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Infobox musical artist| name = Talvin Singh| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| landscape = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Talvin Singh Matharoo| alias =| birth_date = | birth_place = London , England| origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre = Asian Underground , electronica | occupation =| instrument =| years_active = 1991-present| label = Island Records | associated_acts =| website = URL|talvinsingh.com| notable_instruments = Tabla Talvin Singh Matharoo http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/group_artists.php? id=41 Talvin Singh biography islandrecords.co.uk (lang-pa| ????? ???? ?????) (born 1970 in London , England), is a record producer|producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass . Singh is generally considered involved with an electronica sub genre called Asian Underground , and more recently as Indian and/or Asian electronica.
After collaborating with Siouxsie and the Banshees and Björk in the early 1990s, Singh released his debut album Ok (album)|Ok which received the Mercury Prize|Mercury Music Prize in 1999.Finn, Gary. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/mercury-prize-for-talvin-singh-1117161.html Mercury prize for Talvin Singh independent.co.uk . 8 September 1999
Singh has since collaborated with a variety of acts including Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna and Massive Attack .
Early life and career
Singh grew up in Leytonstone Garratt, Sheryl. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/mar/25/featuresreview.review1 "You drum it, I'll Singh it". The Observer / guardian.co.uk . Sunday 25 March 2001. and began playing the tablas as a child. At the age of 16, Singh went to India for two years where he studied tabla under Pandit Lashman Singh.Garratt, Sheryl. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/mar/25/featuresreview.review1 "You drum it, I'll Singh it". The Observer / guardian.co.uk . Sunday 25 March 2001. He then returned to the UK after just one year. In spite of this classical training, Singh's tabla playing was not accepted by British promoters of raga|classical Indian music , as he incorporated too strongly his western influences. By the late 1980s, Singh had decided to turn towards the fusion of sounds. In 1991 , he came to prominence by both playing tabla and singing on the " Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me " single by Siouxsie and the Banshees : the single peaked in the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 at number 23. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-p125670/charts-awards Siouxsie and the Banshees US charts awards allmusic.com . Singh then became the sixth member of the Banshees and took part with them as second headliners of the inaugural Lollapalooza tour. Two years later in 1993, he was recruited by Björk to be her percussionist and director on her 1993's Debut (Björk album)|Debut album.
In late 1995, Singh founded the Anokha club night with promoter Sweety Kapoor at East London's Blue Note, where drum'n'bass DJs and South Asian punk bands went head to head with the amped-up sounds of his tabla and percussion. Guest spots by LTJ Bukem and others made Anokha a Monday-night hotspot in London, and Singh signed to Island for an Anokha compilation including several of his own productions. He worked as a remixer, for Blondie (band)|Blondie on their "Maria" single".
In 1998, Singh released his solo debut album, Ok (album)|Ok . The record was critically acclaimed and received the prestigious Mercury Prize|Mercury Music Prize in 1999.Finn, Gary. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/mercury-prize-for-talvin-singh-1117161.html Mercury prize for Talvin Singh independent.co.uk . 8 September 1999 That same year, he also collaborated with David Sylvian . In 2000, he worked with Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna for her album, Music .
Style and influences
Singh is an accomplished Tabla player, electronic musician, music theorist, record producer and DJ. As a solo artist, he is perhaps best known as the father of modern Asian electronica music, though he is also a highly celebrated tabla player, record producer and visual practitioner.
Drawing inspiration from the classical Indian arts, Singh first came to prominence as a tabla percussionist in the 1980s London music scene. Whilst still in his mid-teens, Singh traveled to India to earn pupillage from Acharya Pandit Laxman Singh, master tabla maestro of the Punjab school. This period made an indelible mark on the young artist and he has since continued to practice and perform the art form internationally. Singh’s collaborations with Indian classical musicians include Ustad Sultan Khan, Rakesh Churasia, Ustad Imrat Khan and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan amongst scores of others.
Singh also became involved in experimental music collaborations beginning in the late 1980s, working with Sun Ra and Courtney, which helped to popularize the burgeoning Asian underground sub-culture movement.
Singh is notable for re-introducing the concepts of Indian classical music to western pop, dance and Jazz genres in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Singh’s solo album credits include critical and commercial successes Ok (1998)--which won the UK’s two most prestigious music prizes, ‘The South Bank Prize’ and the Mercury Prize in 1999. Ok, his groundbreaking ’98 debut release, was recorded in Mumbai, Madras, Okinawa, New York and London, featuring contributions from Bill Laswell , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Ustad Sultan Khan and the Madras Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.
Singh has pursued several artistic ventures parallel to and in conjunction with his music career, including creating the seminal London club ANOKHA, performing at the Tate Gallery in London, creating a sound installation at the Frith Street Gallery in London and composing music for various experimental dance, theatre and film projects. In 1990 Singh conceived the Tablatronic, a hybrid electronic/analog tabla (drum) which utilizes a rare internal microphone system.
Awards
In 2010 in music|2010 , Talvin Singh won an award at the UK Asian Music Awards (UK AMAs) for his "Commitment to Scene".Cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/ama2010/winners/ |title=BBC - Asian Network - BBC Asian Network AMA 2010 - Winners |work=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=24 August 2010
Discography
Albums
Ok (album)|Ok (1998) Island
Ha (Talvin Singh album)|Ha (2001) Island
Drum + Space (as Calcutta Cyber Cafe) (2009) Chilly
Compilations
Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997) Island
Back to Mine , Volume 8 (2001) DMC
Collaborations & original contributions
Siouxsie and the Banshees , " Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me " (1991)
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| title = Talvin Singh Official Myspace page | work = myspace | url = http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile& friendid=99428558 | accessdate = March 19, 2007 Persondata | NAME = Singh, Talvin | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1970 | PLACE OF BIRTH = London , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Talvin Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Punjabi people Category:Club DJs Category:Remixers Category:English Sikhs Category:People from Leytonstone Category:English electronic musicians Category:Tabla players Category:Asian Underground musicians
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