Talvin Singh

Talvin Singh is a British DJ and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of classical hindustani music and drum n bass. Talvin Singh is generally considered involved with an Electronica sub genre called Asian Underground.

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British - DJ - Tabla - Drum n bass - Electronica - Asian Underground

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Singh grew up in Leytonstone and began playing the tabla, breakdancing and listening to punk rock as a child. Though he lived in India for a time, he moved back to the UK in the late 1980s and began working as a musician with such artists as the Indigo Girls, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sun Ra, Björk and the Future Sound of London. In 1995, Singh founded a club night called Anokha which combined South Asian punk bands with drum n bass DJs. He signed to Island for a compilation of Anokha productions and worked as a remixer until releasing his solo debut, OK, in 1998. The album won him the Mercury Music Prize for 1999. His second album Ha was released in 1999.

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Leytonstone - Breakdancing - Punk rock - 1980s - Indigo Girls - Siouxsie & the Banshees - Sun Ra - Björk - Future Sound of London - 1995 - Anokha - OK - 1998 - Mercury Music Prize - 1999 - Ha

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