Louise Carver

Biography

Louise Carver (born 10 January 1979) is a South African African Pop folk rock singer-songwriter and pianist.
Carver was born in Cape Town, and holds dual citizenship in South Africa and the United Kingdom. She began playing piano at the age of 11, and received her first recording contract at the age of 15. She matriculated at the Rustenburg School for Girls, matriculating in 1996. She earned an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Cape Town in 2002.

Music

Carver released her first single, It Don't Matter (1996) when she was 17. The single topped the South African National Campus Charts. It spent 11 weeks on the South African National Top 40 Charts, where it peaked at the number three position. At age 18 she followed the single with her debut album, Mirrors and Windows×Mirrors and Windows1998 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Take Me Away from Here3:262Fallen for You4:113Grammy2:564It Don't Matter4:045Don't Leave So Soon3:366Turn Out the Light3:267Yin and Yang3:568Wayne's Song4:339Father4:2010Let Them Ring On4:1811How Can You Say That3:1812Do You Understand Me3:44 (1998).
First for Women, a South African insurance company, sponsored Carver's 2008 Home Tour.
Two of her singles with house DJ Joe Bermudez - "Sunrise" (2016) and "Crazy Enough×Crazy Enough18 December 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix]4:042Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix]6:103Crazy Enough [Extended Mix]4:344Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix Instrumental]4:045Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix Instrumental]6:106Crazy Enough [Extended Mix Instrumental]4:347Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix Radio Edit]3:048Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix Radio Edit]4:029Crazy Enough [Radio Edit]3:21" (2018) - reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Studio albums

Mirrors and Windows (1998)
Looking Around (2002)
Silent Scream (2005)
Saved by the Moonlight (2007)
Look to the Edge (2010)
Say It to My Face (2013)
Hanging in the Void (2016)

Singles

"It Don't Matter" (1996)
"Not Here" (2000)
"Play the Game×Play the Game2010 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracksA1Play the Game (Joris Voorn remix)7:30A2Play the Game6:46B1Play the Game (Soul Migrantz remix)5:54B2Play the Game (Fabrice Lig remix)9:08" (2003), a collaboration with Kenny Hawkes
"Sunrise" (2016), with Joe Bermudez
"Lift Off" (2016)
"Keep Your Eyes on Me" (2017)
"This Thing called Love" (2017)
"Crazy Enough×Crazy Enough18 December 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix]4:042Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix]6:103Crazy Enough [Extended Mix]4:344Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix Instrumental]4:045Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix Instrumental]6:106Crazy Enough [Extended Mix Instrumental]4:347Crazy Enough [RetroVision Remix Radio Edit]3:048Crazy Enough [Andrey Exx & Sharapov Remix Radio Edit]4:029Crazy Enough [Radio Edit]3:21" (2018), with Joe Bermudez

Critical response

Channel24 gave a favorable review of Carver in 2009. In June 2010, the City Press said that Carver's Look to the Edge album "has an edgy electronic/pop sound with infusions of South African rhythms and percussion, [and] will appeal to South African and global audiences alike... This 12-track album is unique and diverse. It’s easy listening and has something for everyone."