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Arno Carstens (born 12 March 1972) is a South African musician and fine artist.


Career

Arno Carstens is a fine artist and platinum selling, award-winning singer-songwriter based in
Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
, South Africa. During his career as the lead singer o
The Springbok Nude Girls
and subsequently as
solo artist
Arno has released multiple albums, spawned a string of successful singles & received numerous awards including Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Album & Song of the Year. Arno has headlined every major South African music festival, performed at the
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V Festival V Festival, often referred to as V Fest or simply V, was an annual music festival held in the United Kingdom during the third weekend in August. The event was held at two parks simultaneously which shared the same bill; artists performed at one ...
,
T in the Park T in the Park festival was a major Scottish music festival that was held annually from 1994 to 2016. It was named after its main sponsor, Tennents. The event was held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire, until 1996. It then moved to the disused ...
and
Hard Rock Calling Calling Festival (formerly Hyde Park Calling and Hard Rock Calling) was an annual music festival, formerly held in Hyde Park, London, from 2006 until 2012, and from 2013 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. In September 2013, Hard Rock I ...
. He has also toured with
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, U2,
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,
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, Paulo Nutini and
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. Arno features as lead vocalist and co-writer on three tracks on the
Mike + The Mechanics Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documenta ...
2011 album ''
The Road ''The Road'' is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed ...
''. Arno continues to tour and release new music.


Fine art

Over the years, Arno’s passion for all things art has continued to overflow. In 2007 he began working with his first love, oil on canvas. His first solo fine art exhibition was in 2012 at The Lovell Gallery in Woodstock His artwork now sells internationally from his online store or through pop up art and live music events which are hosted by him on a regular basis. He has collaborated with celebrated artists, Beezy Bailey and the late Barend de Wet. Arno is also a digital artist, represented by th
Bitcoin Art Collective.


Discography

Springbok Nude Girls – Neanderthal 1 (Epic, 1995) Springbok Nude Girls – It Became a Weapon EP (Epic, 1996) Springbok Nude Girls – [email protected] EP (Epic, 1997) Springbok Nude Girls – AfterLifeSatisfaction (Epic, 1997) Springbok Nude Girls – Omnisofa EP (Epic, 1998) Springbok Nude Girls – OPTI MUM EP (Epic, 1998) Springbok Nude Girls – Surpass The Powers (Epic, 1999) Springbok Nude Girls – Un-E.Z. EP (Epic, 1999) Springbok Nude Girls – Relaxor (Epic, 2000) Springbok Nude Girls – The Fat Lady Sings / Best of the Springbok Nude Girls 1995–2001 (Epic, 2001) Arno Carstens – Another Universe (Sony, 2003) Springbok Nude Girls – Goddank Vir Klank 1994 – 2004 (Sony, 2004) Arno Carstens – The Hello Goodbye Boys (SonyBMG, 2005) Nude Girls – Nude Girls (Exclusive UK release)(Golden Fairy Records/SonyBMG, 2006) Springbok Nude Girls – Peace Breaker (SonyBMG, 2007) Springbok Nude Girls Live at London's Astoria DVD (SonyBMG, 2007) Bhelltower – Bhelltower (SonyBMG, 2008) Arno Carstens – Wonderful Wild (Sony, 2010) Arno Carstens – Wonderful Wild Deluxe Edition (Sony, 2010) Springbok Nude Girls – Apes with Shades (Sony, 2011) Arno Carstens – Atari Gala (Gallo, 2012) Arno Carstens – Lightning Prevails (Sheer, 2014) Arno Carstens – Die Aand EP (Select, 2016) Arno Carstens – Die Aandblom 13 (Select, 2016) Arno Carstens - Out of the Light into the Night (Arno Carstens, 2021)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carstens, Arno 21st-century South African women singers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Cape Town Musicians from London 1972 births White South African people South African singer-songwriters 20th-century South African singers