Safia (band)
SAFIA | |
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Origin | Canberra, ACT, Australia |
Genres | Electronic, Indie pop |
Years active | 2009 | –present
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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]
On 30 June 2016, the band announced the title of its debut album, Internal, which was released on 9 September 2016.
Band members
- Ben Woolner – vocals/producer
- Michael Bell – drums/producer
- Harry Sayers – guitars/synths/producer
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS [4] | ||
Internal[5] |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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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 | — | Internal | ||||
"Make Them Wheels Roll" | 2016 | 45 | — | ||||
"Over You" | 63 | — | |||||
"My Love Is Gone" | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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AUS [4] |
NZ [8] | ||||
"Take Me Over" (Peking Duk featuring SAFIA) |
2014 | 6 | 32 |
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TBA |
"—" denotes an album that did not chart in that country. | |||||
Other appearances
Title | Year | Album |
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"Take it to Reality" (Alison Wonderland featuring SAFIA) |
2015 | Run |
"Left Hand Free" | Like a Version | |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director |
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"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] |
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"Make Them Wheels Roll"[17] | 2016 | Jimmy Ennett |
"Zion"[18] | SAFIA | |
"Over You"[19] | Markus Hofko | |
Awards and nominations
AIR Awards
Since 2006 the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) have run their annual AIR Awards.[20]
Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
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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 |
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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 |
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2016 | Most played Australian Work | "Take Me Over" (Peking Duk featuring Safia) | Won |
Dance work of the Year | |||
References
- ↑ "Sea N Beats line up - Safia". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Artist Profile - Safia". www.bmamag.com. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Triple J UnEarthed". www.triplejunearthed.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 Peak chart positions in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography SAFIA". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues": Ryan, Gavin (7 December 2013). "ARIA Singles: John Legend debuts at number one". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Counting Sheep": Ryan, Gavin (4 April 2015). "ARIA Singles: Major Lazer Has No 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Embracing Me": Ryan, Gavin (18 July 2015). "ARIA singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend spend 4th week on top". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Over You": "CHART WATCH #377". auspOp. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "SAFIA Announce Debut Album, Drop A New Song From It And Reveal National Tour Dates". Music Feeds. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Internal (Vinyl)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ Peak chart positions for independent singles in Australia:
- "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues": "Independent Label Singles Charts w/c 9 December 2013". www.air.org.au. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "You Are the One": "100% INDEPENDENT SINGLES The week beginning 29 September 2014". AIR. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- "Counting Sheep": "Independent Label Singles Charts 6 April 2015". AIR. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Discography Peking Duk". Charts.org.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - You Are The One (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Peking Duk - Take Me Over Ft. SAFIA [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]". YouTube.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Counting Sheep (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Embracing Me (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Alison Wonderland - Take It To Reality ft. SAFIA". YouTube.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Make Them Wheels Roll (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Zion (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "SAFIA - Over You (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Independent Music Awards 2014". www.air.org.au. Retrieved 21 July 2015.