BIOGRAPHY Nadia Ali, born on 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 Ali wrote the lyrics and provided the vocals for the songs, most notably the 2001 hit "Rapture" which reached #2 on the UK pop chart and topped dance charts all over the world. 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, Ali 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. Ali 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.
In 2006, as a solo artist, Ali released 2 singles. The first, Who is Watching, was a collaboration with DJ/Producer Armin Van Buuren and appeared on his album "Shivers." The second, Something To Lose which is a duet with singer/songwriter Rosko, was produced by Creamer & K and released by Ultra Records. The duet was championed on the UK's BBC Radio One by Pete Tong, and remixes have appeared on releases by Sharam of the Grammy Award-winning duo Deep Dish, as well as Roger Sanchez. Ali 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 Ali 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. Ali suggested adding an extra "i" to Vaio but the "Va" was later dropped to prevent any problems with Sony. View GALLERY:
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