Sambanova Explained

Sambanova
Type:studio
Artist:Pnau
Cover:Sambanova.jpg
Released:July 1999
Genre:House
Length:73:27
Label:Peking Duck, Warner
Producer:Nick Littlemore
Next Title:Again
Next Year:2003

Sambanova is the debut album by Australian dance music duo Pnau, released in July 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 August 2001 with a different track listing, and it peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Albums Chart.[2]

The album won an ARIA Music Award for Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000.[3]

Background

Pnau released their debut album Sambanova in July 1999 under the small independent Peking Duck label. It was recorded in a bedroom studio and Pnau declared they only expected to sell "a few thousand copies".[4] It was re-released in June 2000 by Warner Music Australasia however the album was pulled from record stores for uncleared samples and re-released in an altered format by Warner Music Australasia in August 2001.[5] 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.[6]

Pnau toured nationally for the Big Day Out in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2011.

Track listing

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

2000 version

2001 version

Personnel

Pnau members

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p509057/biography|pure_url=yes}} Pnau - Biography ]. Wesolowski, David Peter . . . 2 April 2010 .
  2. Web site: Pnau Sambanova . Hung Medien . Australian charts portal . 2 April 2010 .
  3. Web site: ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000: 14th Annual ARIA Awards . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 2 April 2010 . 26 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235639/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2000 . dead .
  4. Web site: Pnau Again . Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) . . 31 March 2003 . 16 April 2010 .
  5. Web site: The Oral History of 'Sambanova': The Classic, Cursed Album That Almost Broke PNAU.
  6. News: Pnau and then . . . Drever . Andrew . 17 October 2003 . 16 April 2010 .
  7. Web site: Pnau – Sambanova (CD) . 2 October 1999 . . 2 April 2010 .
  8. Web site: Pnau – Sambanova (CD, Enhanced) . May 2000 . Discogs . 2 April 2010 .
  9. Web site: Pnau – Sambanova (CD, Album) . July 2001 . Discogs . 2 April 2010 .

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