Sambanova

Sambanova
Studio album by Pnau
Released	1999
Genre	EDM
Length	73:27
Label	Peking Duck, Warner
Pnau chronology
Sambanova (1999) Again (2003)
Sambanova
2001 re-release

Sambanova is the debut album by Australian dance music duo, Pnau, it was released in 1999 on the independent Peking Duck label. However, the album was pulled from record stores due to uncleared samples,^[1] Warner Music Australasia re-released it in 2000 with a different tracklisting, and it peaked in the Top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart in June.^[2] The album won an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Award for 'Best Dance Release' in 2000.^[3]

Background

Pnau released their debut album Sambanova in 1999 under the small independent Peking Duck label. It was recorded in a bedroom studio and they only expected to sell a few thousand copies.^[4] A week before winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release the album Sambanova was pulled from record stores for uncleared samples. In a 2003 interview with The Age newspaper's Andrew Drever, Mayes recalled that they had no understanding of sample clearances due to their naivety in the music business.^[5] Mayes claimed that they had no inkling that they would win an ARIA award but that the album's recall did seriously affect their commercial sales.^[5] Warner Music Australasia re-released the album in 2000 with a different tracklisting, and it peaked in the Top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart in June.^[2] Pnau toured nationally for the Big Day Out in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2011.

Awards

• 2000 – Sambanova won an ARIA Award for 'Best Dance Release'.^[3]

Tracklisting

Three full length versions of Sambanova have been released to the public, one through the label Peking Duck and two through Warner Music Australasia.

Peking Duck version

• Sambanova (1999, CD format, released by Peking Duck, DUCKCD001)^[6]

1. "Journey Agent" – 4:21
2. "Mellotron" – 6:48
3. "Keep on Truckin'" – 4:58
4. "Hard Biscuit" – 5:25
5. "To Hear Your Love (Jon Hardy's Tinted Mix)" – 5:06
6. "Sambanova" – 6:07
7. "Need Your Lovin' Baby" – 6:30
8. "Direct Drive" – 5:37
9. "Discone" – 4:40
10. "The Red Tapes" – 5:21
11. "Meshes of the Afternoon" – 3:47
12. "Arthur's Pizza" – 4:28
13. "The Last Track" – 10:19

2000 version

• Sambanova (2000, CD format, had video on it, rereleased by Warner Music Australasia, 8573831942)^[7]

1. "Journey Agent"
2. "Mellotron"
3. "Keep on Truckin'"
4. "Hard Biscuit"
5. "Sambanova"
6. "Need Your Lovin' Baby"
7. "Direct Drive"
8. "Discone"
9. "The Red Tapes"
10. "Meshes of the Afternoon"
11. "Arthur's Pizza"
12. "The Last Track"

2001 version

• Sambanova (July 2001, CD format, has 3 bonus tracks, released by Warner Music Australasia, 8573883392)^[8]

1. "Follow Me"
2. "Journey Agent"
3. "Mellotron"
4. "Keep on Truckin'"
5. "Hard Biscuit"
6. "Ordinary Day"
7. "Sambanova"
8. "Need Your Lovin' Baby"
9. "Direct Drive"
10. "The Red Tapes"
11. "Searchin'"
12. "Meshes of the Afternoon"
13. "The Last Track"

Personnel

Pnau members

• Nick Littlemore – vocals, drums, percussion, synthesiser, keyboards, trombone, melodica, clavi
• Peter Mayes – guitars, vocals, bass guitar, synthesiser, keyboards, melodica, keytar

Additional musicians

• Paul Johannessen – electric piano (Fender Rhodes)
• Gawain McGrath – guitar

Production details

• Producer – Nick Littlemore
• Mastering – Oscar Gaona
• Mixing, Engineer – Fraser Stuart (track 4), Peter Mayes (tracks 1–3, 5–13)
  • Remix – Jon Hardy (track 5)
• Studio – recorded & mixed at Cybersonic Studios, mastered at Studio 301.

Art work

• Artwork design – Sam Littlemore

2001 version

• Jennifer Karr – vocals (track 6)
• Ashton Millard – vocals (track 1)
• Shep Soloman – vocals (track 6)
• Rob Woolf – vocals (track 11)

References

External links

• Official website