Addy ''Cradle'' Rasidi, born in 1975, is a popular
Singaporean
guitarist.
Background
ADDY began playing the guitar at the age of 10, and recorded his first album with the Singapore band ''
Teacher's Pet'' (
Warner Music) at 16, then ''
Cradle
Cradle may refer to:
* Cradle (bed)
* Bassinet, a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep
Mechanical devices
* Cradle (circus act), or aerial cradle or casting cradle used in an aerial circus act
* Cradling (paintin ...
'' (
EMI) two years later. With the release of his first solo album, ''
Rahsia'', in 2003, he won the APM award for Best New Solo Artiste in 2004. In 2006, ADDY received the
Compass Awards for Best Top Local Malay Pop Song (
Mengapa Berdusta), for composer and lyricist.
ADDY revived his band, ''
Cradle
Cradle may refer to:
* Cradle (bed)
* Bassinet, a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep
Mechanical devices
* Cradle (circus act), or aerial cradle or casting cradle used in an aerial circus act
* Cradling (paintin ...
'', in early 2007. They recorded an album,
CERITERA AWAN, and it was released in September 2007. One of the songs, CERITERA AWAN, was chosen to be compiled in
SINGAPORE MIDEM 2008 CD.
AYU
Ayu or AYU may refer to:
* Ayu (given name)
* Ayu sweetfish (''Plecoglossus altivelis''), a species of smelt
* ''Ayu'', a local name for the African manatee
* Ayu (singer) or Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
* Ayu Islands, a small archipelago in I ...
from the album
CERITERA AWAN won Best Song Of The Year 2008 at the Anugerah Planet Muzik Awards and
CERITERA AWAN won Best Album Of The Year 2008 at the
Anugerah Planet Muzik Awards
2008, ADDY recorded and released his first Guitar Instrumental Album
DIVINE.
ADDY, born and bred in Singapore, is the first artiste to be endorsed by
IBANEZ and
DiMarzio in Singapore. He is also endorsed by
SWEE LEE Music Company.
ADDY is known as
Addy Cradle and Addy Rasidi. ADDY is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, producer, sessionist and teacher. ADDY has his own recording studio called
DENINCwhere he does most of his work.
Career
In 2003, his album ''Rahsia'' was released on the MusicZone label.
His third album ''Transcendence - Legend Of Ryu Wuri'' was released in 2017. The album came with a booklet which was an Asian folklore inspired. fantasy story. IT brought attention to him as a science fiction writer.
Other artists and session work
He provided guitar on most of the tracks for Shirlyn Tan's album, ''Newfound Jealousy''. He also was the arranger on some of the tracks.
[ Discogs ]
Shirlyn* – Newfound Jealousy
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Further info
http://www.dimarzio.com/#/players/ &
https://web.archive.org/web/20080518021358/http://www.ibanez.co.jp/artist/ibanez_artist_list.php?CATEGORY_ID=1 &
https://web.archive.org/web/20091218082741/http://www.sweelee.com.sg/Artist_Addy2.htm
http://www.myspace.com/addycradle
http://www.myspace.com/cradle7
References
External links
Addy Cradle
at MySpace
Living people
1976 births
Singaporean rock guitarists
Singaporean composers
21st-century guitarists
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