Nesian Mystik
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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.
, however, Feleti [sabre]attended another school at the time, St Paul's College
, also in Auckland.
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.
" 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"
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.
as the group get set to bow out of the music industry. The group will perform at the annual Homegrown festival in March 2011. Followed by the FINALE Tour mid 2011.
RIANZ albums and singles certifications:
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Hip-Hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
/R&B group formed in 1999. Their cultural backgrounds unite a remarkable diversity of Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
by bringing together Cook Island
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
, Tongan, Samoan
Samoans
The Samoan people are a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands, sharing genetics, language, history and culture. Due to colonialism, the home islands are politically and geographically divided between the country of Samoa, official name Independent State of Samoa ; and American Samoa, an...
and Maori ancestry. The group officially ended in 2011.
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 CollegeWestern Springs College
Western Springs College is a co-educational state secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches students from years 9 to 13 and is located near both Western Springs Park and Auckland Zoo...
, however, Feleti [sabre]attended another school at the time, St Paul's College
St. Paul's College, Auckland
St Paul's College is a college for year 7 to 13 boys and offers a Catholic education to its students. It is located in the central Auckland suburb of Ponsonby. The school originates from 1903 when the Marist Brothers opened Sacred Heart College, Auckland on the site...
, 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
For the People
For The People is the debut album from Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik, consisting of Buckshot from Black Moon, Cocoa Brovaz, formerly known as Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C. The crew officially organized in 1995, with all eight members appearing on the song "Cession At Da Doghillee"...
" 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 CoolIf It's Cool
"If It's Cool" is a single by New Zealand hip-hop group, Nesian Mystik released in 2006.The song peaked at no.5 on the RIANZ chart.The song features a sample from Paul Weller's "Gonna Shout to the Top"....
" 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
Nesian 101
"Nesian 101" is the first single released by New Zealand group Nesian Mystik from their album Elevator Musiq. The single was released in 2008, under Bounce/Universal Records....
" 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 UpClose Up
Close Up is a half-hour long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme airs at 7.00pm weeknights on TV ONE and is presented by Mark Sainsbury with Paul Henry as the back up supporting host.The show remains the country's most watched night news and...
as the group get set to bow out of the music industry. 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
- 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).
Studio albums
| Year | Title | RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| Chart | Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
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| 2002 | Polysaturated Polysaturated (Nesian Mystik album) Polysaturated is the debut album released by New Zealand hip-hop group, Nesian Mystik, in 2002. The album entered the New Zealand charts at number one, and was certified gold by the end of the first week of sales...
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1 | 4x Platinum |
| 2006 | Freshmen Freshmen (Nesian Mystik album) Freshmen is the second album released by New Zealand hip-hop group, Nesian Mystik, in 2006. The album entered the New Zealand charts at number 8, and was certified gold by the end of the first week of sales.-Track listing:#"The Arrival"#"What's Next"... |
8 | Gold |
| 2008 | Elevator Musiq Elevator Musiq Elevator Musiq is the third album released by New Zealand hip-hop group, Nesian Mystik on 28 October 2008 by Bounce/Universal Records.Album art work was done by New Zealand Street artist Misery... |
12 | Gold |
| 2010 | 99 A.D.
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4 | Platinum |
Singles
| Year | Title | RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| Chart | Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
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| 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 If It's Cool "If It's Cool" is a single by New Zealand hip-hop group, Nesian Mystik released in 2006.The song peaked at no.5 on the RIANZ chart.The song features a sample from Paul Weller's "Gonna Shout to the Top".... " |
5 | Gold | |
| "So Good" | — | |||
| "Robbin' Hood Heroes" | — | Gold | ||
| 2008 | "Nesian 101 Nesian 101 "Nesian 101" is the first single released by New Zealand group Nesian Mystik from their album Elevator Musiq. The single was released in 2008, under Bounce/Universal Records.... " |
1 | Platinum | Elevator Musiq |
| "Dancefloor" | 10 | |||
| "Mr Mista" | 3 | Gold | ||
| 2009 | "R.S.V.P." (featuring PNC PNC (rapper) Sam Hansen better known by his stage name PNC is a New Zealand Hip hop rapper.The name PNC is an acronym for Palmerston North CityHe went to Awatapu College. PNC first gained underground notoriety performing alongside Breaking Wreckwordz. His unofficial single "Day in the Life" stayed at number one... ) |
9 | ||
| "Sacrifice" (featuring WISE) | — | 99 A.D. | ||
| 2010" | Sun Goes Down Sun Goes Down (Nesian Mystik song) "Sun Goes Down" is a single by Nesian Mystik, released on 8 February 2010. It is the second single from 99 A.D., their fourth studio album. It peaked at number three on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and was certified gold in its seventh week on the chart... " |
3 | Platinum | |
| "No. 1" | — | |||
| "Fresh Boyz" (featuring Scribe Scribe (rapper) Malo Luafutu better known by his stage name Scribe, is a New Zealand hip hop rapper and recording artist of Samoan descent... ) |
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| "—" denotes title that did not chart | ||||