Nugie to release new album soon

Nugie to release new album soon

JAKARTA (JP): Ask environment buff/rock star, Agustinus Gusti
Nugroho, alias Nugie, why he smokes and he will shrug it off.
Compared to vehicle emissions and global warming, he said,
"personal habits... should not be hassled about."

Following his recent breakup with his girlfriend, Nugie, 27,
has yet to complete his much-postponed, much-publicized album,
Udara (Air).

The star said the album was due out in May and would feature
10 songs. "It's produced by me and my brother (pop singer) Katon
Bagaskara," Nugie said.

"One song on the album will be about the polluted Ciliwung
River and some others will be on air pollution."

He said he always dedicated some songs on each of his albums
to the environment.

"I want to complete, with this the third, the trilogy," he
said.

His debut album was titled Bumi (Earth) while his second, Air
(Water).

He said that currently, he was busy with singing for a new TV
environment-entertainment program due to be launched in August.

Bumi, released in 1995, sold 100,000 copies. Air, released
last year, fared well with 140,000. (ylt)