Talvin Singh @ the MODERN
MemberTalvin Singh @ the MODERN
RealityEnt
RealityEnt Promoter (446posts)
11/5/2007 8:12:00 PM



Talvin Singh (Matharoo) (born in 1970 in Leytonstone, London, England) is a British DJ and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of classical Indian music and drum n bass. Talvin Singh is generally considered involved with an electronica sub genre called Asian Underground.

Singh grew up in Leytonstone and began playing the tabla, breakdancing and listening to punk rock as a child. At the age of 15, Singh went to India where he studied tabla under Pandit Lashman Singh, but he 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 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, and soon he began working as a musician with such artists as Madonna,the Indigo Girls, David Sylvian, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sun Ra, Björk, Massive Attack and the Future Sound of London.

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 until releasing his solo debut, OK, in 1999. The album won him the Mercury Music Prize for 1999.


crown_vic
crown_vic Member (1710posts)
11/5/2007 8:36:00 PM
Nice!

RealityEnt
RealityEnt Promoter (446posts)
11/6/2007 4:11:00 PM
Check out his myspace page!

http://www.myspace.com/talvinsinghofficial

Kuma
Kuma DJ/Artist (2059posts)
11/8/2007 9:34:00 AM
Door?

Joel
Joel Clubber (9179posts)
11/8/2007 10:01:00 AM
cool, is this the first dj booking there

SKILLA
SKILLA DJ/Artist (21892posts)
11/9/2007 10:20:00 AM
sick one Sav.


Punjabulous
Punjabulous Member (6180posts)
11/15/2007 8:04:00 PM
i know his uncle

avtar_maniac
avtar_maniac Member (3899posts)
11/15/2007 10:33:00 PM
talvin was a wanker tosser growing up in leicester

LadyAmbient
LadyAmbient DJ/Artist (48posts)
11/16/2007 4:30:00 PM
what's the door price? advance tix available??

RealityEnt
RealityEnt Promoter (446posts)
11/16/2007 5:54:00 PM
Tickets on line at clubvibes and
Boomtoom 604 893 8696
Highlife Records 604 251 6964
Zulu Records 604 738 3232

Doors price $25


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