Safia (band)

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SAFIA
Origin Canberra, ACT, Australia
Genres Electronic, Indie pop
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels
  • SAFIA (2012–present)
  • Parlophone (2015–present)
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]

Band members

  • Ben Woolner – vocals/producer
  • Michael Bell – drums/producer
  • Harry Sayers – guitars/synths/producer

[3]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[4]		 AUS
Indie
[5]
"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 —
"Make Them Wheels Roll" 2016 45
[6]		 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[4]		 NZ
[7]
"Take Me Over"
(Peking Duk featuring SAFIA)		 2014 6 32
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[8]
 TBA
"—" denotes an album that did not chart in that country.

Other appearances

List of other non-single song appearances
Title Year Album
"Take it to Reality"
(Alison Wonderland featuring SAFIA)		 2015 Run
"Left Hand Free" Like a Version

Music videos

List of music videos by SAFIA
Title Year Director
"Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues"[9] 2013 Jimmy Ennett
"Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds"[10] 2014
"You Are the One"[11]
"Take Me Over"
(Peking Duk featuring SAFIA)[12]		 Jeff Johnson and Max Miller
"Counting Sheep"[13] 2015 Jimmy Ennett
"Embracing Me"[14]
"Take it to Reality"
(Alison Wonderland featuring SAFIA)[15]

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

Since 2006 the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) have run their annual AIR Awards.[16]

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2014 SAFIA – Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds BEST INDEPENDENT DANCE, ELECTRONICA OR CLUB SINGLE Nominated

References

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External links

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