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Dizzy Girl

by Mariam John

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1.
Intro 01:02
2.
Dizzy Girl 03:30
3.
I Wish 06:21
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about

Since winning the Noise Prize open category music section in 2011. Mariam has been performing all over Singapore in venues such as Blujaz, the Esplanade, The Piegon Hole and was featured on an online based music platform called iamlocalized. She was invited to play at last year's Ambon Jazz Plus festival in Ambon, Indonesia and this year's Mosaic festival. This budding singer-songwriter is eager to release her sophomore EP called Dizzy Girl. The EP takes a new direction in sound and a maturity in songwriting.

Mariam dabbles in fusing classical indian instruments particularly the Indian violin and tabla. Along with various percussion instruments like the Kajira (distinctive of southern india), the djembe (west africa), darbuka (middle east) and the cajon. The goal was to produce an album that focused on putting a new twist into soul music. She states, " I have always wanted to incorporate my heritage into my music but keep focus on soul music being the overall basis, so this is a first attempt. I hope my listeners will enjoy listening to the songs as much as i have enjoyed working on them". She continues to say, " The lyrical content is a bit on the heavy side as this is a very personal album for me. i didn't mean for it to turnout that way but that's what happens when music speaks to you and takes charge. I hope people going through a similar experience will be able to find solace from the songs".

Mariam has been fortunate to have worked with amazing musicians like world renowned percussionist Nantha Kumar, not one but two amazing violinists T.v.Sajith (Indian classical musician)and Kailin Yong (classical musician), Shin Iikura ( pianist and Berklee graduate), Azman Nirwan (electric bass and Marketing Executive at Yamaha S.E.A.) and collaborated with an emerging Singaporean based arranger Seow Yi Zhe (who also contributed to the EP playing double bass and viola) and composer Ting Si Hao (who engineered the project ) .This EP is a precursor for what is to come from this unique and talented artist.

credits

released May 1, 2013

All songs Produced, Composed, Co-arranged and Performed by Mariam John
All Songs Arranged by Seow Yi Zhe
All Songs Co-produced, Recorded & Mixed By Seow Yi Zhe & Ting Si Hao
All Songs Mastered by Renato Milone
Nantha Kumar-Tabla, Kajira, Darbuka, Djembe,Triangle, Cymbals &
Percussion arrangements for Songs 2,3,4,&5
Azman Nirwan- Electric Bass for songs 2,4& 5
Seow Yi Zhe - Double Bass, for songs 1,3,6&7; Electric Bass for song 3; Viola for songs 3&6
Shin Iikura- Piano for songs 2,3,4,5&6
T.V. Sajith- Indian Violin for songs 2,3&5; Vocals for song 3
Kailin Yong- Violin on song 6
All Songs Recorded & Mixed @ Home Ground Studio

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