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Label Brushfire Records/Universal Republic
Release Date May 19, 2009
http://www.myspace.com/zeeavi

Malaysia

1. Bitter Heart



2. Poppy
3. Honey Bee
4. Just You And Me
5. Is This The End
6. Monte
7. Kantoi
8. I Am Me Once More
9. First Of The Gang To Die
10. Darlin' It Ain't Easy
11. The Story
12. Let Me In



Zee Avi (also known as KokoKaina) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and musician. Her song "No Christmas For Me" is featured on Brushfire Records's 2008 Christmas album This Warm December. She was discovered as a result of years of posting videos on youtube under the moniker KokoKaina. Her single 'Bitter Heart' is currently available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album will follow on May 19th.

Zee Avi is just 23 but she’s an old soul. A huge talent in a petite frame bringing a universal message from the unlikely birthplace of Borneo, an ancient island east of Malaysia which remains an untouched, natural paradise, an apt description of her songs.

How Avi came to record her debut album in L.A., the first joint release from Ian Montone’s Monotone Label and Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records, is a true 21st century tale of the way the Internet has transformed the music business and shrunk the globe in the process.

Born in the tiny town of Miri in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Zee grew up near the South China Sea in a liberal, encouraging household where her father owned an energy consultancy. “I was bred to be a lawyer,” she says, but music was in her blood. Her father’s father sang and played double-bass, accordion, violin and guitar in bands.

At age 12, Zee moved from Borneo to Kuala Lumpur where she has been based since. At 17, Zee started locking herself in a room for hours on end to learn to play guitar. Guitar took a back seat for 4 years while she was studying fashion design in London. When she returned to Kuala Lumpur, she picked the instrument back up and began writing songs and performing with a band.

海灘男孩傑克強森自設廠牌Brushfire Records簽入旗下的馬來西亞創作才女
民謠混搭爵士味覺的首發主打“Bitter Heart”，令人想起多項葛萊美獎加冕的Norah Jones的相同質感

　　來自馬來西亞的創作才女Zee Avi，靠著正夯的音樂分享平台YouTube無國界的推送下，不僅順利發表自己的作品，贏取來自四面八方的推崇和掌聲，更簽入海灘男孩、民謠吉他才子傑克強森自設的音樂廠牌Brushfire Records旗下，讓這個現年23歲、愛唱歌的女孩一圓歌唱夢想，也已收拾行李起身至美國，參加公開巡迴的演出機會。

　　一把吉他、一副慵懶舒服的嗓音，構成Zee Avi首張同名專輯的主要元素。在Folk領域中混搭爵士味覺的第一主打“Bitter Heart”，令人想起多項葛萊美獎加冕的Norah Jones相同質感；接下來散發淡淡閒適鄉村音韻的“Honey Bee”、利用夏威夷Ukulele彈奏的“Just You And Me”和“Kantoi”、爽朗Acoustic的“First Of The Gang To Die”…等曲目，如同躺在沙灘上迎著微風拂面、陽光暖暖包圍，似乎什麼事都變得不重要，遠離塵囂擾攘，享受片刻清閒時光，周圍只剩下簡單聽音樂的純粹感。