Nadia Ali
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Nadia Ali (b. August 3, 1980) is a singer who is best known as a former member of the band iiO. She was born in Libya to Pakistani parents and grew up in Queens, New York City.
Working with producer Markus Moser she wrote the lyrics and provided the vocals for the songs, most notably the 2001 hit Rapture. This single was remixed many times by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, John Creamer & Stephane K and Deep Dish with bootleg and white label remixes emerging.
As well as being the songwriter, she has also been the vocalist on all of the tracks released by the group. The releases culminated with the release of the debut album by the band, Poetica in the summer of 2006.
She left iiO after 4 years in 2005 deciding to go solo. She is currently writing and recording her full length debut album with DJ/Producer Lance Jordan and others.
Her latest releases are the singles in 2006 Who is Watching, a collaboration with Armin Van Buuren and the single Something To Lose which is a duet with singer/songwriter Rosko.
[edit] Biography
She always enjoyed singing, having started at the age of 8, but her parents always wanted her to focus on her studies.
Music artists that inspired her are Stevie Nicks, Sade, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, U2, Led Zeppelin, Carole King, Carly Simon and The Beatles.
Whilst she was working at the New York offices of Versace, she one day decided to pursue singing, and she left to work as a bartender for a few months. A woman colleague from the Versace office knew of a producer who was looking for a girl to do a demo for him. She introduced Nadia to the producer, Markus Moser and iiO was formed.
The name of the band comes from the name of the laptop onto which Nadia wrote her lyrics on, the Sony Vaio. She suggested adding an extra "i" to Vaio but the "Va" was later dropped to prevent any problems with Sony.
