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 (2005) 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)
 * One of six of Prime Minister John Key's NZ Artist delegation where they took a trip to Samoa for the 50th anniversary of independence celebrations (2012)
 * 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)