Harikrish Menon
{{Short description|Musician, singer, songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Haze
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| birth_name = Harikrish Menon Ramachandran
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|6|2}}
| origin = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| instrument = Keyboards, vocals, guitar, percussion
| genre = Dance music, pop, R&B, jazz, electronica, urban contemporary
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, record producer
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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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
He was the first Malaysian to appear on the BBC UK Dance Singles Charts, for Changes.{{cite news|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/9/music/17363376&sec=music|title=Fun with Haze and friends|last=Cheah|first=Jason|date=9 April 2007|work=The Star|accessdate=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324115945/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/9/music/17363376&sec=music|archive-date=24 March 2012}} His single Freak made the Top 10 of the National Top 100 Singles chart in the Netherlands.{{cite news|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/29/music/19285373&sec=music|title=Going Dutch|last=Cheah|first=Jason|date=29 October 2007|work=The Star|accessdate=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324115928/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/29/music/19285373&sec=music|archive-date=24 March 2012}}
Discography
= Singles =
| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Year !align="center"|Title !align="center"|Collaborations |
| 2002
|Changes |
| 2003
|Dreams/Through |Kings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T |
| 2004
|Dreams |Kings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T |
| 2005
|Through |Kings Of Tomorrow / K.O.T |
| 2007
|Freak |
References
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- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/haze Haze], Discogs. Retrieved 2008-04-21
- [http://www.faces.com.my/spotlight/spotlight.asp?id=2 Interview with Haze] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019225122/http://www.faces.com.my/spotlight/spotlight.asp?id=2 |date=19 October 2007 }}
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/haze HAZE page on Discogs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071117020027/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile MySpace]
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Category:Musicians from Kuala Lumpur
Category:Malaysian television personalities
Category:Malaysian dance musicians
Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent
Category:Malaysian people of Malayali descent
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