At Peace
{{Short description|New Zealand hip hop group}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}}
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| origin = New Zealand
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active = 2011–2015
| label = Young, Gifted & Broke
| associated_acts = Home Brew
| website = {{URL|http://www.atpeace.co.nz/}}
| current_members = Lui Tuiasau, Tom Scott, Christoph El Truento, Dandruff Dicky, Brandon Haru
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At Peace (stylised as @peace) was a New Zealand hip hop group. The group comprised lyricist and vocalist Tom Scott (also of the hip-hop group Home Brew and later Avantdale Bowling Club); lyricist and vocalist Lui Tuiasau, formerly of hip-hop duo Nothing To Nobody; and producers Christoph El Truento, Dandruff Dicky and B Haru.
At Peace released three albums between 2012 and 2014 before the group's breakup in 2015. All three were shortlisted for the Taite Music Prize in consecutive years from 2013–2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/musicland/audio/20158282/tom-scott-s-guide-to-melbourne |title=Tom Scott's guide to Melbourne |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date=2014-11-22 |access-date=2022-11-02}}{{cite news |title=Taite Music Prize finalists revealed |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/taite-music-prize-finalists-revealed/5IIKAKG7F3CHIAABPPHOH3CI3Y/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=19 February 2014}}{{cite web |title=Announcing the Finalists for the Taite Music Prize 2015 |url=https://nzmusic.org.nz/news/artist/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-taite-music-pri/ |website=New Zealand Music Commission |access-date=23 February 2024 |date=7 March 2015}}
In 2014 they released a song which included lyrics threatening to kill John Key and have sex with his daughter.{{cite news|last1=Shadwell|first1=Talia|title=PM death threat in hip hop song|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/10422676/PM-death-threat-in-hip-hop-song|access-date=26 August 2014|work=Dominion Post|date=26 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=Listen: @Peace - Kill The PM|url=http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/8630/Listen-Peace---Kill-The-PM.utr|website=Under the Radar|access-date=26 August 2014}} In 2018 Scott said "I was wrong. I could’ve definitely done that better.”{{cite news |last1=Moses |first1=Hussein |title=Tom Scott: 'If you're worried about pissing people off, your career's done' |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/music/17-08-2018/tom-scott-if-youre-worried-about-pissing-people-off-your-careers-done/ |access-date=17 August 2018 |work=The Spinoff |date=17 August 2018}}
Discography
;Studio albums
- @Peace (2012) No. 11 NZ{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=%40Peace |title=@Peace |publisher=charts.nz (Hung Medien) |access-date=11 November 2013 }}
- Girl Songs (2013) No. 12 NZ
- @Peace and the Plutonian Noise Symphony (2014) No. 3 NZ
;Other appearances
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"Finding God"
|2013 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20131111041729/http://www.atpeace.co.nz/}}
- At Peace on [http://at-peace.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp]
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Category:New Zealand hip-hop groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2011
Category:New Zealand musical quintets
Category:2011 establishments in New Zealand
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