Maseh ingat tak persembahan Ning masa kat ABP beberapa tahun lepas. Gk suka sangat bila Ning mendendangkan lagu "Tiada Lagi Maaf Bagimu" ciptaan Datuk Ahmad Nawab. Sesuai sangat lagu tu ngan vokal Ning. Jika album baru nanti, Ning mintak lagu dari Datuk Ahmad Nawab, korang rasa ok tak ? Mesti mendayu-dayu kan ....
Dengar-dengar album Inggeris Ning akan berada dipasaran pada penghujung bulan ini. Album international yang bertitlekan "East To West" telahpun mula dirakamkan pada bulan Mei tahun lepas. Kebanyakkan peminat Ning telahpun mendengar kesemua samples dari album terbaru Ning ni. Adatlah, ada yang teruja dan ada pula yang terkilan.
Bagi GK, album ni memang worth to wait. Muzik "ClassTronik" yang dipersembahkan oleh Ning memang kena dengan vokalnya yang semakin matang. Two thunbs up for Ning and team
Namun Gk rasa pelbagai aspek harus diambil perhatian jika nak album ni "Meletop" (ini hanyalah idea saja-saja) :
1. Team promosi Ning kenalah bekerja keras dalam mempromosikan album ini. Kenalah ada advert kat TV and RADIO untuk memastikan orang ramai tahu akan kehadiran album international Ning.
2. Kalau boleh, ada special programme macam disebalik tabir pembikinan "East to West". Kat dalam program tu nanti, tunjukkan jugak persembahan Ning ketika kat Monte Carlo & Europe Tour. Biar ramai yang terngaga!
3. Video Klip bagi single yang akan dikeluarkan nanti mestilah yang teramat "MELETOP". Mesti ada international touch gitu.
Info menarik tentang album "East to West":
12 tracks of the album Album Title: EastToWest
01) Tango in Paris (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini - Scobie Ryder) 02) Real Man-Eater (written by Scobie Ryder) 03) Sharpening Your Blade (written by B. Bajona - Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini - Scobie Ryder) 04) Age of Pollution (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini - Zara Ruban) 05) Water and Salt - featuring Andrea Griminelli (flute) (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini) 06) Assassina (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini - Scobie Ryder) 07) East To West Express (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Marco Morano - Valerio Vicentini ) 08) Again (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini) 09) A Matter of Time (written by Scobie Ryder) 10) Senseless and Blind (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini - Zara Ruban) 11) Mother (written by Olivia Cinquemani - Valerio Vicentini) 12) Drama (English Version) - (written by Audi Mok - Paul Gelsomine - Ad Samad)
Executive producers: Luigi Bajona (luigi@ning-europe.com) - Marco Morano (info@hoxtonlab.com)
All songs recorded and mixed at Hoxton Lab Studios - London 20 Damien Street London E1 2HX Produced by Dj Morano and Valerio Vicentini Arranged by Valerio Vicentini
Special appearance: Andrea Griminelli (flute in Water and Salt)www.andreagriminelli.com
Photography: Niki Enamoto Art design: Deborah Michelon
Dengarkan single pertama dari album "East to West" , Title "Age of Pollution". Very the Kylie Minogue ... Enjoy.
Info menarik tentang Penerbit Eksekutif album "East to West":
Luigi Bajona is a classical piano trained (conservatoire Serge Rachmaninoff - Paris), radio and club DJ for over a decade, shows and events organizer, International Music Manager and Executive Producer.
Ning in Europe History:
This press release highlights Luigi's titanic mission making this experience available to anyone interested. Promoting an artiste from Asia to the international markets it has been an epic quest! In fact, no matter how famous the artiste is in her own country of origin, she will be largely unknown and unnoticed in the rest of the world! September 2002: Luigi was in Kuala Lumpur and one Sunday night he stopped at Planet Hollywood. After a drink he was planning to go back to his hotel but the bar tender suggested to stay on suggesting: ''there is a show of a very good band in a few minutes''. Luigi was not in the mood to listen to a club band, but the bar tender insisted''it is worth it, anyway it is up to you....;
So Luigi stayed and NING and her band, then, performed live. Luigi did not know anything about her but he immediately loved the live stage performance and her voice. He approached one of the members of the band and asked if they were interested to exhibit in Europe. It was difficult to contact NING's team after that night (the email received was not working and no contact number was available). Finally, at the end of 2002, with the help of a fan club, Luigi found a phone number.
2003: after several meetings in Malaysia, Luigi started to work on the ambitious project he had the vision: Ning in Europe.
2004: Luigi made the participation of NING as a special guest at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo possible. Luigi and his brother Stefano introduced NING to H.S.H. the Prince Albert of Monaco and they arranged an extraordinary invitation at the gala hosted at the prestigious Hotel de Paris. She performed live for the Prince and for FIFA's President Joseph Blatter. This event received tremendous attention from the press in Malaysia raising NING's profile locally and internationally.
2005: Luigi continued the promotion of the artiste abroad, especially in Europe. He organized a very successful Ning in Italy Summer Tour. Over 20 shows in the most prestigious clubs and venues all over Italy including: Jazz and More Festival in Viareggio, Twiga Club in Forte dei Marmi, Country Club in Porto Rotondo, Miss Muretto show on Italia1 TV, Radio Montecarlo concert in Sicily, etc. The tour received ample and exceptional media coverage.
During the one-month long tour NING nicknamed Luigi as PAPA GG! They also agreed that a new- flavored album should be released to have a wider chance of success in Europe, and because of this, in December 2005, an exclusive music production agreement was signed.
2006: The promotion continued and the first English album idea was conceived during the summer when DJ Morano's London based production team joined Luigi's enthusiastic project. The A&R research has been extensive and multi-layered; they were looking at a European, original and fresh sound matching NING's great personality and voice. The first idea of class-tronick (an infusion of pop-electronic and classical) was invented. In November, three demo songs were recorded and produced for a tough test during the worldwide music industry show.
2007: In January, NING performed in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum. In May, she flew to London to record at Jamestown studios for over 2 weeks. At the same time Luigi's exclusive management contract with her has been renewed for a longer period and for a wider territories extension. Luigi was able to convince his friend Maestro Andrea Griminelli (n.1 flute player in the world with Pavarotti, Sting, etc.) to contribute with his delicate featuring in one of the songs of the album at last titled EastToWest. This title was sought by Luigi to be a symbol of the great efforts spent to promote NING from the East to the West, The rest of the year has been a hard work on production, mixing and finalizing the fine points.
The album license has been then offered to many labels in Malaysia, Asia and around the World. EQ MUSIC from Singapore/Malaysia has been the first company to confirm its interest.
Negotiations around the globe are ongoing these days.
In the last few years, Luigi knocked at thousands of doors in Malaysia seeking for co-operation from all level of business for sponsorship of the tours in Europe (Tourism Malaysia and dozens of other companies) or from the top level recording industry (major labels, for instance). Each time he got a cold shoulder; everyone was guessing he will not make it!!! In fact, no one joined the efforts and no one invested in his dream vision.
Luigi and a few very close friends have spent an enormous amount of time in the promotion and marketing of the artiste NING. Luigi, as executive producer, has solely invested a large amount of money to cover the costs of promotion, traveling, touring and recording.
Luigi participated at 3 editions of MIDEM (worldwide music trade show) to promote NING and the new album to hundreds of top international music industry professionals.
With an honest character, a strong personality, a pure passion for music and a strong belief in NING as artiste, Luigi has achieved results no matter how many obstacles he has faced. These facts should have persuaded even the most skeptical and, one-day, gratefulness will triumph!
First Time in History; thanks to Luigi:
First Time in History that a Malaysian singer has performed live at the prestigious Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo for H.S.H. the Prince Albert of Monaco.
First Time in history that Malaysian songs have been broadcasted from network radios in Italy and France (Radio Montecarlo)
First Time in History that a Malaysian singer has toured Italy exhibiting in the most prestigious locations, performing live on Italian Television Networks (LA7 and ITALIA1) and releasing live interviews on radios and TVs
First Time in the History that an international album (EastToWest) will be released in Malaysia/Singapore before any other country in the World.
From the bottom of my heart, I would like to wish both Ning and Omar the very best in life, may your years be filled with joy, love and happiness. "Selamat Pengantin Baru".
Ning Baizura (born 28 June 1975), known as Ning, is a Malaysian pop and R&B singer who records and sings in several different languages, including Bahasa Malaysia and English. She was born in Kajang, Malaysia from Arab Malay and Javanese Dutch parents.
Ning started singing professionally at the age of six by recording radio and television jingles and began formal studies in voice at the age of nine under the renowned Indonesian opera linguist and soprano Siti Chairani for five years. In that time, she also sang with the National Choir at the Akademi Seni Kebangsaan, and was offered a full scholarship in music at the prestigious Vienna Conservatoire, which she turned down). At the age of 16, Ning had won the 'Best Artiste Development' award at the prestigious Voice of Asia Competition.
