Ozark Henry
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Piet Goddaer is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province West Flanders...
) is a Belgian
Belgium
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musician, better known by his stage name
Stage name
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Ozark Henry.
Biography
In his early life, Piet Goddaer was involved in several local bands. As a rapper in the band Word, founded by his brother Jan, Goddaer scored a cult-hit "Henry Man-She" in 1994.His career really took off when Goddaer started a solo career and adopted the stage name Ozark Henry. The debut album I'm Seeking Something That Has already Found Me
I'm Seeking Something That Has Already Found Me
I'm Seeking Something That Has Already Found Me is the debut album of Ozark Henry. The album was praised by David Bowie in an interview as 'Debut of the year', but it failed to chart and sold poorly.-Track list:All songs written by Piet Goddaer....
was released in 1996 with Double T Music. In an interview, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
praised the album as "debut of the year" http://www.damusic.be/artiest/29, but the record had little commercial success.
The second album of Henry, This Last Warm Solitude, was released in Belgium in 1998. The next year, This Last Warm Solitude was released in The Netherlands, Germany
Germany
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and France
France
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, and he received a Zamu Award as best songwriter/composer.
The next album Birthmarks
Birthmarks (album)
-Tracklist:Music and lyrics by Piet Goddaer#"Word up" - 4:39#"Rescue" - 3:47#"Do you love me" - 4:02#"Sweet instigator" - 4:20#"Seaside" - 3:30#"Intersexual" - 4:17#"Rainbow" - 5:30#"Tattoo" - 7:00#"I'll be rain" - 4:14#"This is all I have" - 3:47...
was released in 2001 on Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
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and was the commercial breakthrough for Henry. The singles "Rescue" and "Sweet Instigator" were hits in Belgium, and the album was certified platinum
Music recording sales certification
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. Henry won two Zamu Awards: best pop/rock and best producer. Henry appeared regularly on television and radio shows that year due to his recent success appearing on chat shows such as Aan tafel
Aan tafel
Aan tafel was a Belgian chat show TV series produced in the Dutch language in Belgium since 2001. The series is directed by Ludovic Beun and Filip Bonze.-Appearances:*Walter Capiau .... Himself...
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His fourth album, The Sailor not the Sea
The Sailor not the Sea
The Sailor not the Sea is an album by the Belgian singer-songwriter Ozark Henry , released in 2004. The album was awarded for double Platinum in Belgium .-Track listing:...
was released in 2004, and was awarded a gold record
Music recording sales certification
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the next year. Henry has also won another Zamu Award for best songwriter/composer.
The fifth album, The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine (Ozark Henry album)
The Soft Machine is the fifth studio album of Ozark Henry, the first of his albums to top the charts.The track "These Days" was released as a single and reached the top 50 of the Ultratop charts, the first of his track releases to do so.-Tracklist:...
, was released in September 2006.
For his tenth anniversary, the compilation album A Decade (A Decade + A Decade - The Remixes) was released.
The sixth album, Hvelreki, was released in October 2010.
Henry also wrote the music for several theatre projects and the soundtrack of the Belgian television series Sedes & Belli, as well as Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans (film)
Crusade in Jeans is a 2006 Dutch film, an adaptation of the first half of the book Crusade in Jeans by Thea Beckman. The film was directed by Ben Sombogaart. It is unknown whether a sequel, based on the second half of the book, will be produced....
, a movie based on a children's novel by Thea Beckman
Thea Beckman
Thea Beckman was a Dutch author of children's books.-Biography:At young age , Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer...
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