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Nesian Mystik Origin Auckland, New Zealand Genres Hip-Hop, R&B Years active 1999–2011 Website Nesian Mystik Official Site Members Awa Reeder[1]
Sabre Strickson-Pua[2]
Oldwun McNulty[3]
Junz Rikiau[4]
Dmon Finguz Atai[5]
Heath Notiq[6]Nesian Mystik was a New Zealand Hip-Hop/R&B group formed in 1999. Their cultural backgrounds unite a remarkable diversity of Polynesia by bringing together Cook Island, Tongan, Samoan and Maori ancestry. The group officially ended in 2011.
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History
Formed in 1999, Nesian Mystik united their diverse cultural backgrounds of Polynesia in bringing together Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island and English ancestry, becoming one of the biggest names in music. Nesian Mystik was formed in the music room of Auckland's Western Springs College, however, Feleti [sabre]attended another school at the time, St Paul's College, also in Auckland.
Polysaturated (2002 – 2003)
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 middle 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 group's fourth single "Unity" also achieved Top Ten. Their fifth single, "Brothaz" failed to do as well and charted at #12.
Freshmen (2005 – 2006)
November 2005 saw the return of Nesian Mystik to the New Zealand music scene with the Top Ten single "What's Next?" followed by "If It's Cool" another Top Ten and then May 2006 saw the release of Nesian Mystik's long-awaited and highly anticipated second album "Freshmen" debuting at #8 in the N.Z Top Ten album charts and was certified Gold in the first week of release. Nesian Mystik describe "Freshmen" as a feel good album, drawing influences from Old Skool, Soul, Funk, R"N"B and Hip Hop while upping the production sophistication and adding new flavas to the mix. "Robin Hood Heroes" and "So Good" were the 3rd & 4th radio released songs from "Freshmen"
Elevator Musiq (2008 – 2009)
The latest installment from Nesian Mystik was released 27 October 2008 entitled "Elevator Musiq". The name, a play on words stemming from the idea that an artist/musician has "made it!" if their music is played or heard in an elevator. The flip side to the name reflects this groups drive to continually elevate their music and style to the next level.
This album has 4 singles released, which 3 are top 10's so far, the first being the number one smash hit "Nesian 101" which is currently certified Platinum, followed by "Dancefloor" (which peaked at #6), then the radio smash hit"Mr Mista" feat. Che Fu, Cydel and Kimbra which peaked at #3 and also certified Gold. The latest and final single released is "R.S.V.P." feat. PNC, which became their 10th Top 10 single in New Zealand, making the group the first New Zealand artist to have ten top ten singles.
99 A.D. (2009 – Present)
Nesian Mystik released their fourth album on Monday, 26 July 2010 titled, 99 A.D., from which the first single, 'Sacrifice', was released in late 2009. They recently released a second single from the album titled "Sun Goes Down". The track has peaked at number three on the New Zealand chart and has been a major hit on Urban Radio stations within the country. "No. 1" was the third single to be released from the album.
End of Nesian Mystik (2011)
On July 27, 2010, Nesian Mystik performed live on Close Up as the group get set to bow out of the music industry.[7] The group will perform at the annual Homegrown festival in March 2011. Followed by the FINALE Tour mid 2011.
Awards
Aside from enjoying huge sales and radio success with their singles, the group collected many awards including:
- Mataariki Award for most promising Up & Coming Act 2001 Mai Time Awards
- Best Hip-Hop/RnB Video Award at the 2002 Juice TV Music Awards
- Best Urban Group Award NZ Music Awards 2003
- The Peoples Choice Award NZ Music Awards 2003
- 2003 APRA Silver Scroll Award for Song of the Year 'For The People'
- Best Hip Hop Release in the 2003 B-Net Awards
- Album of the Year at the 2003 NZ Entertainment Awards
- Juice Hip Hop Music Video Award 2008 for 'Nesian 101' Juice TV Awards 2008
- MTV's Best Kiwi Act Award Vodafone MTV Australia Awards 2009
- Niu FM's Best Pacific Urban Artist Award S3 Pacific Music Awards 2009
- Radio 531pi's Best Pacific Group Award S3 Pacific Music Awards 2009
- S3 Best Pacific Music Album ‘Elevator Musiq’ S3 Pacific Music Awards 2009/ NZ Music Awards 2009
- APRA Best Song Award for the Single ‘Nesian 101' S3 Pacific Music Awards 2009
- Best Māori Urban Artist or Artists "Nesian Mystik" 2009 WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARD
- Best Māori Pop Artist or Artists "Nesian Mystik" 2009 WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARD
- Best Māori Song "Nesian 101" 2009 WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARD
- Best Māori Songwriter "Nesian Mystik" 2009 WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARD
Members[8]
- Te Awanui 'Awa' Reeder (vocals)
- Feleti 'Sabre' Strickson-Pua (raps)
- Donald 'Oldwun' McNulty (raps)
- Junior 'Junz' Rikiau (raps, drums, ukulele)
- David 'Dmon' Atai (guitar, vocals)
- Heath 'Notiq' Manukau (turntables).
Discography
Nesian Mystik discography Releases ↙Studio albums 4 ↙Singles 15 Studio albums
Year Title RIANZ Chart[9] CertificationA 2002 Polysaturated - Released: November
- Label: Bounce Records
1 4x Platinum 2006 Freshmen - Released: 1 May
- Label: Bounce Records
8 Gold 2008 Elevator Musiq - Released: 27 October
- Label: Bounce Records
12 Gold 2010 99 A.D. - Released: 26 July
- Label: Arch Dynasty Records
4 Platinum Singles
Year Title RIANZ Album Chart[9] CertificationA 2001 "Nesian Style" 9 Gold Polysaturated 2002 "It's On" 2 Platinum "For the People" 5 Gold 2003 "Unity" 7 Gold "Brothaz" 13 2005 "What's Next?" 7 Gold Freshmen 2006 "If It's Cool" 5 Gold "So Good" — "Robbin' Hood Heroes" — Gold 2008 "Nesian 101" 1 Platinum Elevator Musiq "Dancefloor" 10 "Mr Mista" 3 Gold 2009 "R.S.V.P." (featuring PNC) 9 "Sacrifice" (featuring WISE) — 99 A.D. 2010" Sun Goes Down" 3 Platinum "No. 1" — "Fresh Boyz" (featuring Scribe) "—" denotes title that did not chart - ^ RIANZ albums and singles certifications:
- Gold – 7,500 sales
- Platinum – 15,000 sales
References
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/AWA/
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/SABRE/
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/OLDWUN/
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/JUNZ/
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/DMON/
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/NOTIQ/
- ^ "Nesian Mystik say farewell on Close Up". Television New Zealand. 27 July 2010. http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/nesian-mystik-say-farewell-3675728. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.nesian-mystik.com/Who/
- ^ a b "Nesian Mystik in New Zealand charts". Hung Medien. charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nesian+Mystik. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
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