Nokturnl is a band

Band (music)

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 formed in 1996 in Alice Springs

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

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, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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, Australia

Australia

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. Sometimes called rap metal their music is hard to categorise, but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

. Nokturnl won "Band of the Year" at The Deadlys

The Deadlys

The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Vibe Australia hosts the awards, which for have been held at the Sydney Opera House since 2001. The first Deadly awards were held in 1995...

 in 1998, 2000 and 2003.

They signed with Festival Mushroom

Festival Records (Australia)

Festival Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....

 offshoot Sputnik Records in December 1999. Their first release, Neva Mend, was nominated for an Aria Award

ARIA Music Awards

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 for Best Alternative Release in 2000. The video for Neva Mend also received a nomination for Best Video.

They have toured in Europe and in Brazil. They toured Australia with Spiderbait

Spiderbait

Spiderbait are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Finley in 1989 by bass guitarist Janet English, singer-drummer Mark Maher , and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart...

, and have supported Powderfinger

Powderfinger

Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

 and Regurgitator

Regurgitator

Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...

, they have recorded with Spiderbait, Machine Gun Fellatio

Machine Gun Fellatio

Machine Gun Fellatio was an Australian alternative rock band, formed in 1997. They were well-known for their provocative on-stage antics and humorous lyrics, as well as the musical merit of their songs. Their outrage-provoking name gives some idea of the attitude that pervades the band's work...

 and Primary

Primary (band)

Primary is a rock band based in Sydney, Australia from 1995 until the early 2000s. The band's nucleus consisted of Jamie Fonti , Sean Fonti and Connie Mitchell...

, and have performed at the Survival Festival Concert (1998) and Big Day Out

Big Day Out

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 (2000). On 3 July 2000 they performed a live set for TripleJ's Live at the Wireless

Live at the Wireless

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. 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

Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

 in Alice Springs.

Their music has been featured in the films Radiance

Radiance (film)

Radiance is a 1998 Australian independent film. It is the first feature film by Aboriginal director Rachel Perkins about three indigenous sisters who reunite for their mother's funeral...

, Yolngu Boy

Yolngu Boy

Yolngu Boy is an Australian film which was released in 2001.The film is about three Aboriginal Australians, Botj , Lorrpu and Milika , that trek through Australia's Top End after Botj, recently released from prison, commits arson and vandalism while high from sniffing petrol...

and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.

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
  BMG
  Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
  
  ) (song: "Neva Mend")
• xtreme music (2001, Rajon Music Group) (song: "Haterz")
• Heavy Shift (2001, Roadrunner Records) (song: "Neva Mend")
• Corroboration
  Corroboration (album)
  Corroboration is a 2001 compilation released on the Festival Mushroom Records imprint, Sputnik. It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together indigenous and non indigenous musicians and bands from various genres. It reached #92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart...
  
  (2001, Sputnik/FMR) (song: "One by One" by Nokturnl and Primary
  Primary (band)
  Primary is a rock band based in Sydney, Australia from 1995 until the early 2000s. The band's nucleus consisted of Jamie Fonti , Sean Fonti and Connie Mitchell...
  
  )
• 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")