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LATEST UPDATES
Andrew Lum won two awards at the 11th COMPASS Singapore Awards 2006 for Wings of Excellence (海外成就奖) and Top Contemporary Instrumental (最佳本地现代乐曲) category and in the 12th COMPASS Singapore Awards 2007, he again won the Top Contemporary Instrumental (最佳本地现代乐曲) category, this time for his composition "Flowing in Seasons"
Title track "New Asia" from "Matter of Time" wins Top 10 Awardin World Music Category of the USA International Songwriting Competition, received the Finalist Award in the ISC International Song Writing Competition, as well as the Honorable Mention in the Billboard World Song Contest
Gospel track "Kingdom of God" co-produced by Andrew Lum on the album "Today" featuring Jonathan Tan wins Billboard Award under the Contemporary Gospel Category
Andrew Lum's orginal composition "Back in September - NYC jungle remix" is featured in Singapore Tourism Board's latest destination promotion video
Andrew Lum signs new publishing deal with US-based independent major Peermusic recently in their Hong Kong office
"If 20 years from now there's Asian music playing
in every elevator on the planet, it will be because of people like
Andrew Lum... has
collected some outstanding talent... the CD throws some real musical
sparks... on to a commercially winning way to bring musical worlds
closer together."
(Taken from Asian Wall
Street Journal on 12 Dec 2003)
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON ANDREW LUM, HIS CURRENT PROJECTS, PERFORMANCE VIDEOS ETC, CHECK OUT HIS ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT & HIS SPACE
Groundbreaking
album ready to propel Asian music into international arena
It was only a matter of time before someone with the requisite talent and vision could meld Asian music artistry with international engineering expertise.
SINGAPORE: In a record-breaking feat that cost $250,000 and more than two grueling years of setbacks and hurdles to achieve, a Singapore-based record label - New Asia Records - is releasing a stunning ethnic music album featuring top talent from India, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, USA and Singapore.
The album is engineered by Grammy Award-winning New York-based mixing engineer Goh Hotoda, who is responsible for the chart topping releases from Madonna, Janet Jackson, Prince, Chaka Khan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sanborn & Hikaru Utada.
Singapore’s own local talent - award-winning composer, producer, arranger Andrew Lum - is the man with the relentless vision, drive and passion to bring this life’s dream to fruition. Only recently, Andrew was heralded by Mr Lee Suan Hiang, Chief Executive of Spring Singapore, as a role model for Asian musicians and entrepreneurs in the new Singapore that is slowly emerging from the new Asia. Said Andrew Lum: “With this release I hope to introduce to the world, a fresh genre of music that fuses the ethnic diversity of Asian instruments and music styles, with the timeless international flavours of jazz, new age, classical, pop and soul. The sound is unique, pungent and truly something that the new Asia can call its own. It’s high time someone gave it the exposure it so deserves.”
Containing 16 tracks (including two club remixes), the "Matter of Time" CD will also be available in 96-kHz 24-bit DVD-Audio and DVD-Video with 5.1-channel surround mixes later this year.
FEATURED ON THE SAME ALBUM FOR THE FIRST TIME,
TOP VIRTUOSOS IN WORLD MUSIC FROM SINGAPORE,
CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, INDIA
& INDONESIA WILL BRING YOU A NEW SOUND
FROM ASIA THROUGH A SPECTACULAR JOURNEY
THAT BEGINS WITH THE ROOTS, TO A
SEAMLESS FUSION OF DIVERSE ETHNIC ELEMENTS,
CULMINATING IN COOL CLUB TRACKS
REMIXED IN NEW YORK
Executive Producer : Andrew Lum
Producer : Andrew Lum
Arrangement & Programming : Andrew Lum
Production Assistant : Serena Zhang
Mixing Engineer : Goh Hotoda
(Hit
Factory Studios, NY, USA)
Mastering Engineer : Laurie Flannery (Gateway Mastering,
Portland, Maine, USA)
Recording Engineers : Ako (Avon Studios, Hong Kong), Jackique (Babyboss
Studios, Malaysia), Andrew Lum (HitRoom Studios, Singapore), Wong Chee
Seong (Pro Recording Studios, Malaysia), Jacky Chong (Synchrosound,
Malaysia)
CD Cover Design : Moon (BrainHook)
Album Photography : Andrew Lum
Music Video : Glenn Chan
Featuring:
Ethnic Vocals : R Visweswaran
(India), G'ani (Singapore)
Sitar : Janardan Mitta
(India)
Sanxian : Jessica (China)
Shakuhachi, Morsing, Uduboo : John Kaizan Neptune
(Japan)
Seruling : Mohar (Malaysia)
Violin : Narasimhan V S (India)
Erhu : Sara T (Hong Kong)
Erhu, Gaohu : Kek (Singapore)
Mridangam : G Shrinivas (India)
Kanjira, Mridangam : V
Selvaganesh (India)
Suona, Guanzi, Xun, Huluxi, Bawu, Xiao : YZ (Hong Kong)
Production Photos (clockwise from top left):
Sara T, TamaGoh, Narasimhan, YZ, Akio Akashi, Andrew Lum & Goh Hotoda, V Selvaganesh, Mohar, Joe Jayaveeran, Bob Ludwig & Andrew Lum, Guanzi, R Visweswaran, Andy Peterson, G Shrinivas, Goh Hotoda, Lewis Pragasam, Sanxian, Jessica, John Kaizan Neptune, Janardan Mitta, G'ani Abdul Karim, Andrew Lum
Additional Musicians:
Various Percussions : Edmond Branson Jr, Joe Jayaveeran, Lewis Pragasam
Bass : Andy Peterson, Colin Yong
Chinese Flute : Lim Sin Yeo
Guitar : Jonathan Koh
Tablas & Pots : S Maniam
Japanese, Chinese & Korean Drums, Gongs : Tamagoh
Brief profiles of the producer, engineer & some of the artistes:
PRODUCER, ARRANGER, COMPOSER
Andrew Lum (Singapore) - An award-winning composer, arranger and
producer from Singapore, and founder of New Asia Records, one of the
most progressive labels in the region. In 15 years of his career, he
has worked in Taipei, Hong Kong, London, India, China, Malaysia and
Vancouver, and has collaborated with the renowned in the international
music industry including Ryuichi Sakamoto, London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Jorge Callendrelli, Kenny Wen, John Kaizan Neptune, V
Selvaganesh, Goh Hotoda and many others. He scored for the TV
mini-series AlterAsians, which won the Finalist Award in the
prestigious New York Festivals and one of his compositions, New Asia,
was the Top 10 in the World Music Category of the International
Songwriting Competition
MIXING ENGINEER
Goh Hotoda (NY, USA) - A world-class mixing engineer who hailed from
Tokyo and currently based in New York, Goh is also a producer and Remix
Producer, and has worked with the top names including Madonna, Janet
Jackson, Prince, David Sanborn, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Duran Duran, Marcus
Miller, Chaka Khan, Hikaru Utada and many more
SANXIAN ARTISTE
Jessica (Singapore) - One of the finest Sanxian player in China
& currently an artiste under the New Asia Records label, she
has performed worldwide including in Sweden, France, China and
Malaysia, and is the first to revolutionise the playing of this
instrument standing
SUONA ARTISTE
YZ (China) - A maestro of the Suona & Guanzi, YZ is the first
Chinese musician to perform a solo concert at the Lincoln hall besides
performing worldwide in various international festivals and for
numerous heads of states including Jiang Zhe Ming & Bill Clinton
SHAKUHACHI ARTISTE
John Kaizan Neptune (Japan) - Having performed & recorded with
numerous international artistes including Don Grusin, Robben Ford,
Nathan East, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Kenny Kirkland &
Many others, his significant contribution and mastery of the Shakuhachi
has earned him the honorary title of "Kaizan" from the Japanese
government
GANJIRA ARTISTE
V Selvaganesh (India) - Part of the World Music Grammy Nominee Super
Group "Shakti" with Guitarist John McLaughlin and Tabla Maestro Zakir
Hussain, he is an astounding Ganjira player that can adapt any styles
of music
SITAR ARTISTE
Janardan Mitta (India) - A disciple of the legendary Sitarist Ravi
Shankar, Janardan has performed around the world and collaborated with
top producers including the prolific A R Rahman
SANTOOR ARTISTE
C Visweswaran (India) - The only Kashmiri Santoor player in South
India, his mastery of the instrument puts him as one of the finest
Santoor musician in India
MRIDANGAM ARTISTE
D A Srinivas (India) - An accomplished Mridangam player adept in many
styles, he can be heard on more than 1,500 recordings and soundtracks
PERCUSSIONS ARTISTE
Lewis Pragasam (Malaysia) - Founder of the legendary jazz fusion group
AsiaBeat, he is regarded as one of the top jazz drummers in Asia
SERULING ARTISTE
Mohar (Malaysia) - One of the most sought after musicians in the
recording industry of Malaysia for his consummate virtuosity of the
Javanese Flute, the Seruling
"MATTER OF TIME marks a new milestone in Asian music.
Together with world class musicians, Andrew Lum has
successfully given traditional Asian musical instruments
a new voice, capturing the timeless elegance of
Asian music and the vibrancy of a new Asia.
I commend his worthy endeavour in bringing
new Asian music to a wider audience."
by
Prof Tommy Koh
Chairman, National
Heritage Board
Former Singapore's
Permanent Representative
to the United Nations
(Taken from the CD liner notes of the album)
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Andrew Lum & New Asia performing at the
"Concert in the Park" series
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