Scott Matthew

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
There Is An Ocean That Divides ...
  BE F 74 05/30/2009 (2 weeks)
Gallantry's Favorite Son
  AT 59 06/24/2011 (1 week)
Unlearned
  AT 27 07/12/2013 (4 weeks)
  BE F 72 07/06/2013 (1 week)
  BE W 107 07/13/2013 (1 week)
This Here Defeat
  DE 85 04/03/2015 (1 week)
  BE F 75 03/28/2015 (4 weeks)
Ode to Others
  AT 41 05/04/2018 (1 week)
  PT 23 17/2018 (1 week)
Scott Matthew (2008)
Scott Matthew (right) in an appearance in November 2008

Scott Matthew (* in Queensland , Australia ) is an Australian singer , guitarist and lyricist . He currently lives and works as an independent artist in New York .

Career

Matthew was a member of the alternative pop band Elva Snow , which he formed with ex-Morrissey member Spencer Cobrin.

Matthew became known for his vocal contributions to the soundtrack of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Cowboy Bebop : Knockin 'on Heaven's Door , both of which were produced by the composer Yoko Kanno . He is also represented with six songs on the soundtrack of the erotic comedy Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell.

In 2011 he sang some text passages in the song Beautiful on the Rosenstolz comeback album We are alive .

In autumn 2011 he sang the piece Terrible Dawn for the Portuguese composer and keyboardist Rodrigo Leão on his album A Montanha Mágica . The album was released in 2011 and entered the Portuguese charts at number one. On the compilation Songs (2004-2012) , ten of Leão's few vocal pieces appeared in 2012 , always sung by guest singers. Scott Matthew was there with two pieces, Terrible Dawn and Incomplete . This was followed in 2014 by the joint album Life Is Long , which reached number two in the Portuguese charts, and a large number of joint appearances.

His voice is said to be warm, sensual and a little androgynous . He is a skilled guitarist and ukulele player.

Discography

Albums

  • 2005: Elva Snow
  • 2007: Scott Matthew
  • 2009: There Is an Ocean That Divides and with My Longing I Can Charge It with a Voltage Thats So Violent to Cross It Could Mean Death
  • 2011: Gallantry's Favorite Son
  • 2011: Best of Scott Matthew
  • 2013: Unlearned
  • 2015: This Here Defeat
  • 2016: Life Is Long (with Rodrigo Leão )
  • 2018: Ode to Others
  • 2020: Adorned

EPs

  • 2008: Rx's Prescription Cocktail Mixers (feat. Eric D. Clark)
  • 2008: Silent Nights
  • 2011: To Love Is to Live / To Receive Is to Give (Limited Tour Edition)

Web links

Commons : Scott Matthew  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT BEF BEW PT
  2. ↑ Rodrigo Leão in the Portuguese charts
personal data
SURNAME Matthew, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Queensland , Australia