Nitin Sawhney is a London-based composer and DJ of various styles of music, including jazz, drum and bass, hip hop, flamenco and modern orchestral compositions. His major works include Beyond Skin, Prophesy, Human, and Philtre. He is considered a one of the pioneers of what is known as the Asian Underground music scene, defining a music genre that mixes south-Asian musical influences with western electronica and breakbeat style.

Life

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Nitin was raised in Rochester, Kent, England and attended Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. He studied law at Liverpool University for a short time. Then he went to London, where he met Sanjeev Bhaskar. The pair became friends and created a comedy double act, The Secret Asians, together. The show sought to turn absurdly dated Asian stereotypes on their heads. It led to a contract with BBC radio and eventually grew into the award-winning BBC TV sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.

During that time he met up with an old school friend, acid-jazz keyboards-player James Taylor. He joined Taylor for a 40-date tour in as part of The James Taylor Quartet. It introduced him to the jazz club scene and provoked him into forming his own band, The Jazztones. He moved on to join forces with tabla master Talvin Singh to form the Tihai Trio and, after that collaboration ended in 1993, released his debut album, Spirit Dance on his own label. Shortly afterwards, he signed with Outcaste Records.

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Nitin Sawhney's last album is quite the grower, I tell thee.
deanturpin (Dean Turpin) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:38 -0000
Nitin Sawhney's last album is quite the grower, I tell thee.
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♫ Nitin Sawhney - Bengali Song
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RT @musicomhtheatre: Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney join forces in Confluence at Sadler's Wells http://twurl.nl/iq6tds
musicomh (musicOMH) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:23:03 -0000
RT @musicomhtheatre: Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney join forces in Confluence at Sadler's Wells http://twurl.nl/iq6tds

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