Nadia Ali was working in the New York offices of Versace when a co-worker introduced her to Markus Moser, who was looking for a female singer to collaborate on some of his tracks. The two teamed up and started a group originally named 'vaiio', named after the Sony laptop Nadia was working on. They later dropped the 'va' to avoid causing problems.
While Markus composed the music, Nadia, with her very distinct voice wrote the lyrics and provided the vocals. Markus had the astonishing ability to get the best remixers to rework their songs. A perfect example is Johnny Vicious getting a very capable hand on 'At the End' - hold on all the 9 mins of it and it willdrive you so insane you will want to scream in delight.
iiO's first album 'Poetica' was delayed several times and finally released independently in 2005. By that time Nadia had left iiO to purse a solo career, while Markus continues to released material featuring her on the vocals.
Unfortunately only a few orignal videos are to ind on the worldwideweb.
iiO - Rapture (2001)
BE#1, UK#2, ROM#2, AUS#3, NZ#8, IRL#9, DK#10, FIN#12, NL#21, SWE#25, US#44, FR#50, DE#51, AT#59, CH#64
Lyrics:
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
The night I laid my eyes on you
I felt everything around me move
Got nervous when you looked my way
But you knew all the words to say
And your love slowly moved right in
All this time, oh my love, where you been
Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet
I'm mesmerised in every way
You keep me in a state of daze
Your kisses make my skin feel weak
Always melting in your heat
Then I soar like a bird in the wind
Oh I glide like I'm flying through heaven
Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet
Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet
Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
(La la la la la la)
(La la la la la la)
iiO - At the End (2002)
FIN#13, DK#16, UK#20, US#41
iiO - At the End (Johnny Vicious Remix)
Lyrics:
When you're away, I'm feeling empty
I lose my mind
But when you're around, I take for granted
Most of our time
Honey you say that I'm cold
And sometimes I'm out of control
Baby, you know how I am, at the end, you're always mine
I don't mean to when I hurt you
But I need you, I can show you
Just let me be when I'm crazy,
At the end you're still my only.
At the end [x3]
Right when you're gone, I really miss you
You got my heart.
When you come back, I just won't kiss you
And it tears you apart.
Honey do make me stay,
Believe me it's better this way.
Baby I'm true and I'm real.
I'm giving you all that I feel.
[Chorus x2]
Sweety, I'm trying my best,
To give you the most and no less.
Darling, I'm true and I'm real,
I'm giving you all that I feel.
[Chorus x2]
iiO - Smooth (2003)
US#23
Lyrics:
Honey, love, honey, love, what you do to me
I can't think, I can't act the way I use to be
Got no choice, just your voice send me through the roof
I'm a mess, I confess it's because of you
Ooh, shook me up so quickly
Ooh, hit me like a smooth breeze
Smooth like the air, I take you into me
You're all I crave, remain within me, deep
Just like the air, you're there around it all
Smooth everywhere, your stare, it made me fall
Turn around, take me down to your dreaminess
Come on in and again, we can lay and rest
Close your eyes, my sunrise, shine your beam of light
Ride the wave to escape and be by my side
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, checking me up so gracefully
You, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, hit me like a smooth breeze
Smooth like the air, I take you into me
You're all I crave, remain within me, deep
Just like the air, you're there around it all
Smooth everywhere, your stare, it made me fall
(Honey, love, honey, love, what you do to me)
Shook me up so quickly
(I'm a mess, I confess it's because of you)
Hit me like a smooth breeze
Smooth like the air, I take you into me
You're all I crave, remain within me, deep
Just like the air, you're there around it all
Smooth everywhere, your stare, it made me fall
iiO - Runaway (2004)
Iio - Runawayfound onYouClubVideo
Lyrics:
Can we go away and never turn around again?
On an escapade and always keep the vision
Can we open out and spread ourselves around the sand?
Captivate the sun, keep the light till the world ends
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Take away the wall and break away my defense
Candle by our side and never let the rain begin
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
We're a part of a plan and it's already written
There is no other way, it's inside our every sense
Earth is our island
(Earth is our island)
Earth is our island
(Earth is our island)
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Karma, am I yours is that your intuition
If that is your word, I'm the definition
Earth is our island
(Earth is our island)
Earth is our island
(Earth is our island)
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
In our destinies, this is what was missing
Echo in my mind, even through my distance
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway
We're a part of a plan and it's already written
Candle by our side and never let the rain begin
iiO - I Kiss You (2005)
US#3
Lyrics:
I'd wake up and make love to you if I had you
I would touch you so much but I'm not allowed to
What I hate is to wait but in this case I'm patient
I'm discreet, I'm not weak, I just need the moment
He wants me, he wants me not
I want everything he's got
If I leaned over and tried to kiss you
Would I be wrong after so long to kiss you?
Would you pretend we're only friends if I kissed you?
At least I can dream of you in a scene when I kiss you
On one hand we are friends
But still my mind, it wanders
Through the side streets and alleys
I just keep growing fonder
He wants me, he wants me not
I want everything he's got
If I leaned over and tried to kiss you
Would I be wrong after so long to kiss you?
Would you pretend we're only friends if I kissed you?
At least I can dream of you in a scene when I kiss you
He wants me, he wants me not
I want everything he's got
He wants me, he wants me not
I want everything he's got
To stop me is not easy
Can't keep a lion from hunting
I'm focused, I won't miss
There's no control of some things
If I leaned over and tried to kiss you
Would I be wrong after so long to kiss you?
Would you pretend we're only friends if I kissed you?
At least I can dream of you in a scene when I kiss you
I kissed you, can I kiss you?
iiO - Is it Love? (2006)
US#1
Lyrics:
I never knew a love
A love that could be sweeter
No matter what my mind says
Your music gives me fever
The moment that we danced
Your arms felt like a cradle
And when you took my hand
I was no longer able
It never felt so right before
I need to be with you much more
I can't believe this kind of fate
We can runaway
Is it love?
I'm always in a spell
Even when I sleeping
You're always on my mind
I hope that I'm not dreaming
If I am let me stay asleep
Don't wake me up I feel complete
I never want to feel it end
What a lovely moment
I wanna give you my love
Overtime
I wanna make love to you
Overtime
I wanna be right next to you
Overtime
I wanna be in love with you
Overtime
iiO - Chastity (2007)
Lyrics:
Dear head on the wall
Look until you're too simple
And the softness of knowing hurts
And the softness of knowing hurts
Dear head on the wall
Afraid to mention the deaths
That I can't stuff into my mouth
That I can't stuff into my mouth
All the longing that is
A pity pretty pin
A pity pretty pin
And the sadness will come
When there is no one
Dear head on the wall
Forget what we already know
Hang a picture of your heart
Bandaged in surgeon's bowl
Opened up to it all
A pity pretty pin
A pity pretty pin
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