» Ming's Pretty Heroes

Ming’s Pretty Heroes is the musical manifestation of Rotterdam’s Ai Ming Oei, singer and songwriter, born in 1985. Other bandmembers are producers, guitartist and keyplayer Sander van Dijck and Frans Verburg and bassist and drummer Juan Manssens and Jordi Geuens . After the release of their debut album, ‘Ok Mr. Mix’ in September of 2009, the band kicked off 2010 with a three-week tour of Germany, followed by a visit to the Far East, which culminated in a show at Beijing’s MIDI Festival. Ming’s Pretty Heroes topped off the year by winning the prestigious Music Matters Award, previously won by Sabrina Starke and Ntjamrosie, and comprised of a cash incentive prize and the opportunity to be Music Ambassador of Rotterdam for the year 2011.

The financial boost from winning this award made it possible to begin production on ‘Karma’, the second album from Ming’s Pretty Heroes. In between recording and mixing sessions, the band took off once again for a more extensive tour of China in April, playing at various festivals and in several clubs in cities such as Shanghai, Chengdu and Beijing. With their Chinese fans firmly entrenched in their hearts, Ming and producers Sander van Dijck and Frans Verburg are presently wrapping up production on this newest album, where Ming’s personal karma forms the foundation upon which the new songs are built. Be prepared for personal, intense songs, enveloped by the beautiful, shadowy sounds of guitars, drum computers, paper wads(!) and Casio keyboard samples. The lyrical Fiona Apple, Feist, Regina Spektor and Kate Bush share a bed with the sound-conscious Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Imogen Heap, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Björk. Eruptions and climaxes are out in full force, and four-on-the-floor seems to have made
a return….
‘Karma’ will be available as of September 2nd, 2011. The release parties will be held on September 4th in Rotown, Rotterdam and on September 6th in Paradiso, Amsterdam.

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New Album 

"KARMA"

Now in Stores


upcoming-concerts
4 September 2011 Rotterdam, NL Rotown (release party)
6 September 2011 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso (release party)
30 October 2011 Eindhoven, NL Effenaar (support Saybia)
1 November 2011 Utrecht, NL Tivoli (support Saybia)