Nitin Sawhney

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Nitin Sawhney (raised in Rochester, Kent, England) 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 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. He does however dislike the tag of World Music, describing it as musical apartheid.

Nitin attended Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School and studied law at Liverpool University for a short time. He then 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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Top Tracks

1	Sunset	875
2	Homelands	810
3	Letting Go	614
4	Breathing Light	448
5	Mausam full track	404
6	Broken Skin	390
7	Moonrise	389
8	Tides	379
9	Nadia	358
10	Immigrant	297
11	Migration	294
12	Prophesy	275
13	Nostalgia	256
13	Nothing	256
15	Nothing More	216

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oprimus wrote:
4 hours ago

Heres our review! http://thefourohfive.com/?p=2233

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kotuko wrote:
last month

Can't wait for his new album. New tracks are amazing.

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guinea124 wrote:
last month

only just found this artist but loving his work :)

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
last month

brand new tripStop featuring Nitin Sawhney ➤ n i g h t l o u n g e ➤

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Peaceful_soul wrote:
last month

Beautiful Track!!!

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ScreamuS wrote:
last month

Mystérieux et magique...

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Liuyanggod wrote:
August 2008

My Soul

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pinklady09 wrote:
August 2008

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CosmoTsai wrote:
July 2008

iNitin sawhney music is independment,rock,world music,i love all

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astroanu2004 wrote:
July 2008

Wow cool music.

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real-b wrote:
July 2008

Official site will be posting clips from the new album every week. First track is "Days of Fire" (featuring Natty) http://www.nitinsawhney.com/music/londonundersound.aspx

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sophstixx wrote:
July 2008

Anyone know where I can find Nitin's track that was played in Season 4 of House?

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Tamakiyee wrote:
July 2008

,, houh koyal(songbird) is my favorite

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darkhitech wrote:
July 2008

I wonder if there's a version of "Cold and Intimate" like that heard on "Street Guru Part 2"..?

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Essenchill wrote:
June 2008

Nitingenious music <33 Wish i could be at Zambujeira do Mar at 9th-Aug.. :\ amazing essenchill music! congrats

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cellandromae wrote:
June 2008

@flattery. ....and I love this photo of him... :-)

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bobbysxxx wrote:
May 2008

His albums... indescribable. His concerts... Unforgettable!

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DarkXaero wrote:
May 2008

One of my favorite artists, love all of his albums. Philtre was fantastic too.

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vanexita wrote:
May 2008

beautiful music!

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dawnrenee wrote:
May 2008

mr nitin the world tag is some of everything... so how can that equate racial segregation?! would the word global be better? maybe so...

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