{{Short description|Electric-soul duo from Adelaide, South Australia}} {{about|an Australian band|the concept in physics|Electric field}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Electric Fields | image = Eelctric Fields, semi-finals, Eurovision 2024 01.jpg | caption = Electric Fields in 2024 | image_size = | landscape = yes | origin = Australia | genre = Electronic, pop, soul | years_active = 2015–present | label = Warner Music Australia | website = {{URL|https://electricfieldsmusic.com.au/}} | current_members = Zaachariaha Fielding<br/>Michael Ross }}
'''Electric Fields''' is an Australian electronic music duo made up of vocalist Zaachariaha Fielding and keyboard player and producer Michael Ross. Electric Fields combine modern electric-soul music with Aboriginal culture and sing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English. The duo have released an EP and several singles. In {{escyr|2024}}, they became the first duo to represent {{esccnty|Australia|y=2024}} in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "One Milkali (One Blood)". {{toc limit|4}}
==Career==
=== 2011–2020: Formation and ''Inma'' === [[File:Electric Fields performs at the Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, South Australia.jpg|alt=Electric Fields perform in their hometown of Adelaide during their "2000 and Whatever" tour|thumb|At the Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide during the "2000 and Whatever" tour, July 2019]] alt=Zaachariaha Fielding sings "Nina" at an Electric Fields concert in Adelaide, South Australia|thumb|Fielding sings "Nina" at an Electric Fields concert in Adelaide In 2011, Zaachariaha Fielding auditioned for the third season of The X Factor Australia, performing Tracy Chapman's "Talkin Bout a Revolution". In 2013, Michael Ross auditioned for the fifth season performing Phil Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love".<ref name="box">{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/electric-fields-dont-try-putting-us-in-a-box-20171005-gyutr7.html|title=Electric Fields: Don't try putting us in a box|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 October 2017|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212420/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/electric-fields-dont-try-putting-us-in-a-box-20171005-gyutr7.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The pair has been performing as Electric Fields since 2015. Their repertoire moves across pop, soul, and electronica, while being described as "Daft Punk meets Nina Simone in the Deep Forest".<ref name="box"/>
In June 2016, the duo released their debut EP ''Inma'' (which derives its name from the cultural ceremony of Aṉangu women known as inma<ref>{{cite web | title=IY2019: Saving language through Dreaming story | website=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications | date=8 July 2019 | url=https://www.arts.gov.au/departmental-news/iy2019-saving-language-through-dreaming-story | access-date=12 February 2020 | archive-date=3 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403201905/https://www.arts.gov.au/departmental-news/iy2019-saving-language-through-dreaming-story | url-status=live }}</ref>). Daniel Browning, a presenter and producer of ABC Radio National said "Co-creating music that is as exciting as it is emotionally moving – the beauty and sheer power of their musicality is breathtaking. Often featuring Zaachariaha's traditional languages of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara people, Electric Fields music ranges from pop to epic-scale electronic works, through to intensely intimate story-songs."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/electricfields|title=Inma by Electric Fields|publisher=CD Baby|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212521/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/electricfields|url-status=live}}</ref> Their music was played at the Spirit Festival 2016 and Adelaide Fashion Festival 2016 and on Triple J.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.selectmusic.com.au/artist/electric-fields/|title= Electric Fields|publisher= Select Music|date= 2 February 2019|access-date= 2 February 2019|archive-date= 3 February 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030333/http://www.selectmusic.com.au/artist/electric-fields/|url-status= live}}</ref> In 2016, the duo won the Emily Burrows Award, an award given to recognise and further the professional development of original South Australian music artists or bands.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2017/march/emily-burrows-award-recipients-all-set-for-womadelaide/|title= Emily Burrows Award recipients hit WOMADelaide|publisher= APRA Amcos|date= 9 March 2017|accessdate= 2 February 2019|archive-date= 2 February 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190202213039/http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2017/march/emily-burrows-award-recipients-all-set-for-womadelaide/|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The duo won Best New Talent of the Year at the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards.<ref name="SBS"/> The duo was nominated for Artist of the Year at the 2018 National Indigenous Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.theaureview.com/news/baker-boy-kardajala-kirridarra-jessica-mauboy-amongst-national-indigenous-music-award-nominees/|title=Baker Boy, Kardajala Kirridarra, Jessica Mauboy amongst National Indigenous Music Award nominees|publisher=The AU Review|date=9 July 2018|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126002806/http://music.theaureview.com/news/baker-boy-kardajala-kirridarra-jessica-mauboy-amongst-national-indigenous-music-award-nominees/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2018, the duo was announced as one of the entrants in ''Eurovision – Australia Decides'' in an attempt to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.<ref name="SBS">{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/12/04/electric-fields-compete-eurovision-place|title=Electric Fields to compete for Eurovision place|publisher=SBS|date=4 December 2018|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816190527/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/12/04/electric-fields-compete-eurovision-place|url-status=live}}</ref> Electric Fields performed at the competition with their song "2000 and Whatever" on 9 February 2019 and came second in both Jury and Audience vote, and second overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/2019/02/10/kate-miller-heidke-reigns-supreme-at-australia-decides|title=Kate Miller-Heidke reigns supreme at Australia Decides|website=Aussievision|date=10 Feb 2019|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720014332/https://www.aussievision.net/post/2019/02/10/kate-miller-heidke-reigns-supreme-at-australia-decides|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019, the duo announced the Australian jury votes at the Eurovision Song Contest final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/videos/326344301297308/?t=7 |title=SBS Australia |publisher=Facebook |date=30 April 2019 |accessdate=30 April 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308173654/https://www.facebook.com/SBSAustralia/videos/326344301297308/?t=7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that year, Electric Fields toured with "2000 and Whatever" around Australia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Q&A with Electric Fields | website=Off The Leash | date=29 May 2019 | url=https://offtheleash.net.au/features/music/2019/05/qa-electric-fields | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=2 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102014853/https://offtheleash.net.au/features/music/2019/05/qa-electric-fields | url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2019, Electric Fields received two nominations at the National Indigenous Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nima.musicnt.com.au/news/national-indigenous-music-awards-unveils-2019-nominations/|title=National Indigenous Music Awards unveils 2019 Nominations|publisher=National Indigenous Music Awards|date=July 2019|accessdate=19 August 2019|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819102114/https://nima.musicnt.com.au/news/national-indigenous-music-awards-unveils-2019-nominations/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nima.musicnt.com.au/news/record-breaking-crowd-for-the-2019-national-indigenous-music-awards/|title=Record Breaking Crowd for the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards!|publisher=National Indigenous Music Awards|date=13 August 2019|accessdate=16 April 2019|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819102122/https://nima.musicnt.com.au/news/record-breaking-crowd-for-the-2019-national-indigenous-music-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 3 April 2020, Electric Fields' collaboration with Norwegian group Keiino "Would I Lie" was released.<ref name="WIL">{{cite web |date=2 April 2020 |title=KEiiNO & Electric Fields release "Would I Lie" |url=https://escxtra.com/2020/04/02/keiino-and-electric-fields-release-would-i-lie/ |accessdate=3 April 2020 |website=ESC Xtra |archive-date=12 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512034853/https://escxtra.com/2020/04/02/keiino-and-electric-fields-release-would-i-lie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The duo were joined virtually by Jessica Mauboy, Missy Higgins and John Butler for a performance of Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody‘s song about the Gurindji strike, "From Little Things Big Things Grow". The performance was recorded at the Adelaide Botanic Garden conservatory, and broadcast for the season finale of ABC Television's 6-part pandemic series, ''The Sound'', on 23 August 2020.<ref>{{cite web | title=Electric Fields, Missy Higgins and more cover Paul Kelly for 'The Sound' | first=Caleb | last=Triscari | website=NME | date=24 August 2020 | url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/electric-fields-paul-kelly-cover-the-sound-2735629 | access-date=25 August 2020 | archive-date=24 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124180103/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/electric-fields-paul-kelly-cover-the-sound-2735629 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In August 2020, they performed three acoustic sets at the Ukaria Cultural Centre in Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills, in a collaboration with online streaming platform Sunny Side Uploads.<ref>{{cite web | title=Watch Electric Fields perform at the Ukaria Cultural Centre | first=Angela | last=Skujins | others=Photos by Jack Fenby | website=CityMag | date=25 August 2020 | url=http://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/watch-electric-fields-live-at-the-ukaria-cultural-centre/ | access-date=25 August 2020 | archive-date=28 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828220428/https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/watch-electric-fields-live-at-the-ukaria-cultural-centre/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2020, the duo performed "From Little Things Big Things Grow" at the 2020 AFL Grand Final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/all-aussie-music-lineup-announced-for-afl-s-grand-final-at-the-gabba-20201012-p564c7.html|title=All-Aussie music lineup announced for AFL's grand final at the Gabba|website=SMH|date=12 October 2020|accessdate=14 October 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013144520/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/all-aussie-music-lineup-announced-for-afl-s-grand-final-at-the-gabba-20201012-p564c7.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2020, Electric Fields headlined one of the shows in the queer talent-seeking series "Express Yourself – Queer Discovery", which was run by APRA AMCOS and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.<ref>{{cite web | last=Tsinivits | first=Kyriakos | title=Montaigne and Electric Fields join the entertainment line up for Mardi Gras 2021 | website=Aussievision | date=17 February 2021 | url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/montaigne-and-electric-fields-join-the-line-up-of-entertainment-for-mardi-gras-2021 | access-date=3 January 2024 | archive-date=3 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103012609/https://www.aussievision.net/post/montaigne-and-electric-fields-join-the-line-up-of-entertainment-for-mardi-gras-2021 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rose | first=Anna | title=Gordi and Electric Fields to headline final Express Yourself showcase | website=NME | date=11 December 2020 | url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/gordi-and-electric-fields-to-headline-final-express-yourself-showcase-2836644 | access-date=3 January 2024 | archive-date=3 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103012609/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/gordi-and-electric-fields-to-headline-final-express-yourself-showcase-2836644 | url-status=live }}</ref>
=== 2021–present === In February 2021, Electric Fields performed "Don't You Worry" and "Gold Energy" at the Sydney Cricket Ground for Mardi Gras.<ref>{{cite web | last=Langford | first=Jackson | title=Rita Ora, G Flip, Montaigne & More To Play Sydney 2021 Mardi Gras Parade | website=Music Feeds | date=17 February 2021 | url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/rita-ora-g-flip-montaigne-more-to-play-sydney-2021-mardi-gras-parade/ | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=2 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102102957/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/rita-ora-g-flip-montaigne-more-to-play-sydney-2021-mardi-gras-parade/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{youTube|A6bVV75mvBo| Electric Fields - Mardi Gras Live Performance 2021 from the Sydney Cricket Ground}}</ref> In November 2021, Electric Fields performed "From Little Things, Big Things Grow" at the National Indigenous Music Awards. In the same month, they signed a global deal with Warner Music Australia and released "Gold Energy".<ref name="Warner and gold">{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/electric-fields-warner-wonderlick/|title=Electric Fields sign global deal with Warner Music Australia|website=The Music Network|date=18 November 2021|access-date=20 November 2021|author=Langford, Jackson|archive-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119220158/https://themusicnetwork.com/electric-fields-warner-wonderlick/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 March 2022, the duo released "Catastrophe".<ref name="Catastrophe">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/electric-fields-new-single-catastrophe-3184952|title=Listen to Electric Fields' brooding new song "Catastrophe"|website=NME|date=18 March 2022|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320021103/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/electric-fields-new-single-catastrophe-3184952|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2023, Electric Fields released "We the People" as the official WorldPride theme song. They performed their song to a crowd of 20,000 people at the festival's opening concert in Sydney's Domain on 24 February 2023, saying "Pride is not just about acceptance, but feeling at home in your own individuality".<ref name="WtP">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/electric-fields-share-official-worldpride-theme-song-we-the-people-3403825|title=Electric Fields share official WorldPride theme song 'We The People'|website=NME|date=24 February 2023|access-date=25 February 2023|author=Ellie Robinson|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224130718/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/electric-fields-share-official-worldpride-theme-song-we-the-people-3403825|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2023, the duo performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a second time. The live album was released December 2024.<ref name="live with MSO">{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/electric-fields-to-release-live-album-with-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-20241028|title= Electric Fields to Release Live Album With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra|website=noise11|date=28 October 2024|access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref>
On 5 March 2024, the duo was announced as the {{esccnty|Australia|y=2024|t=Australian representatives}} for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, taking place in Malmö in May, with the song "One Milkali (One Blood)".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ogaegreece.com/australia-electric-fields-will-fly-to-malmo-with-one-milkali/ |title=AUSTRALIA: Electric Fields will fly to Malmö with 'One Milkali (One Blood)'! |date=2024-03-05 |access-date=2023-03-05 |publisher=OGAE Greece |language=en |archive-date=19 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419091927/https://ogaegreece.com/australia-electric-fields-will-fly-to-malmo-with-one-milkali/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song includes Yankunytjatjara lyrics.<ref>{{cite web | last=Jeffery | first=Yasmin | title=Eurovision 2024: Electric Fields to represent Australia at the song contest with One Milkali (One Blood) | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=5 March 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/eurovision-2024-electric-fields-australia-one-milkali-one-blood/103546232 | access-date=6 March 2024 | archive-date=7 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307035207/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/eurovision-2024-electric-fields-australia-one-milkali-one-blood/103546232 | url-status=live }}</ref> The duo failed to progress from the first semi-final on 7 May 2024, placing 11th out of 15 with 41 points.<ref>{{cite web | last=Idato | first=Michael | title=Eurovision 2024: Australia's Electric Fields out of song contest | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=8 May 2024 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-duo-electric-fields-out-of-eurovision-in-nail-biting-twist-20240506-p5fpef.html | access-date=8 May 2024 | archive-date=8 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508011223/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-duo-electric-fields-out-of-eurovision-in-nail-biting-twist-20240506-p5fpef.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Eurovision 2024: Australia's Electric Fields miss out on grand final spot | website=SBS News | date=8 May 2024 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/electric-fields-eliminated-from-eurovision-2024/s9ahp8r9w | access-date=8 May 2024 | archive-date=7 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507223624/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/electric-fields-eliminated-from-eurovision-2024/s9ahp8r9w | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sturtridge |first=Isaac |title=REVEALED: The Eurovision 2024 semi-final and final jury/televote detailed voting results |url=https://escxtra.com/2024/05/12/revealed-the-eurovision-2024-semi-final-and-final-jury-televote-detailed-voting-results/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=ESCXTRA |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514002635/https://escxtra.com/2024/05/12/revealed-the-eurovision-2024-semi-final-and-final-jury-televote-detailed-voting-results/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 17 March 2024, Electric Fields performed in a concert called "Floods of Fire" with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Adelaide Festival Centre, as the finale to the Adelaide Festival.<ref>{{cite web | title=South Australian duo headed to Eurovision | website=InDaily | date=6 March 2024 | url=https://www.indaily.com.au/arts-culture/music/2024/03/06/south-australian-duo-headed-to-eurovision | access-date=6 March 2024 | archive-date=5 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305233026/https://www.indaily.com.au/arts-culture/music/2024/03/06/south-australian-duo-headed-to-eurovision | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Floods of Fire: Our Celebration with Electric Fields & the ASO | website=Adelaide Festival | url=https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/fof-our-celebration-with-electric-fields-and-the-aso/ | access-date=6 March 2024 | archive-date=5 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305230348/https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/fof-our-celebration-with-electric-fields-and-the-aso/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Members == ===Identity=== Electric Fields' band motto is "bypass the barriers", and Fielding and Ross describe themselves as "two feminine brothers", embracing their queer identity and affectionately referring to each other as Mala (Fielding, the "younger sibling") and Tjutja (Ross, the "older brother"). They are very close friends but not romantically involved. They embrace their feminine identity, saying that it makes them stronger.<ref name=dna2021>{{cite interview | interviewer-first=Marc | interviewer-last=Andrews | title=NAIDOC Week: Electric Fields | first1=Zaachariaha | last1=Fielding | first2=Michael | last2=Ross | website=DNA | date=9 July 2021 | url=https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields/ | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=24 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324114036/https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields/ | url-status=live }}</ref> They are 10 years and one day apart in age.<ref name=cousins2021>{{cite web | last=Cousins | first=Lucy | title=Tomorrow's Heroes: Zaachariaha Fielding | website=T Australia | date=28 December 2021 | url=https://taustralia.com.au/tomorrows-heroes-zaachariaha-fielding/ | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=30 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130003231/https://taustralia.com.au/tomorrows-heroes-zaachariaha-fielding/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Zaachariaha Fielding === {{main|Zaachariaha Fielding}} Zaachariaha Fielding is the oldest of nine children of a family who live in Mimili, in the APY lands of north-west South Australia.<ref name=citymagex/> He studied Indigenous Australian music and started producing his own work at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music at the University of Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web | first=Angela | last=Skujins | title=Fifty years of CASM | website=CityMag | date=3 April 2023 | url=https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/fifty-years-of-casm/ | access-date=9 April 2023 | archive-date=9 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409025044/https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/fifty-years-of-casm/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
He is also known as an artist,<ref name=citymagex>{{cite web | title=Zaachariaha Fielding is turning canvases into confessionals | website=CityMag | date=2 December 2020 | first=Angela | last=Skujins | url=http://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/zaachariaha-fielding-is-turning-canvases-into-confessionals/ | access-date=3 December 2020 | archive-date=3 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203100610/https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/zaachariaha-fielding-is-turning-canvases-into-confessionals/ | url-status=live }}</ref> whose work has been exhibited in several exhibitions<ref name=citymagex/><ref name=apy2020>{{cite web | title=Zaachariaha Fielding: Gold and Silver Linings: November 2020 | website=APY Gallery | url=https://www.apygallery.com/novemberzaachariaha-fielding | access-date=3 December 2020 | archivedate=28 March 2022 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328063600/https://www.apygallery.com/novemberzaachariaha-fielding | url-status=deviated }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Troy-Anthony | last=Baylis | title=This is ultra-contemporary Aboriginal art | website=InReview | date=3 November 2023 | url=https://inreview.com.au/inreview/visual-art/2023/11/03/this-is-ultra-contemporary-aboriginal-art/ | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=2 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102003751/https://inreview.com.au/inreview/visual-art/2023/11/03/this-is-ultra-contemporary-aboriginal-art/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=llewellyn2023>{{cite web | title=Z MUNU A TITUTJARA | website=Hugo Michell Gallery | first=Jane | last=Llewellyn | date=23 December 2023 | url=https://hugomichellgallery.com/products/collections-tarnanthi-2023 | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=2 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102004243/https://hugomichellgallery.com/products/collections-tarnanthi-2023 | url-status=live }}</ref> as well as winning the Wynne Prize<ref>{{cite web | title=Archibald Prize Wynne 2023 work: Inma by Zaachariaha Fielding | website=Art Gallery of NSW | url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2023/30577/ | access-date=5 May 2023 | archive-date=5 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505092936/https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2023/30577/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Jefferson | first=Dee | title=Julia Gutman wins Archibald Prize for portrait of Montaigne | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=5 May 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-05/archibald-winner-2023-julia-gutman-montaigne-wynne-sulman-prize/102307188 | access-date=5 May 2023 | archive-date=5 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505024227/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-05/archibald-winner-2023-julia-gutman-montaigne-wynne-sulman-prize/102307188 | url-status=live }}</ref> and the Ramsay Art Prize {{AUD|15,000}} People's Choice prize in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ramsay Art Prize 2023 | website=Art Gallery of South Australia | date=27 May 2023 | url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/ramsay-art-prize-2023/ | access-date=11 August 2023 | archive-date=11 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811020555/https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/ramsay-art-prize-2023/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding wins Ramsay Art fan prize for 'gremlins' painting | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=12 August 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/electric-fields-zaachariaha-fielding-wins-ramsay-art-fan-prize/102722420 | access-date=16 August 2023 | archive-date=15 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815192715/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/electric-fields-zaachariaha-fielding-wins-ramsay-art-fan-prize/102722420 | url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Michael Ross === Michael Ross is a singer, songwriter, pianist and producer from Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gigsninterviews.com/the-kind-hearted-and-talented-michael-ross/ | title=The Kind-Hearted and Talented Michael Ross. | website=Gigs 'n Interviews. | access-date=5 March 2023 | archive-date=5 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305081045/https://gigsninterviews.com/the-kind-hearted-and-talented-michael-ross/ | url-status=live }}</ref> His musical influences growing up were mainly Mariah Carey, along with the Cranberries, Tracy Chapman, and Lauryn Hill.<ref name=dna2021/>
Before joining Electric Fields, Ross was a contestant on ''The X Factor Australia'' in 2013.<ref name=xvoice>{{cite web | url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/02/electric-fields-singers-on-x-factor-the-voice.html | title=Electric Fields singers on X Factor, The Voice | website=TV Tonight | access-date=5 March 2023 | date=12 February 2019 | archive-date=5 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305081109/https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/02/electric-fields-singers-on-x-factor-the-voice.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=dna2021/>
==In film== Electric Fields are the subject of a SBS/NITV documentary, "Voice From The Desert", screened nationally from 10 December 2018. The film was part of the ''Our Stories'' series, featuring emerging Indigenous Australian creatives, and directed by Daniel Clarke and Amy Pysden. The doco shows the duo performing at the 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards in Darwin, as well as covering Fielding visiting Mimili, and examining his early life experiences growing up in remote South Australia and his artistic and personal growth. There are also interviews with his parents Kaye Lowah and Robert Fielding.<ref name=marsh2018>{{cite web | last=Marsh | first=Walter | title=South Australian duo Electric Fields star in new SBS documentary | website=The Adelaide Review | date=11 December 2018 | url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/2018/12/11/electric-fields-sbs-nitv-zaachariaha-fielding/ | access-date=2 January 2024 | archive-date=2 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102020954/https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/music/2018/12/11/electric-fields-sbs-nitv-zaachariaha-fielding/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Live in Concert'' <br> (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) | * Released: 6 December 2024<ref name="live with MSO"/> * Label: Electric Fields, MSO, ABC Music * Formats: LP, digital download, streaming |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Inma'' | * Released: 20 June 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/inma-ep/1136184975|title=Inma EP|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212350/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/inma-ep/1136184975|url-status=live}}</ref> * Label: Electric Fields * Formats: Digital download, streaming |}
===Singles===
==== As lead artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! colspan="1" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | AUS<br>Digital<br /><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/BE8634E7F21E0036F2753007F95296389DDEE3E0AB528E703C4A4C3555CCE175/ARIA%20Digital%20Tracks%20Chart.pdf?seq=24|title=ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=18 February 2019|accessdate=16 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216115817/http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/BE8634E7F21E0036F2753007F95296389DDEE3E0AB528E703C4A4C3555CCE175/ARIA%20Digital%20Tracks%20Chart.pdf?seq=24|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "2000 and Whatever" | rowspan="2" | 2019 | 38 | {{Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Vision"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59kebr2mAY|title=Vision|publisher=YouTube|date=21 June 2019|accessdate=6 April 2020|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522013119/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59kebr2mAY|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airit.org.au/Electric-Fields-Vision.html|title=Electric Fields "vision"|website=AIRIT|date=21 June 2019|accessdate=6 April 2020|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406233216/https://airit.org.au/Electric-Fields-Vision.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | — | ''Deadly Hearts 2'' |- ! scope="row" | "Gold Energy"<ref name="Warner and gold" /> |2021 | — | rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Catastrophe"<ref name="Catastrophe" /> | 2022 | — |- ! scope="row" | "We the People"<ref name="WtP"/> | rowspan="2" | 2023 | — |- ! scope="row" | "Anpuru Maau Kutjpa"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields-release-new-single-anpuru-maau-kutjpa-for-new-baz-luhrmann-film/|title=Electric Fields Release New Single “Anpuru Maau Kutjpa” For New Baz Luhrmann Film|website=DNA Magazine|date=17 November 2023|access-date=18 November 2023|archive-date=18 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118161527/https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/electric-fields-release-new-single-anpuru-maau-kutjpa-for-new-baz-luhrmann-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> | — | ''Faraway Downs (Soundtrack)'' |- ! scope="row" | "One Milkali (One Blood)" | rowspan="3" | 2024 | — | rowspan="1" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Shade Away"<br />{{small|(with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)}}<ref name="Shade Away">{{cite web|url=https://amnplify.com.au/electric-fields-set-to-release-electrifying-live-in-concert-album-with-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-out-friday-december-6/ |title= Electric Fields Set to Release Electrifying Live in Concert Album|website=Amnplify|date=October 2024|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> | — | rowspan="2" | ''Live in Concert'' |- ! scope="row" | "Don't You Worry"<br />{{small|(with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)}}<ref name="review1">{{cite web|url=https://australianmusician.com.au/electric-fields-live-in-concert-album-with-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-out-now/ |title=Electric Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Live in Concert |website= Australian Musician |date=5 December 2024|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> | — |- | colspan="14" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
==== As featured artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "No Other High"<br />{{small|(Touch Sensitive featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref>{{cite web |date=11 August 2017 |title=No Other High - single |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/no-other-high-feat-electric-fields-single/1489113623 |accessdate=8 February 2020 |website=Apple Music |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309174059/https://music.apple.com/au/album/no-other-high-feat-electric-fields-single/1489113623 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 2017 | ''Visions'' |- ! scope="row" | "Would I Lie"<br />{{small|(Keiino featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref name="WIL" /> | 2020 | ''Okta'' |- ! scope="row" | "Must Be Love"<br />{{small|(Tseba featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref>{{cite web |date=7 May 2021 |title=Must Be Love (single) |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/must-be-love-feat-electric-fields-single/1561392113 |accessdate=9 May 2021 |website=Apple Music |archivedate=9 May 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509060914/https://music.apple.com/au/album/must-be-love-feat-electric-fields-single/1561392113 |url-status=deviated }}</ref> | 2021 | {{N/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Fight for Me"<br />{{small|(Barkaa featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref>{{cite web |date=1 April 2022 |title=New Aus Music Playlist ADDITIONS – 01/04/22 |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/new-aus-music-playlist-our-favourite-tunes-of-the-week-99/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |website=Music Feeds |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401145159/https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/new-aus-music-playlist-our-favourite-tunes-of-the-week-99/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |2022 | {{tba}} |- ! scope="row" | "See Your Face"<br />{{small|(Tseba featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/tseba-new-music-electric-fields-must-be-love/13368318|title=Tseba and Electric Fields team up for a bright and beautiful banger|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=1 June 2023|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=18 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618063233/https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/tseba-new-music-electric-fields-must-be-love/13368318|url-status=live}}</ref> |2023 | {{tba}} |- ! scope="row" | "Red Future"<br />{{small|(Snotty Nose Rez Kids featuring Electric Fields)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/snotty-nose-rez-kids-unveil-their-vision-of-the-future-with-red-future-video-and-single|title=Snotty Nose Rez Kids Unveil their Vision of the Future with Red Future video and single|website=Sony Music Canada|date=1 March 2024|access-date=2 March 2024|archive-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302033358/https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/snotty-nose-rez-kids-unveil-their-vision-of-the-future-with-red-future-video-and-single|url-status=live}}</ref> |2024 | ''Red Future'' |- ! scope="row"| "Sound of Silence" (re-recorded)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/dami-im-teams-up-with-electric-fields-to-celebrate-10-years-of-sound-of-silence#google_vignette|title=Dami Im teams up with Electric Fields to celebrate 10 years of Sound of Silence|website=Aussie Vision|date=11 March 2026|access-date=13 March 2026}}</ref><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Dami Im featuring Electric Fields)</span> | 2026 | {{tba}} |- |}
===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of other non-single song appearances |- ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Album |- ! scope="row" | "Shade Away" | 2017 | ''NIMA Presents: The Sound of Indigenous Australia - Now and Before''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/nima-presents-the-sound-of-indigenous-australia-now-before/1253509565|title=NIMA Presents the Sound of Indigenous Australia Now and Before|website=Apple Music|date=June 2017|accessdate=6 April 2020|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522013052/https://music.apple.com/au/album/nima-presents-the-sound-of-indigenous-australia-now-before/1253509565|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Glorious"<br/>{{small|(Hermitude featuring Electric Fields)}} | 2019 | ''Pollyanarchy''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/pollyanarchy/1477167367|title=Pollyanarchy|website=Apple Music|date=September 2019|accessdate=6 April 2020|archivedate=26 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926140654/https://music.apple.com/au/album/pollyanarchy/1477167367|url-status=deviated}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "From Little Things Big Things Grow" | 2020 | ''Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody''<ref name="CBMS">{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/vinyl-various-cannot-buy-my-soul-songs-of-kev-carmody-2020-reissue-vinyl-2lp|title=Cannot Buy My Soul: Songs Of Kev Carmody (2020 REISSUE) LP|website=JB HiFi|accessdate=1 August 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820145522/https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/vinyl-various-cannot-buy-my-soul-songs-of-kev-carmody-2020-reissue-vinyl-2lp|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Tjitji Lullaby" | 2022 | ''ABC Kids'' |- ! scope="row" | "Tjarpala" | rowspan="5" | 2023 | rowspan="5" | ''Faraway Downs (Soundtrack)'' |- ! scope="row" | "Antara Maau Kutjpa" |- ! scope="row" | "Tjukurpa Spirit" |- ! scope="row" | "Tjukurpa" |- ! scope="row" | "Ngula" |- ! scope="row" | "Dream On" (with the Prison Choir)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/soundtrack-to-how-to-make-gravy-movie-revealed-meg-washington-performs-the-first-single-the-hook-20240926|title=Soundtrack To 'How To Make Gravy' Movie Revealed, Meg Washington Performs The First Single 'The Hook' |website=noise11|date=26 September 2024|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> | 2024 |''How to Make Gravy'' |}
==Awards== Electric Fields were awarded a Robert Stigwood Fellowship, which provided mentorship and professional development, by the Music Development Office in SA.<ref name=rsfmdo>{{cite web |title=Robert Stigwood Fellowship Program |website=Music Development Office (SA) |url=https://mdo.sa.gov.au/funding-programs/robert-stigwood-fellowship-program |access-date=29 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929044557/https://mdo.sa.gov.au/funding-programs/robert-stigwood-fellowship-program| archive-date= 29 Sep 2024| url-status=live}}</ref>
===AACTA Awards=== The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television.
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2025 || "Dream On" (Megan Washington) by Electric Fields & The Prison Choir || Best Original Song || {{nom}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://foxtelgroup.com.au/newsroom/foxtel-group-secures-33-nominations-for-2025-aacta-awards|title= Foxtel Group Secures 33 Nominations for 2025 AACTA Awards|website=Foxtel|date=7 December 2024|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> |}
===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. {{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2025 | ''Live in Concert'' (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ) | Best Independent Classical Album or EP | {{nom}} | rowspan="1"| <ref name="AIR 2025 win">{{cite web|url=https://scenestr.com.au/music/2025-air-awards-winners-20250801|title=2025 AIR Awards Winners| website= The Music|date=1 August 2025|access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> |}
===ARIA Music Awards=== The ARIA Music Awards is an annual award ceremony event celebrating the Australian music industry. Electric Fields have been nominated for two awards.
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2019 | 2000 and Whatever Tour | Best Australian Live Act | {{nom}} | <ref name="ARIA noms 2019">{{cite web | url = https://ariaawards.com.au/news/2019/2019-aria-awards-nominated-artists-revealed | title = ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 10 October 2019 | accessdate = 10 October 2019 | archive-date = 28 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191028131659/https://ariaawards.com.au/news/2019/2019-aria-awards-nominated-artists-revealed | url-status = live }}</ref> |- | 2024 | ''Faraway Downs''<br />{{small|(with various artists)}} | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite magazine |date=21 November 2024 |last=Lochrie |first=Conor |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/all-the-winners-from-the-2024-aria-awards-2024/ |title=All the Winners From the 2024 ARIA Awards 2024 |magazine=The Music Network |access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> |- | 2025 | ''Live in Concert''<br />{{small|(with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)}} | Best World Music Album | {{nominated}} | <ref name="ARIA 2025 Noms">{{cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/aria-award-nominations-2025-aria-nominees-full-list/105815074 | title = ARIA Award nominations 2025: Ninajirachi, Dom Dolla, Amyl & The Sniffers lead the pack | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | access-date = 26 September 2025 }}</ref> {{end}}
===National Dreamtime Awards=== The National Dreamtime Awards is an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in sport, arts, academic and community and commenced in 2017. Electric Fields have won one award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/11/15/finalists-years-dreamtime-awards|title=The finalists at this years' Dreamtime Awards|website=NITV|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214192653/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/11/15/finalists-years-dreamtime-awards|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/11/16/we-are-brilliant-people-nova-peris-receives-lifetime-achievement-dreamtime-awards|title='We are brilliant people': Nova Peris receives Lifetime Achievement at Dreamtime Awards 2019|website=NITV|language=en|access-date=2019-12-14|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222004201/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/11/16/we-are-brilliant-people-nova-peris-receives-lifetime-achievement-dreamtime-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{awards table}} |- | 2019 | Themselves | Male Music Artist | {{won}} {{end}}
===National Indigenous Music Awards=== The National Indigenous Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises the achievements of Indigenous Australians in music. The award ceremony commenced in 2004. Electric Fields have won one award from four nominations.
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2017 | rowspan=3|Themselves | Best New Talent | {{won}} | |- | 2018 | rowspan=2|Artist of the Year | {{nom}} | |- | rowspan="2"| 2019 | {{nom}} | |- | "2000 and Whatever" | Song of the Year | {{nom}} | |- | rowspan="2"| 2020 | Themselves | Artist of the Year | {{nom}} | rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/announcement-national-indigenous-music-awards-finalists-unveiled-20200713|title=Announcement: National Indigenous Music Awards Finalists Unveiled|website=noise11|date=13 July 2020|accessdate=18 July 2020|archive-date=18 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718030729/http://www.noise11.com/news/announcement-national-indigenous-music-awards-finalists-unveiled-20200713|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nima.musicnt.com.au/past-winners/2017-winners-2/|title=2020 Finalists|website=NIMA|date=July 2020|accessdate=18 July 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925234821/https://nima.musicnt.com.au/past-winners/2017-winners-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Electric Fields and Keiino - "Would I Lie" | Song of the Year | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2022 | Themselves | Artist of the Year | {{nom}} | <ref name="NIMA noms 2022">{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/nominees-and-performers-announced-for-national-indigenous-music-awards-2022/|title=Nominees and Performers Announced For National Indigenous Music Awards 2022|website=Music Feeds|date=13 July 2022|access-date=14 July 2022|archive-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713214625/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/nominees-and-performers-announced-for-national-indigenous-music-awards-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NIMAwins2022">{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/baker-boy-2022-nimas-winners/|title=2022 NIMAs: Baker Boy Wins Two Awards, Archie Roach and Gurrumul Honoured|website=The Music Network|date=6 August 2022|access-date=7 August 2022|archive-date=6 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806222153/https://themusicnetwork.com/baker-boy-2022-nimas-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| 2024 |Themselves | Artist of the Year | {{nom}} | rowspan="3"| <ref name="NIMA2024noms">{{cite web|url= https://themusic.com.au/industry/the-kid-laroi-barkaa-lead-national-indigenous-music-awards-nominations/yHR22t3c394/19-07-24 |title= The Kid LAROI & Barkaa Lead National Indigenous Music Awards Nominations |website=The Music|date= 19 July 2024|access-date= 19 July 2024|author= Mary Varvaris }}</ref><ref name="NIMA24wins">{{cite web | last=Charles | first=Bronte | title=Check out the full list of winners of the National Indigenous Music Awards 2024 | website=NITV | date=10 August 2024 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/these-are-the-winners-of-the-national-indigenous-music-awards/dmgh04mr4 | access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> |- | "One Milkali (One Blood)" | Song of the Year | {{nom}} |- | "Anpuru Maau Kutjpa" | Indigenous Language Award | {{won}} |- |}
===National Live Music Awards=== The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia. They paused between 2021 and 2022 due to COVID-19 {{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2017 | Themselves | South Australian Live Act of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan="2" | <ref name="2017noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2017/10/09/national-live-music-awards-reveals-2017-nominees-and-venues/|title=NLMA reveal 2017 Nominees|website=NLMA|date=9 October 2017|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926142453/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2017/10/09/national-live-music-awards-reveals-2017-nominees-and-venues/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2017wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/winners/|title=Winners 2017|website=NLMA|date=December 2016|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232714/https://www.nlmas.com.au/winners/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Zaachariaha Fielding (Electric Fields) | South Australian Live Voice of the Year | {{won}} |- | 2018 | rowspan="3" | Themselves | Live Electronic Act (or DJ) of the Year | {{won}} | <ref name="2018noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/10/02/national-live-music-awards-announces-2018-nominees-live-legend-induction-aaa-award-expansion-ros-ogorman-tribute-and-more/|title=NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend|website=NLMA|date=2 October 2018|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201101052016/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/10/02/national-live-music-awards-announces-2018-nominees-live-legend-induction-aaa-award-expansion-ros-ogorman-tribute-and-more/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2018wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/12/07/baker-boy-stella-donnelly-and-tropical-fck-storm-among-the-big-winners-of-the-2018-nlmas-magic-dirt-inducted-as-live-legends/|title=Winners of the 2018 NLMA|website=NLMA|date=December 2018|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201101052052/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2018/12/07/baker-boy-stella-donnelly-and-tropical-fck-storm-among-the-big-winners-of-the-2018-nlmas-magic-dirt-inducted-as-live-legends/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2019 | Live Act of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan="3" | <ref name="2019noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2019/10/22/here-are-your-2019-national-live-music-awards-nominees/|title=Here Are Your 2019 National Live Music Awards Nominees!|website=NLMA|date=22 October 2020|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=5 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405053554/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2019/10/22/here-are-your-2019-national-live-music-awards-nominees/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2019wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2019/12/05/and-the-winners-of-the-2019-national-live-music-awards-are/|title=And the Winners of the 2019 National Live Music Awards Are...|website=NLMA|date=5 December 2020|accessdate=5 September 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915010837/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2019/12/05/and-the-winners-of-the-2019-national-live-music-awards-are/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Live Electronic Act (or DJ) of the Year | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2" | Zaachariaha Fielding (Electric Fields) | rowspan="2" | Live Voice of the Year | {{won}} |- | 2020 | {{won}} | <ref name="2020noms">{{cite web|url=https://www.nlmas.com.au/2020/09/08/nominees-announced-for-2020-national-live-music-awards-public-voting-opens/|title=Nominees announced for 2020 National Live Music Awards|website=NLMAs|date=7 September 2020|accessdate=8 September 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915000721/https://www.nlmas.com.au/2020/09/08/nominees-announced-for-2020-national-live-music-awards-public-voting-opens/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2023 | rowspan="3" | Themselves | Best Live Act | {{nom}} | rowspan="5" | <ref name="2023noms">{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/nominees-announced-for-the-2023-national-live-music-awards/SrrwXF9eQUA/05-09-23/|title=Nominees Announced For The 2023 National Live Music Awards|website=The Music|date=5 September 2023|accessdate=11 September 2023|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909020552/https://themusic.com.au/industry/nominees-announced-for-the-2023-national-live-music-awards/SrrwXF9eQUA/05-09-23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NLMA2023wins">{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/genesis-owusu-and-amyl-the-sniffers-win-big-at-the-2023-national-live-music-awards/ias3nZyfnoE/11-10-23|title=Genesis Owusu And Amyl & The Sniffers Win Big At The 2023 National Live Music Awards|website=The Music|date=11 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522013051/https://themusic.com.au/industry/genesis-owusu-and-amyl-the-sniffers-win-big-at-the-2023-national-live-music-awards/ias3nZyfnoE/11-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Best Live Act in SA | {{nom}} |- | Best Pop Act | {{nom}} |- | Zaachariaha Fielding | Live Voice in SA | {{nom}} |- | Zaachariaha Fielding (Electric Fields) | Best Live Voice | {{won}} |}
===Screen Music Awards === {{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2025 || "Dream On" (Megan Washington) <br>(by Electric Fields & The Prison Choir) || Best Original Song Composed for the Screen || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/screen-music-awards-winners-for-2025-revealed-in-brisbane-2684447/|title=Screen Music Awards winners for 2025 revealed in Brisbane |website=Screen Hub|date=28 October 2025|access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> |}
===South Australian Music Awards=== The South Australian Music Awards (previously known as the Fowler's Live Music Awards) are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary music industry. They commenced in 2012.<ref name=PastWinners>{{cite web |url= https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/about/past-winners/ |title= Past Winners |website= South Australian Music Awards |access-date= 29 March 2021 |archive-date= 14 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220314205854/https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/about/past-winners/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>| <ref name=sutton2024>{{cite web |last=Sutton |first=Malcolm |title=Guy Sebastian inducted into Hall of Fame as solo artist Aleksiah wins big at SA Music Awards |website=ABC News |date=8 November 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/guy-sebastian-inducted-hall-of-fame-sa-music-awards-aleksiah/104568160 |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref> {{awards table}} {{small|(wins only)}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | rowspan="3" | Themselves | Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Artist | {{won}} |- | People's Choice Electronic Award | {{won}} |- |2024 | Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island Artist | {{Won}} |}
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==Further reading== *{{cite web | last=Archibald-Binge | first=Ella | title='We weren't allowed to be ourselves': How Electric Fields burst out of the box | website=NITV | date=27 February 2019 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/02/27/we-werent-allowed-be-ourselves-how-electric-fields-burst-out-box }} *{{cite web | last=Tan | first=Teresa | title=Electric Fields' Zaachariaha Fielding and artist Robert Fielding reflect on Anangu spirit and connection to country | website=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=31 August 2019 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-01/electric-fields-singer-zaachariaha-fielding-returns-to-apy-lands/11453492 }}
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