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Talvin Singh
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Biography
Early life and career Singh grew up in Leytonstone and began playing the tabla, breakdancing and listening to punk rock as a child. At the age of 16, Singh went to India for two years where he studied tabla under Pandit Lashman Singh. He then returned to the UK after just one year. In spite of this classical training, Singh's tabla playing was not accepted by British promoters of classical Indian music, as he incorporated too strongly his western influences. By the late 1980s, Singh had decided to turn towards the fusion of sounds. In 1991, he came to prominence by both playing tabla and singing on the "Kiss Them for Me" single by Siouxsie and the Banshees : the single peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 at number 23. Singh then became the sixth member of the Banshees and took part with them as second headliners of the inaugural Lollapalooza tour. Two years later in 1993, he was recruited by Björk to be her percussionist and director on her 1993's Debut album. In late 1995, Singh...
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Discography
- Together, 2011
- OK, 1998
- Calcutta Cyber Cafe
- Ha, 2001
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- YouTube Talvin Singh Jaan 5:27
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Links
Artist Website
On the ABC
- triple j: Run With The Hunted - Zan Rowe
- Sound Quality - 30/03/2001: #13 30 03
- Sound Quality - 3/05/2002: #18 03 05
- Radio National - Sound Quality - This Week
- Sound Quality - 30 March 2001 - #13 30 03
- Night Air - 29July2007 - India Crush
- Sound Quality - 7 December 2001 - #49 07 12
- DIG Radio - WOMADelaide Festival Insider's Guide
- Sound Quality - 23 March 2001 - #12 23 03
- Sound Quality - 23/03/2001: #12 23 03
Elsewhere on the Web
- TALVIN SINGH/NILADRI KUMAR : IN CONCERT/SEPT 2009
- Talvin Singh | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos
- Talvin Singh Biography - Yahoo! Music
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Other worldly....This song nearly hypnotised me.
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