''Sinister Swing'' is the third studio album by
South Africa
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n recording artist
Ashton Nyte
Ashton Nyte is a South African-born musician who is the frontman of the gothic rock 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 consi ...
, frontman for the
Gothic rock
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band
The Awakening The Awakening may refer to:
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* Awakening (Finnish religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland
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. Described as "organic electronic / experimental" music, the album received critical acclaim for the hybrid of pre-80's electro and the "icy echoes of isolation...and just a hint of swing." Includes South African radio hits "Distance," "Fingertips" and "Real." The album was also later performed with the
University of Pretoria
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's theatre department as a cabaret piece.
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Track listing
# "Revival"
# "Passing Phase"
# "Little Everything"
# "White White Noise"
# "Fingertips"
# "Distance"
# "Trivial Things"
# "The Cutting Room"
# "Real"
# "Borrow The Hatchet"
# "Rogue"
# "Fading"
References
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2003 albums