Talvin Singh

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Talvin Singh (Matharu) (born in 1970 in Leytonstone, London, England) is a classically trained tabla player, music producer and DJ. He is generally considered to be the ‘father’ of asian underground music and was a central figure in developing and promoting this music at the Blue Note club. His compilation album derived from Blue Note club nights, ‘soundz of the asian underground’ gave the wider world the first breakthrough urban asian fusion album and revealed the talents of a number of asian artists. In 1999 he won the Mercury Prize with his ground breaking album Ok. Only artists like Karsh Kale and Navdeep have come close to matching Talvin’s genius at fusing indian classical music elements with futuristic and profound drum n bass. Despite playing a pivotal part in the development of asian underground, Talvin went to great pains to avoid and protest against being pigeonholed as an asian underground artist. Thanks to his efforts, and others like him, asian fusion is today a diverse genre with numerous sub-genres.
Singh’s music is unique in its combination of electronic dance music styles, particularly ambient and jungle, with the tradition of Indian classical music. In describing his music, as well as his approach to composing and producing, Singh has said, “It’s not fusion music…it’s not crossover, because I don’t separate music. If you don’t separate it then you don’t need to fuse it or cross it over. You just treat it as one element.

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Top Tracks

1	Traveller (Kid Loco's Once Upon a Time in the East Mix) full track	311
2	Traveller full track	298
3	Butterfly full track	227
4	Light full track	171
5	Sutrix full track	140
6	OK full track	109
7	Decca full track	92
8	Eclipse full track	91
9	Mombasstic full track	82
10	Vikram the Vampire full track	75
11	It's Not Over full track	67
12	Jaan full track	66
13	Soni full track	61
14	One full track	56
14	Uphold full track	56

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chiaroscuro2 wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Pure bliss indeed =)

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Thaalamatic wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

pioneer in all things electronica south Asian...

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gordontaylor74 wrote:
last month

chill out talvin singh

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larzinz wrote:
last month

the best

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baggeeboy wrote:
last month

beautiful fusion. some people don't realise how hard it is to do this properly - without making it sound like supermarket music. Singh makes it sound effortless. This ain't no garageband project. or at least, i don't think it is!

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kuvakvak wrote:
August 2008

all right.

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EROSMAIL wrote:
August 2008

mmm

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R101-51-1 wrote:
July 2008

Whats the deal with Sweetbox when is it going to be released? Too long since the last album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uVOaq-cXgc

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ELTEMPLODENIRVA wrote:
July 2008

talvin un mostruo ,,,,,que musica,,que flipe.......el mejor paz

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Heron31 wrote:
July 2008

yeah really, where is Sweetbox? I have found one cd import place online, and they want over $20 for it.I would much rather have it in Mp3 format, and save the plastic and paper.Either way, i cannot find any info on when/if it will be released domestically.

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natarajxt wrote:
June 2008

Great music, India Powa!!

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Mistress_mould wrote:
June 2008

Bliss...

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napierdalante wrote:
May 2008

love his stuff

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HUMANOISE wrote:
April 2008

I especially like OKINAWA, south islands of JAPAN's song! I really like it!!!! Thank you also, Wish you luck!! Seeyaa by HIROTO ( HUMANOISE ). Greetings from JAPAN!

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m4peace wrote:
April 2008

Namaste fellow fans!! Can anyone recommend a website where I can keep up with Talvin's appearances, concerts?? I live in Atlanta, GA...but I would love to see him perform live anywhere!!

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GIGANTOID wrote:
March 2008

Eagerly waiting the new album anything for that matter would be awesome.

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lunacode wrote:
January 2008

new album please!

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deftdelivery wrote:
December 2007

Some youtube user created a mix tape of Michael Jordan with Traveller playing in the background. Twas amazing

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AmigoJack wrote:
December 2007

BUTTERFLY is like floating energy :D talvin surely makes phantastic tunes

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Phil_D wrote:
November 2007

just listening to the kid loco remix of traveller. it's incredible.

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