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Matthew van der Want (born 1972) is a South African singer, songwriter and recording artist. ==Albums== His debut album, "Turn on You", was recorded in 1996 by Shifty Records' Lloyd Ross[, and released on the Tic Tic Bang record label in December 1996. "Turn on You" featured several well-known South African Musicians, including former African National Congress member of parliament, Jennifer Ferguson,〔http://www.ananziwomen.co.za/cgi-bin/ananziwomen/search.pl?id:1257005384〕 who performed on two duets on the album, and Tananas drummer Ian Herman. Two singles from Turn on You reached the 5fm National top forty and several of the tracks from the album received airplay in South Africa. In 1998 and 2002, van der Want collaborated with songwriter and composer Chris Letcher (now based in London) to release two albums. 1998's "low riding" was nominated in two categories in the South African Music Awards in the Best Rock album and Best Adult Contemporary categories. 2002's "bignity" was also nominated for Best Rock album in the 2002 South Africa Music Awards. Both albums were recorded by Lloyd Ross of Shifty Muic. The acoustic duo of van der Want and Letcher were critically acclaimed and they were repeatedly hailed as two of South Africa's top singer songwriters Bignity was listed in the Mail and Guardian's top ten albums of the decade (2000–2010) van der Want released a further solo album in 2005, called "play my way".〔[http://www.lookandlisten.co.za/view/4453/ ]〕 The single off that album reached no 6 in the 5fm South African top forty. A best of album "the Best and Worst of Matthew van der Want" was released in 2008, containing various tracks from "Turn on You", "bignity", "low riding" and "play my way", as well as six previously unreleased tracks. In 2002, van der Want produced a tribute album to SOuth African Afrikanns alternative singer Koos Kombuis called "Kombuis Musiek". On that album, various South African singers performed songs authored by Koos Kombuis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthew van der Want」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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