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 Creator
of an innovative fusion of Indian bhangra music and
drum'n'bass electronica, Talvin
Singh was classically trained on the tabla but
rejected most of his learning when he founded the Anokha
club-night at East London's Blue Note.
Singh grew up in Leytonstone, and though he began playing tabla at the age of five, he also liked to
breakdance to electro and listen to punk rock. He
was transplanted to India at the age of 16 to pursue
a classical education, but later returned to Britain
in the late '80s and began picking up work as a
musician, with a diverse cast of artists -- Sun
Ra, Björk, Future
Sound of London, Siouxsie
& the Banshees and the
Indigo Girls, among others.
By late 1995, Singh
founded Anokha, the club night where drum'n'bass DJs
and Asian punk bands went head to head with the
amped-up sounds of his tabla and percussion. Guest
spots by LTJ
Bukem and others made Anokha a Monday-night
hotspot in London, and Singh
signed to Island for an Anokha compilation including
several of his own productions.
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