003 | "Brothaz" | Polysaturated | #12 | - |
| 2005 | "What's Next?" | Freshmen | #7 | - |
| 2006 | "If It's Cool" | Freshmen | #7 | - |
| 2006 | "So Good" | Freshmen | - | - |
| 2006 | "Robbin' Hood Heroes" | Freshmen | - | - |
