After more than a year of working in this project, IBU’s sophomore album is finally ready for distribution. The album is titled “Inspired By U,” which is what IBU stands for. On this album, IBU hopes to showcase their true R&B character as an artist, and in the true tradition of their soulful and harmony drenched compositions. The songs will present a more mature IBU, vocally and artistically.
The album was originally scheduled for release in August 2008, but due to technical problems, scheduling conflicts, personal tragedies the release was delayed. IBU wanted this album to contain songs that people would listen to from track one to the last song, and are did not comprome quality with deadlines. The members of IBU are all songwriters, and they wrote most of the songs on the album, and they decided not to let pressure affect their creative process, thus allowing them to put special attention to the songwriting process.
Several producers and songwriters from all over the U.S and Europe are involved in this project, and IBU picked who to work with from the many that sent samples of their work. IBU had to go through hundreds of tracks that were submitted to find that chemistry between artist and producer, and to find the track that fits IBU’s style. Most of the tracks are customized for IBU. >
The sophomore album contains twelve tracks, with predominantly R&B songs and some pop, with combination of ballads and uptempo club tracks. IBU guarantee the best quality album, IBU sought the services of the sound engineers of California based “Industy Mastering,” the company that worked with artists such as Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Usher, Mary J Blige, Jay-Z, Sean Paul, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Prince, just to name a few.
Track listing and credits: (1) Candy Cane, written by Tommy Chanthasene, Michael Musni, Jonathan Shauf and produced by Renald Francoeur (2) Love Is All Gone, written by Tommy Chanthasene, Michael Musni, Jonathan Shauf and produced by Renald Francoeur (3) Let Me Make It Clear, written and produced by Renald Francoeur (4) Compromise, written by Tommy Chanthasene, Michael Musni, Jonathan Shauf and produced by Reggie L “Joe kool” Doster, Jr. (ASCAP) (5) Broken Record, written by Tommy Chanthasene and produced by Soul Blazers (Germany), (6) 911 Emergency, written by Tommy Chanthasene, Jonathan Shauf and produced by Renald Francoeur (7) Let’s Not Burn The Bridges, written by Tommy Chanthasene and produced by Smokebox Productions (8) Do It Right Tonight, written by Tommy Chanthasene and produced by Ryan Holtz and Mike Musni (9) My Baby, written by Michael Musni and Jonathan Shauf, Produced by Smokebox Productions (10) Still in Love, written by Renald Francouer, and produced by Mitch Morala (11) Like Water to The Sea, written and produced by Danny and Eddy Van Passel, vocal arrangements by IBU and (12) Dying Inside To Hold You, written by Danny and Eddy VanPassel, Gyle Waddy, Hans Weekhout and produced by Renald Francoeur. Vocal arrangements by IBU.
The album will be released July 12. A CD release party and concert is scheduled at Heat Nightclub in Schaumburg, IL
For more information about IBU, visit www.ibumusic.com or www.myspace.com/ibu or email: infoibu@aol.com.
