Harikrish Menon Explained

Haze
Birth Name:Harikrish Menon Ramachandran
Birth Date:1973 6, df=y
Origin:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Instrument:Keyboards, vocals, guitar, percussion
Genre:Dance music, pop, R&B, jazz, electronica, urban contemporary
Occupation:Singer, songwriter, record producer

Haze (born Harikrish Menon Ramachandran 2 June 1973, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a singer-songwriter, known for his work in the dance music genre, with hit singles such as "Changes" and "Freak".

Musical career

He began his professional career at R.A.P. (Roslan Aziz Productions), a Malaysian record label owned by acclaimed music producer Roslan Aziz. He has since worked with many of Malaysia's top performing artist such as Sheila Majid, Ning Baizura, Amir Yussof, Zainal Abidin, the late Sharifah Aini and Malaysian rap sensation Too Phat just to name a few. Besides producing for local Malaysian performing artist, he has also produced albums for many performing artist around the region. Artist such as Kris Dayanti of Indonesia and Singaporean rap sensation Sheikh Haikel. Which has allowed him to develop a musical scope that covers across almost all genres. In the mid-1990s he also performed with the band Asia Beat.

He was the first Malaysian to appear on the BBC UK Dance Singles Charts, for Changes.[1] His single Freak made the Top 10 of the National Top 100 Singles chart in the Netherlands.[2]

Discography

Singles

YearTitleCollaborations
2002ChangesSandy Rivera
2003Dreams/ThroughKings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T
2004DreamsKings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T
2005ThroughKings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T
2007FreakSandy Rivera

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Fun with Haze and friends. Cheah. Jason. 9 April 2007. The Star. 23 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324115945/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/9/music/17363376&sec=music. 24 March 2012.
  2. News: Going Dutch. Cheah. Jason. 29 October 2007. The Star. 23 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324115928/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/29/music/19285373&sec=music. 24 March 2012.