Paul Hardcastle

He has also recorded several acclaimed synth-jazz albums under the name Jazzmasters, which are played heavily on smooth jazz radio. Other: M Moser - beat mixer. After 1986 he started to specialise in TV soundtracks. IIO Members Main: Nadia Ali - vocals / song writers. He enjoyed several further hits in the UK, including "Don't Waste My Time" (with vocals by Carol Kenyon) and "The Wizard", the theme from BBC TV's Top of the Pops. Those who pre-ordered Poetica should be recieveing their copies of the CD much earlier (around Tuesday, February 29, 2005). It was a number one hit in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and was a significant hit in many other countries. Poetica is scheduled for a commercial release around May 2005.

He achieved some acclaim for his early singles, notably the instrumental Rainforest 1984, but came to greater prominence in 1985 with the groundbreaking 19, a dance record featuring samples from the 1982 television documentary Vietnam: A Requiem, which was about Vietnam veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (and for which Hardcastle was sued by ABC). 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. In the early 1980s he performed in the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo. A large number of bootleg and whitelabel remixes ensued, including a highly-sought Paul Van Dyk bootleg remix . Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1958) is a British composer and musician specialising in the synthesiser. IIO followed up "Rapture" with several successful remixes of the track by producers by John Creamer, Stephane K, and Deep Dish. The name "IIO" is dervied from the Sony PC model named "Vaio", on which the duo was creating much of their early work.

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. 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.