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Creator of a forward thinking fusion of Indian bhangra music and drum’n’bass electronica, Talvin Singh was classically trained in the tabla but rejected the majority of his learning when he founded the Anokha membership night in East London’s Blue Be aware. Singh was raised in Leytonstone, and even though he …

The North Indian drums know because the tabla were thought to have already been invented within the 13th century by Amir Khusrau, a disciple from the Sufi saint Hazrat Nizemuddin Aluya. At that time, Khusrau sawed a pakhawaj (an individual two-headed solid wood drum) in two. Though nobody may never …

Sarathy Korwar is a percussionist, composer, field recordist, and musicologist. Though given birth to in america, he grew up in India and is situated in London, Britain. His music combines East Indian music, jazz, and consumer electronics. Elevated in Ahmedabad and Chennai by parents who have been trained Indian traditional …