Has his mission been detected? Have audiences figured out that Nadir is one of the most dynamic performers of the new century?

From his studio hidden in the infamous Submerge Building, Nadir reveals the first chapter from his forthcoming album, The Book of Jonah.

The Rock/Soul storyteller, Nadir, is back, this time with his first vinyl single! “Go It Alone” is a healthy serving of down home soul, while “Love Thang” satisfies your rock craving with a side of funk, and a dash of go-go swing.

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Nadir is a man on a mission. The target is in sight, but his position has been compromised. Cut off from his team, and behind enemy lines, Nadir’s covert operation is in danger. He’ll have to go it alone, but will he make it out alive?

Nadir’s latest music video is directed by Drew Parfitt of SudoTV.com.

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The Rock/Soul storyteller, Nadir, is back, this time with his first vinyl single! “Go It Alone” is a healthy serving of down home soul, while “Love Thang” satisfies your rock craving with a side of funk, and a dash of go-go swing.

Has his mission been detected? Have audiences figured out that Nadir is one of the most dynamic performers of the new century?

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“For real?” I replied. She forwarded the Detroit Free Press link reporting a drug bust in Detroit’s sprawling Russell Industrial Center arts complex.

“Hmm… Maybe we should postpone tomorrow’s video shoot,” I thought.

Nadir-Music.com: Behind the Scenes at the “Go It Alone” Video Shoot

Nadir’s upcoming album, The Book of Jonah is in the home stretch. In early January, Nadir recorded a string section in the Metroplex Room at Submerge for the track “A Hustler (In Spite of Myself)” as one of the final pieces of the puzzle.

An earlier version of this composition appeared in the score for the Detroit indie film Top Ten Things I Love/Hate About the Hood by CornerBoy Films, but Nadir is going straight “Superfly” on this updated version of the track.

“It’s blaxploitation chase music, so it had to have the real strings to feel right. This is the way I always heard this composition, so I’m thrilled with how it’s all coming together now,” Nadir says.

Michelle May, violinist and leader of Detroit world jazz combo Musique Noire, assembled a fine trio featuring Leah Celebi on viola, and Cecelia Sharpe on cello. John Celebi charted the string arrangement.

Special thanks to videographer Chariti Joi Ntuk, and video editor The War Time Journalist for pulling together the behind the scenes footage.

More from the lab… Behind the scenes with Nadir and Mayaeni, working on their video “95 Miles Down the Road” coming to you in 2012. Shout out to Chris Spooner, Emily Rogers and Emilio Basa. Special thanks to Submerge Distribution, Underground Resistance and Mad Mike Banks. Video documentation by John Woodward, The Wartime Journalist.

IAYAALIS is a creatrix – a female creator and multi-talent whose critically-acclaimed rhymes, singing voice, spoken word, poetry, prose, and visual art, have earned respect from free-thinking, progressive audiences everywhere.

IAYAALIS creates a unique brand of hip-hop that, according to The Nashville Scene, merges “sensual physicality with deep spiritual insights and a distinctly feminine point of view”. It’s a sound that infuses hip-hop with occasional flashes of African percussion, dancehall rhythms and other worldly vibrations. Her infectious melodies and enlightened lyrics soar to new, uncharted heights.

“Quite simply, this album is stocked with powerful songs that are at once angry, eloquent, passionate, insightful and very, very good.” – www.SoulTracks.com

“Molotov Soul – Funk & Rock and political awareness make an explosive mixture.” – www.SoulSite.de

“Imagine if you could listen to an album that sounded like it was James Brown + Gil Scott-Heron + Public Enemy!” – www.Soul-Patrol.com

Slave: The Remixtape is a feature-length collection of lurid tracks that covers just about every genre of club and radio fare from Hip-hop to Rock, House to Techno.

“It’s a fantastic example of what remixers can do when given good material… If you’re into remixes, Nadir’s Slave: The Remixtape is a tour-de-force of remixing.” – Synthtopia

“BEST FUNK CD OF 2005″ – www.soul-patrol.com
Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip Hop Recording 2005 Detroit Music Awards

“It’s STONE COLD FUNK, it makes you DANCE, it ROCKS your world, it’s got GREAT LYRICS, it’s got POWERHOUSE SOUL SINGING, it’s got GREAT MUSICIANSHIP, it makes you THINK about the world and it makes you SMILE.” www.soul-patrol.com

“This Southern-bred singer-songwriter and his stalwart band play with an aplomb that could raise the corpses of Marley and Hendrix. No $h!t… To label them simply neo-soul would be downright reductive.” – Metro Times (Detroit, Michigan)

“The praise is well deserved, as this is absolutely infectious urban rock, calling to mind the better moments of artists from Ernie Isley to Lenny Kravitz.” – www.SoulTracks.com

“[Nadir] has really developed a sound and style of his own and Distorted Soul 2.0 is very different from what I’ve heard in a long time and that’s what makes this album special.” – www.Jazz-not-jazz.com