Kevin Mathews
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Kevin Mathews is a Singaporean
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 singer-songwriter and film music composer.

Popland

Following his initial success, Mathews formed Popland, a musical duo between him and British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

-born bass player, Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan
Tim Nolan is a British-born bassist living in Singapore.-Early life:Nolan was born in Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom in 1960...

 in 1998. The duo's first CD, 'Pop' was released in 1997 under the name 'The Crowd' , which they later changed to avoid confusion with a U.S. band of the same name. They followed this with 1998's 'Groovy', featuring well-known Singaporean musician Ray Aziz on drums. Aziz appeared live with the band, delivering inventive and powerful rhythms to complement the power-pop of Mathews' and Nolan's songs. He also played drums on their 2002 release 'Action', released on Zip Records.
Since then they have been profiled by Singapore's national newspaper, The Straits Times
The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...

, have played on several Singapore TV shows, been heard worldwide on various radio stations and their music was used in the Warner Bros hit TV show 'High School Reunion
High School Reunion
High School Reunion may refer to:*"High School Reunion" *Romy and Michele's High School Reunion*High School Reunion *Class reunion...

'. The duo split in 2006 when Mathews decided to pursue a solo career.

Current career

Mathews now has a new band (The Groovy People) and a solo career, and has played at the national theater for arts, The Esplanade
Esplanade
An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress' guns...

several times.

http://www.powerofpop.com/ Official Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq0YlG9JiRs Music Video "My One and Only"
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