The Promise

I am proud to announce that my first debut album will be out in stalls on 20th December entitled 'The Promise'. I am very lucky this time as I had the chance to collaborate with many talented yet skillful composers and lyrists. This album means a lot to me as it represents a complete story of my life thus far. Here are the listing of the tracks and the details.

Track No. 1 - Wish
I personally composed this song to express my wish to be with my loved ones. A slow ballad accompanied by a classical guitar, I dearly hope that I sent my message across.

Track No. 2 – Zapin Mak Teh Balik Kampung
A fusion Malaysian ethnic based rhythm and complemented with some hilarious ‘pantun’. Composed by Pak Agooz and lyrics written by Pak Hassan, this song is specially dedicated to my friend whom I affectionately call Mak Teh.

Track No. 3 – That Thing You Do feat. Charlz
This song was originally sung by the Wonders back in 1964. This version of That Thing You Do is redefined and refurbished with a duet style; enhanced with the powerful vocals impact from Charlz (Winner of Star Search Village 4 UTP).

Track No. 4 – Midnight Prayers
Another soulful song written by the world renowned composer Camelia Augustine. This song is a la gospel packed with an expressive lyrics written by Bart.

Track No. 5 – Menghitung …Hari
This song is a parody to Kris Dayanti’s ‘Menghitung Hari’. The only difference of this track to Kris’ is the note for ‘hari’ is tuned down four keys. The change of this part was inspired by my fellow friend, Dinesh, after watching a cabaret songstress singing it that way.

Track No. 6 – Drama feat. Charlz
My personal favorite song in this entire album. Firstly recorded by Ning Baizura, Nikki and Yani, we re-recorded this song with the original key of this song. Although Charlz and I struggled with coping up with the E-minor key (which is more suitable for female vocalists), we manage to pull through this piece. Superb one!

Track No. 7 – Rosebell Rasbra (Theme for Victoria’s Secret 2007)
I was approached by Pak Abbas, who is a creative designer for Victoria’s Secret to record this song for his upcoming Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2007 on 4th December. It’s a fast-beat tempo song, suitable for runway.

Track No. 8 – The Promise & Track No. 9 - Akhirnya
This is another song written by myself to express my excitement and happiness to meet all the people I love soon. Akhirnya is the Malay version of The Promise. Both of these songs are produced by world’s best music producer, Azhar Abu Mamak.

Remember to get this album on stalls. Only original ya!