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the Shameless. "Hey, let's
make an album then!", said my nutty friend Sven at my campus room door
one random afternoon. That marked the time this album began its
production.
Shameless is
an album produced while I was completing my studies in sound
engineering in Byron Bay, Australia. The album took a year
in-the-making in Studios 301 with heartfelt contribution of many
talented musician friends of mine coming from random places around the
world. It has been great pleasure working with each one of them as
they have helped shape the album as we went along finishing the
tracks.
This album was produced together with
Ruben Debusschere, an amazing electronic music producer and drummer
who lent his magic on tracks like 'Too Sexy', 'You Will Be Surprised'
and 'Midst of Morning Sun'. Hailing from Hasselt, Belgium, he is also
composing his music under the name Laryn. This album features
freestyle rapper from Kenya Tomimoto on 'You Will Be
Surprised', DJ and electronic music producer Bertrand Philibert
on 'My Love', and of course, Malaysia's own One Buck Short frontman
Mooky on 'Chumelnya Si Dia'.
If you were one of the few who has my
first CD My Make-Believe EP, this album is of a totally
different light because of its look on the brighter side of life.
Perhaps due to the better of my love life, Shameless offers lots of
colour and cheekiness. In addition, its hard to get bored of the CD
because every song is different from the other due to my fickle-minded
nature.
The first single 'Too Sexy' has been
on the Hitz.fm Malaysian Top 10 and mp3.com.au's Pop Charts at Top 10.
Take your time to listen to the samples and let me know when you want
the CD! =]
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Wall of the Shamelesz : The Talented Contributors.
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Ruben Debusschere;
This talented electronic music producer and drummer from
Hasselt, Belgium produced the entire album together with me
and especially lent his electronic beats on 'You Will Be
Surprised', 'Too Sexy', 'Chumelnya Si Dia', and 'Midst of
Morning Sun' |
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Tomimoto; Freestyler
from Kenya, lent his vocal & rhymes on 'You Will Be
Surprised'. |
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Bertrand Philibert;
A DJ and Producer from the beautiful Mauritius, lent his beats
on 'My Love'. |
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Sven Mundorf;
Drummer and heavy metal/rock producer from Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Lent his noise on 'Soba Ni Iru Nara', 'Chumelnya
Si Dia', 'What's the Future Like?' and 'Sweet Memories'. |
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Simon Gooding; An
amazing guitarist from Auckland, New Zealand lent his stuff on
'What's the Future Like', 'Room for 2', 'Soba Ni Iru Nara' and
'Sweet Memories'. |
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Basti Muller; This
metal hamster is from Germany lent his drumming talent on
'Room for 2'. |
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Kris Vloeberghs;
Computer programmer and Audio Engineer from Luven, Belgium
contributed his engineering skills to the album. |
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Hafiz Mazlan; A
multimedia producer from Shah Alam, Malaysia lent a song
written by him and a friend (Eizzar S) entitled' Sweet
Memories' and also his vocals on 'What's the Future Like?'. |
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Tan Sri Faizal; This
audio engineer hails from Shah Alam, Malaysia contributed his
engineering skills and percussions on 'Hugs & Kisses'. |
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Stephen Seine; This
audio engineer and bass player hails from Shah Alam, Malaysia
and lent his skills on 'Soba Ni Iru Nara', 'Room for 2',
'Sweet Memories', and 'What's the Future Like?'. |
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Vijay Anand Vajiaratnam;
This audio engineer hails from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
and lent his production skills on 'Hugs & Kisses'. |
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J Lyall; A
multi-talented guitarist, DJ, audio engineer and music
producer from Glasgow, Scotland lent his stuff on 'Room for
2'. |
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Stefan Pass; This
saxophone player from Germany lent his skills on 'Chumelnya Si
Dia'. |
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Kumar Arun; This
audio engineer and percussionist lent his 'tabla-natured'
skills on 'Hugs & Kisses'. |
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Nazlina Quadir; A
multimedia producer from Puchong, Malaysia lent her vocals on
'What's the Future Like?' and designed Saer Ze's official staa
logo. |
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Abdel Kibboua; This
audio engineer from Switzerland lent his production and
engineering skills on 'Hugs & Kisses'. |
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Ben Wolfgarten; A
spectacular classical violin player from Germany who lent his
magic on 'Sweet Memories', 'Soba Ni Iru Nara', and 'What's the
Future Like?'. |
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Najhan; An aspiring
artistic producer from KL, Malaysia who lent his eyes and
photographed the cover of 'Shameless'. |
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Album
Creditsz.
Executive Produced by Jack and Jimmy Produced by Ruben Debusschere and Saer Ze Recorded at Studios 301, Byron Bay Mixed at iseekmusic, Subang
Jaya Mastered at DJ Ken’s, Puchong Engineered by Saer Ze, Ruben Debusschere, Kris
Vloeberghs, Bertrand Philibert, Sven Mundorf, J Lyall, Vijay Anand
Vajiaratnam, Abdel Kibboua, Simon Gooding, Stephen Seine, Tan Sri Faizal,
Mokhtarizal and Ken. Guitars by Simon Gooding, J Lyall and Sven Mundorf Drums by Sven Mundorf and Bastian Muller Bass Guitars by Stephen Seine Violins by Ben Wolfgarten Saxophone by Stefan Pass Percussions by Kumar Arun and Tan Sri Faizal Additional Vocals by Tomimoto, Mooky, Hafiz Mazlan and Nazlina
Quadir
All songs written by Saer Ze except ; “You Will Be Surprised” (Ruben Debusschere, Tomimoto and Saer Ze) “Sweet Memories” (Hafiz Mazlan and Eizzar S) “My Love” (Bertrand Philibert and Saer Ze) “Too Sexy” (Ruben Debusschere and Saer Ze) “Hugs & Kisses” (Hafiz Mazlan and Saer Ze)
CD
Artwork by osixnine
a
‘sassysupasta’ release
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