Nokturnl

Nokturnl is a band formed in 1996 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Sometimes called rap metal their music is hard to categorise,^[1][2] but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians. Nokturnl won "Band of the Year" at The Deadlys in 1998, 2000 and 2003.^[3][4][5]

They signed with Festival Mushroom offshoot Sputnik Records in December 1999. Their first release, Neva Mend, was nominated for an Aria Award for Best Alternative Release in 2000. The video for Neva Mend also received a nomination for Best Video.^[6]

They have toured in Europe^[7] and in Brazil.^[8][9] They toured Australia with Spiderbait,^[10] and have supported Powderfinger and Regurgitator, they have recorded with Spiderbait, Machine Gun Fellatio and Primary, and have performed at the Survival Festival Concert (1998) and Big Day Out (2000).^[11] On 3 July 2000 they performed a live set for TripleJ's Live at the Wireless. Channel V aired an hour-long documentary on 16 October 2000 featuring live footage shot on 28 July 2000 at a show with Midnight Oil in Alice Springs.

Their music has been featured in the films Radiance, Yolngu Boy and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.

Discography

Albums

• Time Flies, (July 2003)

Singles and EPs

• "Neva Mend" (February 2000)
• Unveiled EP (October 2000)
• "Haterz" (May 2001)

Compilation appearances

• Big Day Out 00 (1999, Shock) (song: "New Era")
• Homebake 4 (2000, Columbia) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Hemispheres - Fresh Global Sounds (2000, EMI) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Our Island Home (2000, Festival Mushroom) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Culture - Music From Black Australia (2000, EMI) (songs: "New Era" and "The Playa Pt. 1")
• RadioCool Volume One (2000, BMG Music Australia) (song: "Neva Mend")
• xtreme music (2001, Rajon Music Group) (song: "Haterz")
• Heavy Shift (2001, Roadrunner Records) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Corroboration (2001, Sputnik/FMR) (song: "One by One" by Nokturnl and Primary)
• Crucial Hardcore (2001, Universal Music) (song: "Same Old Song")
• The New Rock Album (2001, Startel Entertainment) (song: "New Era")
• Yolngu Boy (2001, Australian Children'sTelevision Foundation) ("Neva Mend")
• Big Day Out Discrespective 1992-1997 / 1999-2002 The Best Of The Main Stages (2002, Shock) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Unaustralian (2002, MGM) (song: "Same Old Song")
• Walkabout (2002 - commissioned by Bangarra Dance Theatre) (song: "Blankets" by Nokturnl and Steve Francis)
• The New Rock Album - volume 3 (2002, Rajon Music Group) (song: "Haterz")

External links

• Official website

References