Matthew Salapu-Faiumu

Matthew Salapu-Faiumu, aka Anonymouz, is a composer and sound/music/video producer of Samoan descent, based in Onehunga, New Zealand. Matthew-Salapu under the name Anonymouz has been a pioneering figure within the Pacific NZ music industry for over 15 years. Within the New Zealand and Pacific music industry, he was a founding member of the Pacific Music Awards and won a Phillip Fuemana Award, Most Promising Artist in 2008. He was appointed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to be the Music Director for their APO Remix the Orchestra programme (2013). The show received an International Music Council (IMC) Musical Rights Award from the United Nations (2013). He was commissioned by NZ Pacific Radio stations Radio 531 PI & NIU FM to create their new imaging music which still plays every four minutes to the present day (2014). He was a part of the Aotearoa delegation that attended the Festival of Pacific Arts in Guåhan, Guam (2016). There he presented his 20-minute soundscape work Resample: Guahan to much praise.

Anonymouz has continued to have his work commissioned by prominent artists and art companies over his career. These include, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Theatre Company, Black Grace, Auckland Transport, Auckland Council, Royal NZ Ballet and Massey University.

Anonymouz is currently co-director of his arts production company 37hz Productions. He shares the running of the company with his wife and managing director Noma Sio-Faiumu since 2017.

Awards, residencies and notable achievements Founding Member of the Pacific Music Awards (2005) Recipient of the Phillip Fuemana Award, Most Promising Artist at the Pacific Music Awards (2008) Music Director of APO: Remix the Orchestra the year the show received an International Music Council (IMC) Musical Rights Award from the UN (2013) Recipient of the Emerging Pacific Artist Award at Creative NZ Arts Pasifika Awards (2016) Nominated for the Best Producer Award at the Pacific Music Awards (2018) Recipient funding for Music Development from NZ on Air (2021) Won Sound Designer of the Year at the Wellington Theatre Awards for his work on UPU (2021) Recipient of a Massey University Toi Rauwharangi Pacific Arts Residency (2021)

Work catalogue The Hypnotics Anonymouz second single, self-produced 2011 The Hypnotics Amour| - Producer 2012 LAYBAQ Mangere Summertime Dok2 Producer 2012 The Hypnotics Some Say| - Producer 2012 ERMEHN Trained to Kill (Album)| Selected Artists Producer 2013 ERMEHN As Real As It Gets|FaceKilla, Young Sid, Mr Sicc, Dok2 Producer 2013 LAYBAQ Sincerely Yours 2014 Anonymouz An Artistic Response to the Teina Pora Case|Ermehn, Tha Movement, Mareko, Teva, Che Fu, Devolo, Dok2, Poetik, Laybaq, Mr Sicc An independent collective artistic response to the controversial Teina Pora case 2014 ERMEHN Livin' In The Hood|Mr Sicc, Teva, DG Producer 2014 LAYBAQ Soul Food Sunday 2015 Tha Movement Daddy Loves You| - Producer 2016 Machete District Oriana|Mz J Producer 2017 LaCoco Free To Be Remix| - Producer 2017 Tha Movement No Doubt About It| - Producer 2017 SNARE Vodka and Vaniah LaCoco Producer 2017 Anonymouz & Dok2 These Summer Days Devolo, Swiss Producer and vocalist 2018 Tha Movement MASTA Poetik, MC Arme, SMV,King Kapisi, Mareko, Kas The Freestyle Producer. This song was also featured on the Blockbuster Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw Soundtrack 2018 Tha Movement The Undisciplined Son EP|Selected Artists Producer 2019 Lani Alo Alo i ou Faiva|Livingstone Efu Produced and Directed under 37 Hz Productions 2019 SNARE Leasing Lingos|Hamokane, Kas The Freestyle, Gfes Director and Producer 2020 SNARE Oasis (Se'i Loa) Director and Producer 2020 Tha Movement Unwind|Mr Sicc Produced, Visual Director 2023 SNARE Leai Se Paga'' - Producer and vocalist Creative Director / Music and Visual Producer collaborating with four Black Grace dancers, Isitolo Alesana, SNARE and Dok2. 2019 Jeremy Leatinu'u When the Moon sees the Sun Composer. The piece was presented at the 2019 Honolulu Biennial. 2020 New Zealand Government Covid-19 Updates: Pacific Language Translation|Anonymouz alongside Areta Tanoa'i were commissioned by the Ministry of Health to translate the COVID-19 updates into 9 Pacific languages 2021 New Zealand Government NZ Government Official Dawn Raid Apology Produced the opening sound design for the event 2021 37 Hz Productions - Anonymouz RESAMPLE: TATAU Soundscape 2022 Ministry for Pacific Peoples Dawn Raids Apology Commemoration at Ngati Whatua Orakei Marae Commemorating his contributions to the event 2023 COP 28 Conference Pasifika Voices 23' They Taking Pictures of us in the Water'' Creative Director, Music Producer, Music Mixer, Videographer and Editor in collaboration with Audrey Brown Pereira