IIO

Other: M Moser - beat mixer. If you do so, please let me know". IIO Members Main: Nadia Ali - vocals / song writers. When you listen to them a second time you may sense a basic truth in these cryptic words. Those who pre-ordered Poetica should be recieveing their copies of the CD much earlier (around Tuesday, February 29, 2005). This led Sarah to comment: "Listening to the lyrics in the first time, you may find it hard to understand their meaning. Poetica is scheduled for a commercial release around May 2005. While most of the songs are easily accessible and open, some others are strange and incomprehensible.

After "Rapture" was released, the duo followed suite with several more successful singles, "At The End" (including the popular "Scumfrog" Remix), "Smooth" (including the popular "Airbase" Remix), and their latest single, "Runaway". IIO's full album, Poetica, has been delayed several times but is expected to be released in 2004. Gert has one big theme: losing the one you love. A large number of bootleg and whitelabel remixes ensued, including a highly-sought Paul Van Dyk bootleg remix . Sarah mainly tries to express ideas in her songs and has a hand in writing silly and tongue-in-cheeks songs. IIO followed up "Rapture" with several successful remixes of the track by producers by John Creamer, Stephane K, and Deep Dish. Sarah and Gert write most of the music and lyrics. Most of it is written separately. The name "IIO" is dervied from the Sony PC model named "Vaio", on which the duo was creating much of their early work. In the seven years between The Great Subconscious Club and Almost Happy the music changed from raw and guitar-based to a more subtle and delicate sound.

Iio best known for their 2001 hit "Rapture (Tastes So Sweet)", the lyrics to which were allegedly inspired by a meeting that occurred between vocalist/songwriter Nadia Ali and an unidentified NYC club patron prior to the now infamous lyrics being written. Sarah's smokey, enigmatic voice is the bands best known characteristic. IIO (pronounced "eye-oh") is a New York City based Electronic Dance Music act consisting of producer/songwriter Markus Moser and singer/songwriter Nadia Ali. It ranges from very delicate and intimate singer-songwriter songs to songs that are stronger, more active and louder. Their music can be described as guitar-based singer-songwriter rock or folk-rock. Except for four full albums, a live album and a best of they also produced four limited edition and fan club CDs: Extra Cocoon, 2000 Seconds Live, Home and Running Backwards.

Gert and Sarah both want to try out some solo work. Gert produces an album (for a Belgian band, Venus in Flames) and Sarah records a solo mini-CD Go and appears on several movie soundtracks now with songs of her own (All of This Past for Underworld and Someone to say Hi to for the Zus and Zo). In 2003 the band decides to take a year off. In 2001 Live (a 2-CD collection of live recordings) is in stores, and in 2003 Ten (a collection of ten years of singles and songs that didn't appear on their albums) is too, it is accompanied by a DVD with the same name. Koen Liekens has returned as drummer.

In 2000 their last studio-album Almost Happy is finished. Meanwhile American Eric Grosman has become the permanent bass player. In 1998 Cocoon Crash, their third album is finished. For the next year (1996-1997) they tour supporting Alanis Morissette, who heard the band playing on European festivals.

At that point Bart van der Zeeuw has replaced Koen Liekens on drums and bass players continually change. Not an Addict, a single taken from this album was very successful and brings international fame. In 1995 they record Paradise in Me. has no choices, so the name is meant ironically, as a strange, incomprehensible impossibility, like many of their songs.

In the book Joseph K. from Kafka's the Trial. K refers to Joseph K. When they came to the US another group with the name The Choice, forced the band to change their name; they decided that K's Choice would capture the spirit of the band.

These five toured Germany and the US, supporting the Indigo Girls, an American Folk-Rock band. In 1994 the band has five more or less permanent members: Sarah and Gert, Jan van Sichem Jr (guitar), Koen Liekens (drums) and Erik Verheyden (Bass). The band was named The Choice and in 1993 they recorded their debut album The Great Subconscious Club. She was offered a contract and formed a band with her brother Gert.

Under a more English name, Sarah Beth, she appeared on several movie soundtracks with covers including I'm so lonesome I could cry (originally by Hank Williams) for the movie Vrouwen Willen Trouwen (Women Want To Marry) and a duet with Frankie Miller Why don't you try me, (originally by Ry Cooder) for the movie Ad Fundum. This lead to the discovery of Sarah, who was offered a chance by a label; mainly because of her smokey, enigmatic voice. In the beginning of the nineties Sarah and Gert played in an amateur band, the Basement Plugs. (guitar) and Koen Liekens (Drums).

They are joined by Eric Grossman (Bass), Jan van Sichem Jr. The band centers around siblings Sarah (lead vocals, guitar) and Gert Bettens (guitar, keyboard, vocals). K's Choice is the name of Belgian rock band from Antwerp, Belgium. Running Backwards (2003).

Home (2001). 2000 Seconds Live (1998). Extra Cocoon (1998). 10 (2003).

Live (2001). Almost Happy (2000). Cocoon Crash (1998). Paradise in Me (1995).

The Great Subconscious Club (1993).