De-Wet Nagel
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15 June 1985 Windhoek, Namibia |
| Occupation | Actor, composer, musician |
| Years active | 2011–present |
De-Wet Nagel (born 15 June 1985) is a South African actor, musician and composer.
De-Wet Nagel was born on 15 June 1985 in Windhoek, Namibia.
Nagel's music career started after immigrating to South Africa in 1999, when he was still in school. He was a session musician in various bands and projects and started writing and teaching music. He has performed and worked with local and international bands, including the Jesse Jordan Band, Akkedis, Heather Waters, Prime Circle, Chris Chameleon's boo! and Fokofpolisiekar.
In 2005, he started the music school Ultimate Drummers, which offers drum-kit and electric guitar lessons to high school students in affiliation with Trinity College London who sends examiners down to South Africa on a yearly basis to provide certificate exams to affiliated schools.
In 2012, Nagel composed and performed the soundtrack to the short film Heartbeat. Instruments performed include drum-kit, guitar, piano, bass guitar and additional arrangements for strings.
Track listing for Heartbeat OST
My Darkest Diary is a conceptual music project created by De-Wet Nagel with the aim to connect fans and musicians with charity and using music to better society.
"Every musician that manages to get airplay on the radio has a voice and it is in My Darkest Diary that they can use that voice to instill positive change in the world. The idea is for each musician or band to create a single track within My Darkest Diary to advocate a particular charity, organization or institution that they champion in changing our world and for fans to unite with their favorite artists in supporting that charity".
The single 'This World Has Lost Its mind' is De-Wet's protest against drugs. The single cover is a photo taken by Miss Hepburn Photography where De-Wet used actual water based ink in his eyes to reflect his stance on the severity in which recreational drug use should be viewed. Immediately after the photo shoot De-Wet started coughing ink and blood and ink started leaking out of his nose due to the fact that it had started running through his sinuses after seeping into his tear ducts.
Track listing for My Darkest Diary
His acting career started in 2010, when he started acting in short films for film students. After joining an extras agency, he appeared in feature films, including Lost Boys: The Thirst, where appeared as a featured vampire.
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