Safia (band)

SAFIA
Origin	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Genres	Electronic, Indie pop
Years active	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

1. "Sea N Beats line up - Safia". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
2. "Artist Profile - Safia". www.bmamag.com. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
3. "Triple J UnEarthed". www.triplejunearthed.com. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
4. Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
   • All except noted: "Discography SAFIA". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
   • "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues": Ryan, Gavin (7 December 2013). "ARIA Singles: John Legend debuts at number one". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
   • "Counting Sheep": Ryan, Gavin (4 April 2015). "ARIA singles: Major Lazer has no1 song". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
   • "Embracing Me": Ryan, Gavin (18 July 2015). "ARIA singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend spend 4th week on top". Noise11. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
   • "Make Them Wheels Roll": "CHART WATCH #361". auspOp. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. Peak chart positions for independent singles in Australia:
   • "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues": "Independent Label Singles Charts w/c 9 December 2013". www.air.org.au. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
   • "You Are The One"" "100% INDEPENDENT SINGLES The week beginning 29 September 2014". AIR. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
   • "Counting Sheep": "Independent Label Singles Charts 6 April 2015". AIR. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
6. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
7. "Discography Peking Duk". Charts.org.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
8. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
9. "SAFIA - Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
10. "SAFIA - Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
11. "SAFIA - You Are The One (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
12. "Peking Duk - Take Me Over Ft. SAFIA [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]". YouTube.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
13. "SAFIA - Counting Sheep (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
14. "SAFIA - Embracing Me (Official Video)". YouTube.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
15. "Alison Wonderland - Take It To Reality ft. SAFIA". YouTube.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
16. "Independent Music Awards 2014". www.air.org.au. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

External links

• www.facebook.com/safiamusic