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Singh's debut album Ok (1998) received the Mercury Music Prize in 1999. [ 2 ] In 2010, Talvin Singh won an award at the UK Asian Music Awards (UK AMAs) for his "Commitment to Scene". [ 8 ]
Aug 26, 2023 · In the late 1990s, the tabla player, electronic producer and composer Talvin Singh seemed to be everywhere: working with everyone from Madonna and Massive Attack to Sun Ra and Björk, before...
Sep 7, 1999 · THE SOUND of the tabla and bass snapped up one of the music industry's most coveted awards last night when Talvin Singh won the pounds 20,000 Mercury Music Prize. His fusion of dance music with...
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Mercury prize award winning music producer Talvin Singh talks about growing up in Leytonstone, getting into music and recording in Chennai & more.
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- Learning and Development
- Raag, Favourites and Taal
- Instruments, Analogue and Studio
- OK, Fun Times and Fresh Music
- Once Again
- Events and Roots
- Warwick Arts Centre and Future Plans
Talvin Singh began learning tabla initially by observing and listening to music, which he continues to do. Fortunate to learn from some wonderful Ustad’s, he says: “I’ve been very blessed to learn from some great people.. my Guru Gurudev Acharya Pandit Lachman Singh Ji from the Punjab Gharana. He learnt from Pandit Ji from the ages of 14 or 15. Ear...
Talvin Singh does not single out any particular raag (melodic framework) as he likes quite a few of them. When asked about, which raag describes him, Singh told us: “I think darbari, I kind of feel close to that raag. And so I would say darbari. But I would not say that is my favourite raag. My aura probably gives a darbari-esque feeling.” Darbari ...
Besides the tabla, Talvin Singh enjoys playing other percussion instruments such as the drum. For Singh, learning Instruments like the surbahar (bass sitar) has brought a sense of calmness to his soul. Despite living in the digital age, Talvin feels comfortable with analogue. For the albumOK(1998), he used a lot of analogue recording equipment. Wit...
Talvin Singh had a successful OKtour in 2018, beginning at the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre, before moving to the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and then The Bath Festival. With so many musicians having worked on the ground-breaking album OK, Singh was contemplating how he could materialise a tour. But with the help of some brilliant music...
Producing the music for the film Once Again directed by Kamal Sethi gave Talvin Singh a wonderful opportunity to come out of his comfort zone. He had to produce old melodic music to reflect a more urbanised Mumbai, where the film is set. Explaining the process of producing music for a film, Singh comments: “I sit on harmonium and I make the melody ...
Talvin Singh has been lucky to play at a prestigious theatre in Mumbai with Toronto based classical musician and sarod player Arnab Chakrabarty. After performing at a wonderful concert, Singh received one of the best compliments ever from Chakrabarty who said: According to Talvin, this is the best compliment he could have had from a classical persp...
Joined by his band, Talvin Singh performs OK, a tribute to Ravi Shankar, along with some new works and improvisation at the Warwick Arts Centre on February 14, 2019. Singh explains the notion of improvisation: “We just played recently at the Bridge Theatre in London for the London jazz festival and I realise how much people really love the improvis...
Nov 17, 2022 · After winning the Mercury Prize in 1999 for his debut album Ok and receiving an OBE in the 2014 Queen’s birthday honours, Talvin can now add yet another accolade to his resume. At this year’s Ivors Composer Awards, he received the Innovation Award in recognition for his contribution to British music.
Nov 21, 2018 · Mercury Prize-winning album transformed the “world music” genre forever. T here’s nothing like a big double-digit anniversary of an iconic music album from one’s youth to make a person ...
