A pretty hero, complete with tight cat suit and cape fluttering around his broad shoulders. He flies from building to building, saving the world from its demise. As fantastic as that sounds, something’s just not quite right…

On Mings Pretty Heroes debut album called OK Mr. Mix (released in september 2009, benelux), this is exactly what is questioned. From the world and its strange leaders to personal grievances, it all comes to life with the use of creative synthesizers, heavy drums, an actual omnichord and a string quartet. These and many other special ingredients all perfectly support Mings truthful lyrics, synergizing to abduct and transport you to the very darkest of places, which somehow end up being strangely pleasant.

Mings Pretty Heroes is the band around singer and songwriter Ming (1985, Rotterdam) and is completed by the wonderful guitarist Sander van Dijck, the equally wonderful Flamisch drummer Jordi Geuens and just as wonderful keyplayer Frans Verburg. In January 2008 MPH released the EP Cut off from Gravity. Over the summer in 2009 Ming and her fellows won a national price for the Dutch NCRV. Judges: We unanimously decided on the very surprising, creative, red-haired talent Ai Ming Oei and her musicians. Ming immediately caught our eye.

Soon Ming signed with independent record label Coast to Coast and released Ok Mr. Mix in September in sold-out pop venue Rotown. Ok Mr. Mix immediately appeared in the alternative charts and the Dutch bubbling charts. Reviews praised Ok Mr. Mix saying Ming is certainly pushing the envelope, exploring the vast possibilities of her genre. Also The forty minutes exhibit a style that is completely unique and that Listeners will be met with pleasant surprises each time they press play, discovering all the beauty hidden in this album.

The year after the Ok Mr. Mix release, 2010, was a fruitful year for MPH. The band played two international tours, one through China and a three week tour through Germany, and ended 2010 by winning the VSB Music Matters Award in december. Mings Pretty Heroes was awarded a financial support for the recording of their second album and Ming will be 2011s Music Ambassador of Rotterdam.

Currently hard work, lots of creativity, love and inspiration is being put into the second album. It will be recorded Antwerp in february 2011 and is to be titled Karma. Stay tuned!

Much Love!