Ashton Nyte is a South African-born singer, songwriter, producer, composer, author, actor, and frontman of the band The Awakening. Nyte has released seven solo albums, in addition to eleven albums as The Awakening and several other projects and collaborations. He is considered to be a pioneer of alternative music in South Africa,[1] and has been described as "something of a musical genius"[2] for his typical method of composing, playing and recording each instrument himself on most of his releases. Nyte is widely known in South Africa for his chart-topping cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" and several other top singles. His signature style combines baritone vocals, garnering comparisons to David Bowie and Johnny Cash, with instrumentation that ranges from lyric-driven acoustic folk, to alternative rock, to post-punk and electronic music, as well as a penchant for the theatrical. Nyte has been based in the US since 2009.
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AshtonNyte is a South African-born singer, songwriter, producer, composer, author, actor, and frontman of the band The Awakening. Nyte has released seven...
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Awakening of South Africa and has been married to the band's front man AshtonNyte since 2009. In addition to live touring, she is credited with taking...
Slender Nudes is the first studio album by South African recording artist AshtonNyte, frontman for the gothic rock band The Awakening. The style is described...
Sinister Swing is the third studio album by South African recording artist AshtonNyte, frontman for the Gothic rock band The Awakening. Described as "organic...
series by Alexander D. Hall The Awakening (band), a musical project of AshtonNyte The Awakening (Ahmad Jamal album) or the title song, 1970 The Awakening...
Roadside Heretics. Regarding Roadside Heretics, HM Magazine wrote that "AshtonNyte has a great understanding of the gothic aesthetic. Besides modern day...
In 1995, The Awakening was formed by vocalist, guitarist and producer AshtonNyte. The band is credited in major national press as "South Africa's most...
musicians, including Al Jourgensen (Ministry), Simon Gallup (The Cure), AshtonNyte (The Awakening), Michael Aston (Gene Loves Jezebel), Robin Zander (Cheap...
band The Awakening released on 1 January 2003. All songs written by AshtonNyte except "The Sound of Silence" written by Paul Simon "The Dark Romantics...
band’s most spellbinding love song since "Maree"." All songs written by AshtonNyte. "Death Says Yes" "One More Crucifixion" "The Needle and the Gun" "Frozen...
most popular and most dramatic releases to date. All songs written by AshtonNyte. "Precious (A Shard)" "Stigma" "Amethyst" "A Promise of Zeen" "The Dark...
Watts (PIG, KMFDM), Saffron (Republica), Julianne Regan (All About Eve), AshtonNyte (The Awakening), Carlo Van Putten (Dead Guitars) and goth legend Andi...
backing vocals. Two tracks feature Paul "Roach" Cochrane on bass and AshtonNyte on lead guitar. A second album, with Fink, Hunt and now Warrick Poultney...
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