Friendly (musician)

Friendly
Birth nameAndrew Kornweibel

Friendly (Andrew Kornweibel)[1] is a breaks' producer and DJ. Originally from Australia he is now based in London.

Friendly's debut album, Hello Bellybutton (released on his own Gulp Communications label), was nominated for Best Dance Release at the 1998 ARIA Music Awards.[2] The follow-up album, Akimbo debuted at #20 on the Australian albums chart.[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[4]
1998 Hello Bellybutton
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Gulp Communications (GCCD005)
 -
2000 Akimbo
  • Released: July 2000
  • Label: Silvertone Records (SILV007)
 22

Compilation albums

Year Album details
2004 10 Things You Need To Know About Friendly
  • Released: 2004 (UK)
  • Label: Fat! Records (CTFATCD002)
2005 Chew The Fat! At The End Presents: Friendly
  • Released: 2005 (UK)
  • Label: Fat! Records ( CTFATCD003)

Extended plays

Year EP details
2000 The Sound of You
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Silvertone Records (SILV010)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[4]
1997 "Jam on This" — Hello Bellybutton
1999 "Some Kind of Love Song" 45 Akimbo
2000 "My Mother Was a Deejay" 89
" I Love You But..." 42
2003 "Glottal Stomp / Foot Rocker" — 10 Things You Need To Know About Friendly
"S&M" —
"Greedy" —
2004 "Fetish" —
"The Bump 'N' Grind / Jack (So Ride Me)" — Chew The Fat! At The End Presents: Friendly
2005 "Nobody" — non-album single
2006 "Homeboys Cry Out for More" / "Ride Baby Ride" — non-album single
2009 "It's the Weekend" — non-album single

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Friendly were nominated for four awards.[5]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1998 Hello Bellybutton Best Dance Release Nominated

References

  1. ^ The Age 16 May 2003 Chewing the fat by Andrew Drever
  2. ^ Rage Who Is Friendly?
  3. ^ International Music Concepts Friendly Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Peaks in Australia:
    • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com – Discography Friendly". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 109.
  5. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award - 27th ARIA Awards 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 1 March 2014.