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On the Internet, Class of 1986: Euan Rellie & Alain Nkossi KondaFROM: Business Development Asia.com AND SonicBids.comEuan Rellie is joint founder and Managing Director and is based in New York. Since founding BDA in 1996, Mr. Rellie has been based in Singapore, New York and London and has worked extensively across China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and India. From 1990 to 1996 he worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Schroders, the leading UK investment bank now part of Salomon Smith Barney, and was based in New York, London and Singapore. For most of this period, Mr. Rellie worked on behalf of Western multinationals, assisting them in their international development. In 1995 and 1996, he was Head of South East Asia Execution for Schroders' Asia-Pacific Regional Advisory Group. Mr. Rellie’s clients in Asia have included ICI (corporate finance work in Thailand), Intel (M&A work in Malaysia), Philip Morris/Kraft Foods (advisory work in Indonesia) and Sara Lee (JV searches in Malaysia and Thailand). He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University (BA Hons, History) and is a Corporate Finance Specialist Registered Representative. ****************************************************************** Alain Nkossi Konda is a very gifted singer/songwriter originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a tender age he went to the US with his diplomat father who was then working for the United Nations Development Program. Says Nkossi: „My father was a member of the Salvation Army church choir where they sung songs in harmony ... I have been singing for as long as I can remember“. During the more than 29 years he spent in the urban jungle of New York, Nkossi earned himself a reputation as a hard working musician/producer within the NYC Afro Pop community. He is a respected innovator who effortlessly combines his African musical heritage with his new American homeland creating what he calls „Tri-cultural pop“ which is a combination of Funk, Soukous + Reggae with Pop hooks sung in French, English and Lingala. His first album, "Adiyoyo Mona Lisa“ was released in 1998. In 1999, Nkossi became the first artist to be signed by Harry Belafonte for his new label Niger Records/Palm Pictures in collaboration with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. During the spring of 2001, Nkossi and his associate Jim Savitt set up their own production company Afrikool. Their objective was to provide the necessary tools that could facilitate the cultural exchange between African artists and their American counterparts. Under that banner, he wrote 18 songs and co-produced with Promoter Rick Garson (Michael Jackson "Thriller" Tour, George Michael "Faith" Tour, Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" Tour...) "World Voice 2002“, a spoken word album featuring artists such as Britney Spears, N’Sync, Aerosmith and more... Nkossi is well aware of the power of music and his desire to communicate through it transcends borders. He belongs to this goup of artists who understood that music is the most wonderful way to convey ideas, feelings and passions. Music overwhelms him, devours him to the point where he manages to dominate it, shape it and extrapolate it in such a way that we can perceive it as a universal language. This is a language that he likes to share and which he transcends during his live performances. He is one of these artists we call „amazing performer“. During his stage acts we immerse into his musical world and can’t help to let ourselves be carried away by the crazy swirl of his innovative style. The least that can be said is it lifts and stirs you up while keeping a great musical quality all through. SOURCE: http://www.bdallc.com/management.php AND http://www.sonicbids.com |
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