Thundamentals

Thundamentals
Thundamentals
Background information
Also known as	Connect 4
Origin	Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Australian hip hop
Years active	2008–present
Labels	High Depth; Obese;
Associated acts	Hilltop Hoods; Matt Corby;
Website	thundamentals.com.au
Members	Morgs (Morgan Jones); Jeswon (Jesse Ferris); Tuka (Brendan Tuckerman);
Past members	Poncho (Kevin Kerr); Tommy Fiasko; MC Ruthless; DJ Clockwork;

Thundamentals are an Australian hip hop group originating from the Blue Mountains region bordering the metropolitan area of Sydney. The members are currently Tuka, Jeswon, and Morgs.[1][2] They have released five studio albums.

History

Band origins: 2008–2010

Before becoming Thundamentals, the band consisted of DJ Morgs, Tommy Fiasko, MC Jeswon, MC Tuksnatch, MC Ruthless and DJ Clockwork, and was called Connect 4. Today, the band consists of DJ Morgs (Morgan Jones), MC Jeswon (Jesse Ferris), MC Tuka (Brendan Tuckerman) and DJ Poncho (Kevin Kerr).[2] In 2009, they released their first album Sleeping On Your Style. DJ Lee Hartney from The Smith Street Band went to one band practice in 2009, but decided to give up his DJ career in favour of playing guitar. In 2010, Thundamentals featured at Festival First Night in Sydney.[3]

In the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012, Thundamentals' Like a Version recording of fellow Australian Matt Corby's "Brother" came in at number 49.[4] The original "Brother" placed number 3 the previous year in Triple J Hottest 100, 2011. In the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014, three of their tracks were voted into the countdown: "Something I Said", "Quit Your Job" and "Got Love". In December 2016 the group announced their new record label, High Depth. they also announced that their fourth studio album, Everyone We Know, would be released in February 2017 as the first release on the label produced by Dave Hammer. Thundamentals' track "Think About It" came in at number 82 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.[5] Their track "Sally" came in at number 8 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2017.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS [7]
Sleeping On Your Style	Released: 18 September 2009[8] Label: Obese Records Formats: CD, digital download	—
Foreverlution	Released: 29 July 2011 Label: Obese Records Formats: CD, digital download	64
So We Can Remember	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Obese Records Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl	3
Everyone We Know	Released: 10 February 2017 Label: High Depth Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl	2
I Love Songs	Released: 21 September 2018[9] Label: High Depth	9

Live albums

Title	Details
Iso Tapes (Vol 1) (with Queensland Symphony Orchestra)	Released: 10 June 2020[10] Label: High Depth, Island, Universal Music Australia Formats: digital download, streaming
Iso Tapes (Vol 2) (with Queensland Symphony Orchestra)	Released: 29 July 2020[11] Label: High Depth, Island, Universal Music Australia Formats: digital download, streaming

Extended plays

Title	Details
Thundamentals	Released: 20 September 2008 Label: Obese Records Formats: CD, digital download
iTunes Live From Sydney	Released: 15 December 2009 Label: Obese Records Format: Digital download

Singles

List of singles released, with year released and album name shown
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	AUS [7]	Certifications	Album
"Move It Up"	2009	—		Sleeping On Your Style
"THUNDA"	2010	—		Sleeping On Your Style
"Paint the Town Red"	2011	—		Foreverlution
"How You Been" (featuring Jace Excell)	2012	—		Foreverlution
"Smiles Don't Lie"	2013	—	ARIA: Gold[12]	So We Can Remember
"Noodle Soup"	2013	—
"Something I Said" (featuring Thom Crawford)	2014	66[13]	ARIA: Gold[14]
"Quit Your Job"		91
"Got Love" (featuring Solo)		—
"Missing You"		—
"Late Nights"[15]	2016	97		Non-album single
"Never Say Never"[16]		—		Everyone We Know
"Think About It" (featuring Peta & The Wolves)[17]		93	ARIA: Gold[14]
"Wolves"	2017	—
"Sally" (featuring Mataya)[18]		—	ARIA: 2× Platinum[19]
"21 Grams" (featuring Hilltop Hoods)		—
"Deja Vu"		—
"I Miss You"[20]	2018	—	ARIA: Gold[12]	I Love Songs
"All I See Is Music"[9]		—
"Everybody But You"		—
"Eyes On Me"	2019	—
"Catch Me If You Can" (featuring Eves Karydas)	2019	—
"All I See"/"Sally" (live)[21]	2020	—		Iso Tapes (Vol 2)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

List of singles released as featured artist
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
Title	Year	AUS [7]	Certifications	Album
"Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" (Hilltop Hoods featuring Thundamentals)	2012	64	ARIA: Gold[14]	Drinking from the Sun

Music videos

Title	Year
"Move It Up"	2009
"THUNDA"	2010
"Paint the Town Red"	2011
"How You Been" (featuring Jace Excell)	2012
"My Favourite Song"
"Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom" (Hilltop Hoods)
"Smiles Don't Lie"	2013
"Noodle Soup"	2013
"#YearOfTheThundakat" (with Geedo Co.)	2014
"Something I Said" (featuring Thom Crawford)
"Quit Your Job"
"Got Love" (featuring Solo)
"Missing You"
"Late Nights with Thundamentals"	2016
"Never Say Never"
"Think About It" (featuring Peta & The Wolves)
"Wolves"	2017
"Sally" (featuring Mataya)
"Milk and Honey"
"Deja Vu"
"My Friends Say" (featuring Wallace)	2018
"I Miss You"
"All I See Is Music"
"Everybody But You"
"Eyes On Me"	2019
"Catch Me If You Can" (featuring Eves Karydas)	2019

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Album
2008	"Payday" (The Tongue featuring Thundamentals)	Redux
	"Timeless" (Dialectrix featuring Thundamentals)	Cycles of Survival
	"Jack n the Box" (Two Toes featuring Thundamentals & Dialectrix)	Cooking with Caustic
2012	"Brother" (originally by Matt Corby)	Like a Version Eight
	"Better Alive" (The Herd featuring Thundamentals & Sky'High)	Better Alive EP
	"All the Above" (Illy featuring Thundamentals)	Bring It Back
	"Thunda Heights High"	Summer Heights High – Remixes
2013	"Just You Wait" (The Tongue featuring Thundamentals & Ngaiire)	Surrender to Victory
2014	"Modern Day Messenger" (Daily Meds featuring Thundamentals)	Sour Milk
2015	"Cosby Sweater (Jaytee remix)" (Hilltop Hoods featuring K21 & Thundamentals)	The Cold Night Sky

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
AIR Awards of 2014[22]	So We Can Remember	Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album	Nominated

J awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
J Awards of 2013[23]	"Smiles Don't Lie"	Australian Video of the Year	Nominated
J Awards of 2014[24]	So We Can Remember	Australian Album of the Year	Nominated
J Awards of 2017[25]	Everyone We Know	Australian Album of the Year	Nominated

References

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-features/artists/2011/08/10/thundamentals-painting-the-world-red/
http://mixeryrawdeluxe.tv/textnews/aussie-special-pt-12-thundamentals
"Festival First Night - Arts Reviews - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au".
"The Winners and Losers of the Hottest 100". 27 January 2012.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/16/
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/17/countdown/1-100/
All except noted: "australian-charts.com – Discography Thundamentals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- For "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom": Ryan, Gavin (30 September 2012). "Guy Sebastian PSY fi'd off top of ARIA Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- For "Late Nights": "ARIA Chart Watch #377". auspOp. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- For "Think About It": "ARIA Chart Watch #396". auspOp. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- For "I Love Songs": "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
"Sleeping On Your Style (DD)". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
"Thundamentals announce new album & tour". The Music. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
"Iso Tapes (Vol 1)". Apple Music. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Iso Tapes (Vol 2)". Apple Music. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles". ARIA. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Wallace, Ian (2 June 2014). "Week Commencing ~ 2nd June 2014 ~ Issue #1266" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1266): 4, 18, 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Singles". ARIA. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
"Late Nights - single". Apple Music. July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Never Say Never - single". Apple Music. September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Think About It - single". Apple Music. November 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Sally - single". Apple Music. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles". ARIA. 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
"I Miss You - single". Apple Music. 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"ISO Tapes Vol 2 single". Apple Music. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"CARLTON DRY AIR AWARDS 2014 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". speaker tv. September 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"The J Award 2013". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
"The J Award 2014". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
"The J Award 2017". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

External links

Official website

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[1] ttp://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-features/artists/2011/08/10/thundamentals-painting-the-world-red/

[mrd-aussie12-2] ttp://mixeryrawdeluxe.tv/textnews/aussie-special-pt-12-thundamentals

[3] "Festival First Night - Arts Reviews - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au".

[4] "The Winners and Losers of the Hottest 100". 27 January 2012.

[5] ttp://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/16/

[6] ttp://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/17/countdown/1-100/

[ARIA_Peaks-7] All except noted: "australian-charts.com – Discography Thundamentals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
For "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom": Ryan, Gavin (30 September 2012). "Guy Sebastian PSY fi'd off top of ARIA Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

For "Late Nights": "ARIA Chart Watch #377". auspOp. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

For "Think About It": "ARIA Chart Watch #396". auspOp. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

For "I Love Songs": "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[8] For "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom": Ryan, Gavin (30 September 2012). "Guy Sebastian PSY fi'd off top of ARIA Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[9] For "Late Nights": "ARIA Chart Watch #377". auspOp. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[10] For "Think About It": "ARIA Chart Watch #396". auspOp. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[11] For "I Love Songs": "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

[8] "Sleeping On Your Style (DD)". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[I_Love_Songs-9] "Thundamentals announce new album & tour". The Music. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[10] "Iso Tapes (Vol 1)". Apple Music. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[11] "Iso Tapes (Vol 2)". Apple Music. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[ARIA19-12] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles". ARIA. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[ARIA_Report_1266-13] Wallace, Ian (2 June 2014). "Week Commencing ~ 2nd June 2014 ~ Issue #1266" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1266): 4, 18, 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[ARIA18-14] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2018 Singles". ARIA. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[15] "Late Nights - single". Apple Music. July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[16] "Never Say Never - single". Apple Music. September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[17] "Think About It - single". Apple Music. November 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[18] "Sally - single". Apple Music. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[ARIA2020singles-19] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles". ARIA. 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[20] "I Miss You - single". Apple Music. 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[21] "ISO Tapes Vol 2 single". Apple Music. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[14nom-22] "CARLTON DRY AIR AWARDS 2014 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". speaker tv. September 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[2013winner-23] "The J Award 2013". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[2014winner-24] "The J Award 2014". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[2017winner-25] "The J Award 2017". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

Thundamentals
MC Jeswon MC Tuka DJ Morgs
Studio albums	Sleeping On Your Style (2009) Foreverlution (2011) So We Can Remember (2014) Everyone We Know (2017)
Extended plays	Thundamentals (2008) iTunes Live from Sydney (2009)
Singles	"Move It Up" "THUNDA" "Paint the Town Red" "How You Been" (featuring Jace Excell) "Smiles Don't Lie" "Noodle Soup" "Something I Said" (featuring Thom Crawford) "Quit Your Job" "Got Love" (featuring Solo) "Missing You" "Late Nights"
Related articles	Discography Obese Records