Changa (album)

Changa
Studio album by
Pnau
Released10 November 2017
Length44:25
Labeletcetc
ProducerPnau
Pnau chronology
Good Morning to the Night
(2012) 		Changa
(2017) 		Hyperbolic
(2024)
Singles from Changa
  1. "Chameleon"
    Released: 4 November 2016
  2. "Go Bang"
    Released: 27 October 2017
  3. "Changa"
    Released: 11 May 2018[1]

Changa is the fifth studio album by Australian electronic trio Pnau. It was released on 10 November 2017 by the independent label etcetc.[2] It follows their 2012 remix album in collaboration with Elton John, Good Morning to the Night,[3] and is their first studio album since Soft Universe (2011).[4] It is also their first album as a trio, with vocalist and co-founder Nick Littlemore's brother Sam Littlemore joining in 2016.[5]

The album was preceded by the lead single "Chameleon" in November 2016,[5] which reached number four on the ARIA Singles Chart,[6] and number 11 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.[7] It features vocals by Kira Divine.[4] It has received over 85 million streams on Spotify and been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[8] On 25 August, Pnau released three more tracks in promotion of the album: "Into the Sky", "Young Melody" featuring Vera Blue, and "Control Your Body",[2] with "Into the Sky" debuting on Triple J.[9] Divine also lent vocals to "Control Your Body".[4] "Into the Sky" was accompanied by a video of Nick Littlemore as a floating head set against psychedelic visuals.[4] "Go Bang" was released as a single on 27 October.[10]

In the lead-up to the album's release, the trio embarked on an Australian tour,[8] performing at the Listen Out festival in Sydney on 30 September, and at the Adelaide dance event Oh Yes.[9]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Changa was nominated for Album of the Year.[11]

  1. ^ "Changa – EP by PNAU on iTunes". iTunes Store (AU). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Tom (25 August 2017). "Pnau Just Dropped Three New Songs From Their New Album 'Changa'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ Carbines, Scott (25 August 2017). "PNAU embrace 'Changa' on new album". Mixmag. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Newstead, Ad (25 August 2017). "First listen: PNAU announce new album with Madchester raver 'Into The Sky'". Triple J. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b Cashmere, Paul (4 November 2016). "PNAU Premiere First Song In Four Years 'Chameleon'". Noise11. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. ^ "australian-charts.com – Pnau – Chameleon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  7. ^ "1–100 | Hottest 100 2016 | triple j". ABC. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b Pezeshki, Ariana (11 September 2017). "PNAU Announce Upcoming Australian Tour & Album Release". MTV. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b Lefevre, Jules (25 August 2017). "Pnau just dropped the new music you've been waiting for". Junkee. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Go Bang – Single by PNAU". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  11. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (28 November 2018). "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 28 November 2018.