Safia (band)

SAFIA
Origin Canberra, ACT, Australia
Genres Electronic, Indie pop
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels
  • SAFIA (2012–present)
  • Parlophone (2015–present)
Associated acts Peking Duk, Alison Wonderland
Members Ben Woolner, Michael Bell, Harry Sayers

SAFIA is an Australian electronica, indie pop band formed in Canberra. They Met at Radford College. They won the Groovin' the Moo competition in 2012 and were featured on Peking Duk's ARIA top 5 single, "Take Me Over".[1]

The band says the name comes from a song they wrote called "Sapphire", but it does not mean anything. The band have since found out that safia means serenity in Arabic.[2]

When it comes to the band's influences, they claim have a very broad range of styles and genres but list artists like Purity Ring, Major Lazer, Feed Me, Chet Faker, Disclosure and James Blake.[2]

The band has also opened for Twenty One Pilots during their 2017 Emotional Roadshow Tour Pacific Leg which started in Wellington, New Zealand.

On 30 June 2016, the band announced the title of its debut album, Internal, which was released on 9 September 2016.

Band members

[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[4]
Internal[5] 2

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[4]		 AUS
Indie
[7]
"Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues" 2013 99 8 N/A
"Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" 2014 — —
"You Are the One" — 9
"Counting Sheep" 2015 55 5
"Embracing Me" 69 N/A Internal
"Make Them Wheels Roll" 2016 45 N/A
"Over You" 63 N/A
"My Love Is Gone" — N/A
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[4]		 NZ
[8]
"Take Me Over"
(Peking Duk featuring SAFIA)		 2014 6 32
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[9]
 TBA
"—" denotes an album that did not chart in that country.

Other appearances

List of other non-single song appearances
Title Year Album
"Take it to Reality"
(Alison Wonderland featuring SAFIA)		 2015 Run
"Left Hand Free" Like a Version

Music videos

List of music videos by SAFIA
Title Year Director
"Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues"[10] 2013 Jimmy Ennett
"Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds"[11] 2014
"You Are the One"[12]
"Take Me Over"
(Peking Duk featuring SAFIA)[13]		 Jeff Johnson and Max Miller
"Counting Sheep"[14] 2015 Jimmy Ennett
"Embracing Me"[15]
"Take it to Reality"
(Alison Wonderland featuring SAFIA)[16]
"Make Them Wheels Roll"[17] 2016 Jimmy Ennett
"Zion"[18] SAFIA
"Over You"[19] Markus Hofko
"My Love Is Gone"[20]

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

Since 2006 the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) have run their annual AIR Awards.[21]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2014 "Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds" BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE Nominated

ARIA Music Awards

Since 1987 the ARIA Music Awards have run annual awards.

Year Category Nominated artist/work Result
2015 Best Dance Release "Take Me Over" (Peking Duk featuring Safia) Nominated

APRA Awards

Since 1982 the APRA Awards are run by Australian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

Year Category Nominated artist/work Result
2016 Most played Australian Work "Take Me Over" (Peking Duk featuring Safia) Won
Dance work of the Year

References

  1. ↑ "Sea N Beats line up - Safia". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Artist Profile - Safia". www.bmamag.com. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Triple J UnEarthed". www.triplejunearthed.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Peak chart positions in Australia:
  5. ↑ "SAFIA Announce Debut Album, Drop A New Song From It And Reveal National Tour Dates". Music Feeds. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Internal (Vinyl)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Peak chart positions for independent singles in Australia:
  8. ↑ "Discography Peking Duk". Charts.org.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "SAFIA - Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "SAFIA - Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "SAFIA - You Are The One (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Peking Duk - Take Me Over Ft. SAFIA [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]". YouTube.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "SAFIA - Counting Sheep (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "SAFIA - Embracing Me (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Alison Wonderland - Take It To Reality ft. SAFIA". YouTube.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "SAFIA - Make Them Wheels Roll (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "SAFIA - Zion (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "SAFIA - Over You (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "SAFIA - My Love Is Gone (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "Independent Music Awards 2014". www.air.org.au. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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