Podcasts about Talvin Singh

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 528. In this All Requests edition we heard music by Argos, Pyramid Theorem, Abel Ganz, Big Big Train, Voice Of Baceprot, Black Dog Days, Returned To The Earth, Nick Mason, Zombi, Ningen-Isu, Papadosio, Brian Eno, Led Zeppelin, Lifesigns, Talvin Singh, The Unthanks With Brighouse And Rastrick Brass Band, The Carpenters & Sally Oldfield.

Jason Singh is a sound artist, producer and performer. His creative output is an exploration of the natural world, voice and a wide range of music technologies. Works include live performance, immersive installations, studio recordings, broadcasts and sound walks. In this show he talks about how he makes music using the MIDI Sprout interface, a device that senses the electrical voltage of plants and converts it into MIDI information. He then uses the notes to control Ableton to produce the sounds he used in his recordings and immersive installations.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:48 - Getting Started in Audio06:17 - Collaborating With Other Creatives09:46 - Studio Toys12:48 - Custom Built Instruments And Interfaces14:08 - Live Performances19:41 - Collaborating With Nature Using Biofeedback25:07 - Using The MIDI Sprout and PlantWave29:47 - Experiencing Nature Sounds In Real-Time31:44 - Creating An Immersive Installation For Womad40:54 - Opening Your Ears To Everyday SoundsAudio Credits:Afternoon - a commission by National Trust to create an entirely vocal piece which mimics the sounds of a woodland area in Tatton Park in Cheshire.Passing Light - an Ambient Jazz piece featuring trumpet player Yazz Ahmed.Rhubarb  - is a biosonfication track from the latest release "The Hidden Music of Plants and Trees", created in collaboration with a Rhubarb plant.MIDI Sprout - https://www.midisprout.com/PlantWave - https://plantwave.com/en-gbJason Singh BiogJason Singh is sound artist, nature beatboxer, producer, dj, curator, facilitator and performer. Jason's life and work is rooted in listening - he follows a multi-sensory and cross-species approach to sound and music. His creative output is an exploration of the natural world, voice and a wide range of music technologies. Works includes live performance, immersive installations, studio recordings, music for film and theatre, deep listening and well being experiences, sound walks, broadcasts, music workshops, podcasts, soundtapes and immersive DJ sets. Collaborations and commissions include a diverse range of organisations and artists including BBC, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, V&A Museum, Earthshot Prize, WOMAD, Kew Gardens, Chester Zoo, SONOS, Luke Jerram, BFI, Celtic Connections, RNLI, National Trust, Tate Britain, Nitin Sawhney, George Ezra, Big Narstie, Yazz Ahmed, Shabaka Hutchings, Sebastian Rochford, Leafcutter John, Graham Massey (808 State), Natacha Atlas, Sarathy Korwar, Talvin Singh and Rokia Traore to name just a few. Jason is an associate Soundscape artist with D&B audiotechnik.https://jasonsinghthing.com/Credits:Afternoon - was a commission by National Trust to create an entirely vocal piece which mimics the sounds of a woodland area in Tatton Park in Cheshire, England. Passing Light - Ambient Jazz piece featuring trumpet player Yazz Ahmed Rhubarb  - is a biosonfication track from the release "The Hidden Music of Plants and Trees" created in collaboration with a Rhubarb plant.Caro C BiogCaro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.URL: http://carocsound.com/Twitter: @carocsoundInst: @carocsoundFB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/

Fez, el regreso a la medina más grande del mundo y a un especial "Festival de Músicas Sagradas". Memoria de un festival en el que lo sagrado va más allá de religiones y credos y la querencia por la innovación y la fantasía signo distintivo .Desde el 24 de Mayo al 1 de Junio, en esta ocasión, inaugurado por el espectáculo “Zyriab o la Quinta Cuerda” .”La Búsqueda del Espiritu de Al Andalus”, el título pero en la memoria escenarios monumentales como Bab al Makina “mapeado" y y una legión de artistas conocidos o por conocer como Paco de Lucia, Talvin Singh, Oumou Sangaré vallFez en la memoria de ediciones babélicas memorables. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

Fez, el regreso a la medina más grande del mundo y a un especial "Festival de Músicas Sagradas". Festival en el que lo sagrado va más allá de religiones y credos y la querencia por la innovación, su signo distintivo. ”La Búsqueda del Espiritu de Al Andalus”, el título genérico, en su edición nº27 da una pista. “Zyriab o la Quinta Cuerda”, diseñado por Alain Weber en un monumental escenario como Bab al Makina pero Paco de Lucia, Talvin Singh o Oumou Sangaré entre otros momentos a recordar de pasadas ediciones. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

New music from Alice Russell and Bruk Rogers. Plus Ross Allen speaks to Robert Luis about his 30+ years of experience as an A&R at independent and major labels. As well as running his own labels Filter, Island Blue, Casual and now Foundation Music, Ross has worked at Ninja Tune, Domino, AM/PM and many other labels. He has A&R'ed for London Grammar, DJ Shadow, Talvin Singh, Spacek, DJ Q, Amy Winehouse and more recently Lady Blackbird plus many others. So celebrating that music legacy with lots of music including tracks and remixes from Peshay, The Underwolves, Seiji, Jay Dee / J Dilla, Bruise, Ultra Nate (produced by 4hero) and more.

In the third and final part of this series, Rob Toulson focuses on recording drums and talks us through the issue of frequency cancellation in a multiple mic setup, details how to choose the recording sweet spot in a room and explains the various stereo mic technique options that are available.See the Show Notes for further details.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:52 - Phase Coherence03:00 - Time Delays05:10 - Comb Filtering07:53 - Flipping The Polarity12:22 - Choosing A Recording Space14:56 - Mic Choice And Placement17:43 - Stereo Techniques18:08 - Spaced Pair Technique19:02 - Glyn Johns Mic Technique20:12 - Coincident Pair Technique21:16 - ORTF Technique22:20 - Mid-Side Technique24:30 - Comparing The Techniques25:22 - Other Mic TechniquesProfessor Rob Toulson BiogRob is Director of RT60 Ltd, who develop mobile apps for musicians and sound engineers. RT60's iDrumTune Pro app assists drummers with learning the skills of drum tuning and has been the number one music app in over 100 countries since its launch in 2012. More recently, Rob and RT60 developed Songzap, which simplifies the process of recording and capturing musical ideas, enabling songwriters to focus exclusively on their creativity.Rob stared his career as a mechanical engineer with a doctorate in digital signal processing, before following his passion and moving into the field of music technology and specialising in percussion acoustics and audio software development. Rob has held a number of academic research roles in his career, including Professor of Creative Industries at University of Westminster and Director of the CoDE Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. Rob's also a successful musician, music producer and sound designer, having worked with many artists including Talvin Singh, Wilfy Williams and Mediaeval Baebes, who have previously topped the UK Classical Music Chart.Rob is author of a number of music related books and articles, including ‘Drum Sound and Drum Tuning', published by Routledge in 2021, and co-editor of the ‘Innovation In Music' book series, which is also published by Routledge. His sound design work has been included in films by BAFTA Winner Shreepali Patel and has been showcased at Glastonbury Festival, The V&A and The Natural History Museum.https://www.robtoulson.com/https://www.rt60.uk/

In part 2 of this 3-part series, Rob Toulson explains how to optimise the drum sound for recording by experimenting with drum head, damping system, tuning and drum shell combinations.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:09 - Drum Heads01:44 - Mersenne's Laws04:05 - 1 and 2 Ply Drum Heads05:45 - Damping Systems07:10 - Centre Dot Drum Heads09:27 - Choosing Your Timbre11:44 - Selecting Your Drum Shells14:25 - Optimising The Whole Kit19:41 - Tuning The Kick DrumProfessor Rob Toulson BiogRob is Director of RT60 Ltd, who develop mobile apps for musicians and sound engineers. RT60's iDrumTune Pro app assists drummers with learning the skills of drum tuning and has been the number one music app in over 100 countries since its launch in 2012. More recently, Rob and RT60 developed Songzap, which simplifies the process of recording and capturing musical ideas, enabling songwriters to focus exclusively on their creativity.Rob stared his career as a mechanical engineer with a doctorate in digital signal processing, before following his passion and moving into the field of music technology and specialising in percussion acoustics and audio software development. Rob has held a number of academic research roles in his career, including Professor of Creative Industries at University of Westminster and Director of the CoDE Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. Rob's also a successful musician, music producer and sound designer, having worked with many artists including Talvin Singh, Wilfy Williams and Mediaeval Baebes, who have previously topped the UK Classical Music Chart.Rob is author of a number of music related books and articles, including ‘Drum Sound and Drum Tuning', published by Routledge in 2021, and co-editor of the ‘Innovation In Music' book series, which is also published by Routledge. His sound design work has been included in films by BAFTA Winner Shreepali Patel and has been showcased at Glastonbury Festival, The V&A and The Natural History Museum.https://www.robtoulson.com/https://www.rt60.uk/

In the spirit of Diwali we play songs influenced by the ‘Festival Of Light'. Lots of sitar, Bollywood, Disco and other songs that are into the everyday pop culture canon. Featuring Ravi Shankar, Cornershop, Alice Coltrane, Mandhira Punnagai, Rupa, Vijaya Anand, Swati Natekar, Satyajit Ray, Talvin Singh and loads more. Tune into new broadcasts of Worldy with Matt and Dom, LIVE, Monday from 10 AM - 12 Noon EST / 3- 5 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/worldy///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike recalls memories from living in London in 1998. Topics discussed include: Losing weight, skateboarding daily, Wandsworth, Tom and Honor, Brixton, Dogstar, Prince Albert, The Sun, Irish red cream ale, Guinness, Keri, crooked teeth, The Plumber, Soho and Covent Garden, black latex, after-hours bars, night bus, sneaky sex, Nicole, Wired magazine, Designers Republic, Attik, happy hour at the pub, house parties, housing developments, weed homies with American accents, spliffs vs joints, White Widow, Bored: Snow Skate and Surf Graphics, Patrick Burgoyne, Tomato, DJ Food/Ninja Tune, starting a record label, Will Bankhead, Mo' Wax records, Futura2000, A to Zed guide, Dek from Art Crimes, Sensa, Irish homies, Valentine's Day rave at Brixton Academy, Daniel Pemberton, Megatripolis, Sounds of the Asian Underground, Talvin Singh, Squarepusher, heart tattoo on big screen, Rough Trade records, Russell Maurice (Gasface) and Pinky, Egs, Camberwell College of Arts, Maharishi, zines, 12oz Prophet poster, blackbook collages, Photek Kung Fu Night, Wagon Christ/Luke Vibert show, Metalheadz night at The Blue Note in Hoxton, DJ Loxy, sweating ceiling, Fabio and Grooverider, Chemistry and Storm, Goldie, Ser, The Dole, murals, Chromes, Hammerite, undercoat black, radiator white, high security on Chunnel line, production with Ser, morning photo mission and a crazy chase.

This programme is a small sample of the great music from North Africa. My selection includes traditional and modern music. The exotic sounds of North African music and its hypnotic rhythms have attracted some famous Western rock musicians. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones in 1968 found trance music in Morocco with The Master Musicians of Jajouka so powerful that he recorded a live album presented to the world as Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka. In my selection, there is a piece of the Master Musicians of Jajouka. This time was recorded by the British producer Talvin Singh in 2000. Their style of music is of Sufi tradition and it has a trance quality. Same with the Gnawa music from Sahara. Mahmoud Guinia was a celebrated star of this genre. From the desert too is Tinariwen (Algeria/Mali), the Tuareg band with extraordinary links to the blues music. From Argel is the superstar of Rai music Khaled. France is a country that has an important music community of the Algerian diaspora such as Gnawa Diffusion and the recently deceased Rachid Taha. Another extraordinary band from Morocco that you can listen to is Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects, one of the most avant-garde North African bands. They used technology and modern Western sounds for the purpose of their indigenous music, not the other way around to adapt to Western music by smothering their productions. Underher is AKA for Khaled Bess, a Tunisian/Canadian successful electronic producer. His productions are very representative of electronic music with melancholic tone. I don't usually repeat music I have played in previous shows or mixes. One of the exceptions is the very catchy and feeling-good song Ayonha by Libyan (and resident in Egypt) songwriter of Arabic Pop Hamid El Shaeri. Natacha Atlas is part of the North African diaspora (British/Egyptian). She is a prominent figure in the British World music scene. Amine Bouhafa is also part of the North African music diaspora. He is Tunisian but residing in France. Bouhafa is one of the most successful young film music composers who won a prestigious international award with the soundtrack of Timbuktu. I hope this selection whets your appetite to learn about this fascinating music. Playlist Introduction music Castles made of sand by JIMI HENDRIX Info NDFM Website - info – pics – Content - Music Videos – NDFM's own Music Player Please go to - https://www.nudirectionsfm.com/ 1- Salam - YOUCEF 2- El Mouka - AISHA KANDISHA'S JARRING EFFECTS 3- Njoom al level - AHMED FAKROUN 4- Zabou - AMINE BOUHAFA 5- Imidiwanim - TINARIWEN 6- Glibi - BAB L'BLUZ 7- Shaba kouria - MAHMOUD GUINIA 8- Sidi Habibi - ABDELKADER SANDOUM 9- Diaspora - NATACHA ATLAS 10- Strained are we - UNDERHER (KOA Remix) 11- Ayonha - HAMID EL SHAERI 12- Aicha - KHALED 13- Raï Derli - DJAM & FAM 14- Ida - RACHID TAHA 15- Baba El Gnawi - GNAWA DIFFUSION 16- Trance Dance - HAMI BAROUDI (DJ KRUSH Mix) 1 17- Searching for the passion - THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA (featuring BACHIT ATTAR)

Rob Toulson dives into the science behind how drums produce sound in this three-part series. In part one he talks us through the different pitches, frequencies and overtones, to help producers, recording engineers and indeed drummers to better understand the essentials of tuning. Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:16 - Dealing With Multiple Frequencies 05:19 - Tuning The Fundamental Frequency10:56 - Smoothing Out Modulation13:31 - Harmonic Overtones19:12 - Controlling Decay And Damping 23:11 - SummaryProfessor Rob Toulson BiogRob is Director of RT60 Ltd, who develop mobile apps for musicians and sound engineers. RT60's iDrumTune Pro app assists drummers with learning the skills of drum tuning and has been the number one music app in over 100 countries since its launch in 2012. More recently, Rob and RT60 developed Songzap, which simplifies the process of recording and capturing musical ideas, enabling songwriters to focus exclusively on their creativity.Rob stared his career as a mechanical engineer with a doctorate in digital signal processing, before following his passion and moving into the field of music technology and specialising in percussion acoustics and audio software development. Rob has held a number of academic research roles in his career, including Professor of Creative Industries at University of Westminster and Director of the CoDE Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University. Rob's also a successful musician, music producer and sound designer, having worked with many artists including Talvin Singh, Wilfy Williams and Mediaeval Baebes, who have previously topped the UK Classical Music Chart.Rob is author of a number of music related books and articles, including ‘Drum Sound and Drum Tuning', published by Routledge in 2021, and co-editor of the ‘Innovation In Music' book series, which is also published by Routledge. His sound design work has been included in films by BAFTA Winner Shreepali Patel and has been showcased at Glastonbury Festival, The V&A and The Natural History Museum.https://www.robtoulson.com/https://www.rt60.uk/

En los años 90 el disco 'Anokha - Soundz of the asian underground' nos abrió la puerta ha otros sonidos que desde Reino Unido proyectaban al mundo. Paco Pérez Bryan desde Radio 3 fue el responsable de hablar por primera vez de Talvin Singh, músico, productor y compositor inglés que fusionaba el pasado con el futuro. Invito a Jose Manuel Valera del podcast La Alcoba para hablar de una época dorada para la música electrónica. + info - https://linktr.ee/b90podcast Espacio patrocinado por: fernando, QUIROGEA, Jorge, J. Gutiérrez - dacou - kharhan - Gabriel Vicente - Carlos Conseglieri - Miguel - faeminoandtired - Isabel Luengo - Franc Puerto - screaming - HugoBR - angelmedano- kharhan - David Molinedo Fernandez - Vicente DC - VICTORGB - Alvaro Gomez Marin - tonicaspo7 - Achtungivoox - PabloArabia - Alvaro Perez - Naïa - Sergio Serrano - Antuan Clamarán - Mario Sosa - Isranet - Jesus Arribas Jimenez - Jose Manuel Valera - Paco Gandia - ok_pablopg - braulio - Eduardo Vaquerizo - Crisele - David Reig - Wasabi Segovia - Dani RM - Fernando Masero - María Garrido - RafaGP - Macu Chaleka - laura - Infestos - Öki Þeodoroson - davidgonsan - Juan Carlos Mazas - 61garage - JJM - Rosa Rivas - Bassman Mugre - SrLara - David Meño Manzaneque - Próxima Estación Okinawa - Barullo - Megamazinger - Francisco Javier Indignado Hin - Unai Elordui - carmenlimbostar - Piri - Miguel Ángel Tinte - Miquel CH - Jon Perez Nubla - agui102 - Raul Sánchez - Nuria Sonabé - davicin blackmetal - Spinda Records - Pere Pasqual -Giulia Governi - Juanmi - JulMorGon - blinddogs - Alexander Castañeda Padilla - JM MORENTE - Eduardo Mayordomo Muñoz - Alfonso Moya - Rubio Carbón - LaRubiaProducciones - cesmunsal - Mr.Kaffe - Marcos - jocio - baron72 - Norberto Blanquer Solar - Tolo Sent - Podcast On The Go - LIP -Carmen Ventura - Jordi y varias personas anónimas.

قسمت بیست‌وهفتم پادکست اورسی – یک زمان، یک دیداردر این قسمت سراغ مفهومی ژاپنی تحت عنوان «ایچی‌گو ایچی‌یه» رفتیم. هر ملاقات و دیداری و هر لحظه‌ای که تجربه می‌کنیم گنجینه‌ای منحصر به فرد است و دیگر هرگز به همان شکل تکرار نمی‌شود. این اصطلاح به ما یادآوری می‌کند که قدردان تک‌تک لحظه‌های زندگی باشیم.حامی این اپیزود: بیت‌پین؛ تجربه سرمایه‌گذاری نوینوبسایت بیت‌پین | اینستاگرام بیت‌پینحمایت از پادکست:https://owrsi.com/podcasts/مقالۀ مونو نو آواره در ادبیات ژاپنموسیقی و محتوای استفاده‌شده در این قسمت:00:00 تا 02:00 | Deru - 197902:00 تا 02:30 | موسیقی تیتراژ ساختۀ بامداد افشار02:30 تا 04:00 | Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence05:00 تا 06:00 | Jake Shimabukuro performs -Ichigo Ichie07:30 تا 09:30 | ماکان اشگواری - زمان09:06 تا 11:36 | Joe Hisaishi – Merry Go Round of Life12:15 تا 00:00 | Sheku Kanneh – Mason Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op 3-1-Elégie13:53 تا 00:00 | مینا دریس – بازخوانی قطعه‌ای از ام کلثوم15:38 تا 18:13 | Clair de Lune - Kazumasa Hashimoto18:14 تا 21:06 | Talvin Singh, Rakesh Chaurasia - Heaven21:08 تا 23:00 | هولوگرام و مازیار خواجیان – زیر ستاره‌ها Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist Song Time Album Year Talvin Singh Butterfly 4:23 OK 2009 Single Celled Organism Save Me From Dreaming 5:45 Percipio Ergo Sum 2021 Single Celled Organism TvShow 4:41 Splinter in the Eye 2017 Singularity Inferno 6:08 Between Sunlight and Shadow 2015 Sinoia Caves Through The Valley 3:36 The Enchanter Persuaded 2002 Sintesi Del Viaggio Di […]

Kenny and Mark deep (if not entirely concentrated!) dive into what has become an anthem and a credo for Madonna's career with a discussion of the brilliant singer-songwriter (and familial relation) Joe Henry alongside an potpourri of topics: black crows and Joni Mitchell, David Letterman, strings on a pop hit, Melanie Ciccone, Sweet Relief and Vic Chesnutt (RIP, dear one), Tracy Young, Jamie King, and the arrival of the essential Monte Pittman. Mark grapples with his tortured relationship with the term “iconic” and Kenny takes a harrowing road trip through the mountains of Colorado. Plus, the b-side “Cyber-Raga”, Talvin Singh, and a direction the Music project COULD have taken. Is it time for that “Macarena” dance break yet??“Don't Tell Me” video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino (2000)“Don't Tell Me” live on Canal+ (Paris, 2000)“Don't Tell Me” live on The Late Show with David Letterman (2000)Joe Henry performing “Stop” live in Amsterdam (2010)

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 438. In this all request edition we heard music by Lazleitt, Monarch Trail, Oddtomatic, Pendragon, The Flower Kings, Times Up, The Nice, Anubis Gate, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, Prefab Sprout, Sanguine Hum, Here & Now, Gomez, IQ, Talvin Singh, UK, Ali Ferguson & Tin Spirits.

After persistently pursuing Britney and Madonna collaborator, Guy Sigsworth, to work with her, Norwegian singer-songwriter, film & tv score composer and multi-instrumentalist, Kate Havnevik, produced one of the most spectacular debut albums with 2006's Melankton. As a simplistic soundscape comparison point, think Björk's 'Jóga'. And then some. She has since gone on to become one of the most successful synch artists, with no less than ten of her songs being used on American television drama, Grey's Anatomy. Moreover, producer Shonda Rhimes subsequently invited her to write and record a new track especially for the show and the song in question, 'Grace', has now appeared for the first time on a reissued 15th anniversary version of Melankton. 2022 also saw the release of Kate's latest long-player, Lightship, in partnership with Sigsworth and also including a track with percussionist and composer, Talvin Singh. In this interview with Melody A.M. Kate tells Doron and Chris about baking cakes to fund her music releases, what her creative process with her collaborators looks like and about the time David Bowie came up to her and said "Hi, are you Kate?". Check out our Kate Havnevik playlist at www.melodyam.com/kate with some of our favourite tracks by this Norwegian talent.

Solénoïde (13.06.2022) - Que la beauté hypnotique de la musique indienne vous subjugue ou vous intrigue, participez en toute sérénité au à ce trip sonore nommé ‘Onirindia' ! Une expérience qui sera le prétexte à de stupéfiants rapprochements entre ces musiques de l'Inde ancestrales et divers courants globaux allant de l'électro au jazz en passant par le funk et la musique baroque.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe explores the tabla, the main percussive instrument used in Northern Indian classical music. Featuring music and performances by Nilan Chaudhuri, Dinuk Wijeratne the Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Sandeep Das, Bjork and Talvin Singh.

Arun is a London-born now US-based academic and author specialised in racial capitalism, Islamophobia, surveillance, political violence, and radicalism (The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror). In this episode, the trio look at how British politics in the 1990s, from Cool Britannia and Talvin Singh, to the violent persecution of asylum seekers, migrant workers and gypsies, sowed seeds of division that continue today. From the connection between global capitalism and racial segregation, to the deep fragmentation of communities, this episode draws a powerful line between the recent past and the challenges we currently face in trying to reimagine our future.

Arun is a London-born now US-based academic and author specialised in racial capitalism, Islamophobia, surveillance, political violence, and radicalism (The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror). In this episode, the trio look at how British politics in the 1990s, from Cool Britannia and Talvin Singh, to the violent persecution of asylum seekers, migrant workers and gypsies, sowed seeds of division that continue today. From the connection between global capitalism and racial segregation, to the deep fragmentation of communities, this episode draws a powerful line between the recent past and the challenges we currently face in trying to reimagine our future.

Season-1, episode 10 of “ZENPod”, featuring Part-2 of our conversation with Shri Mahesh Vinayakram, illustrious son of the Ghatam legend Padmabhushan T.H.Vikku Vinayakram. In the first part(episode 9), we spoke about Spirituality & his tryst, his creativity, power of silence, parental & kartha ragas. In this part of our conversation, we speak about Mahesh's experience @ Cirque du Soleil , Music & leadership among others. He is the first Indian male singer to be cast in the theater Cirque du Soleil. A UNESCO Millennium award winner, he started his career as a SOLO VOCALIST at the age of 12 & he is a senior disciple (shisya) of Smt. Radha Viswanathan, daughter of Bharat Ratna Smt. M.S.Subbulakshmi and continuing the Semmangudi parampara (bhani) of sangita pithamahar Shri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer in Carnatic music presentation. “When there is God in you, it's natural that he/she lives in me, I am here to celebrate this! Purpose of our life is how we can be helpful to people, and connect. MUSIC is my medium, and also my vision. It starts with my spiritual learnings and teachings from my Gurus” – says Shri Mahesh Vinayakram in his talk with Venkatesh Mahadevan Having performed in all metro cities as solo Carnatic performer, he has also trained himself as a contemporary singer for various world class musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Stevesmith, Talvin Singh, George Brooks, among other greats. He has also sung in Bollywood and Hollywood movies and has given some hit songs. Some of his notable productions include, “CHARISHNU” supported by Indian cultural department, govt of India, which included 35 dancers and 8 art forms and 7 leaders for each art form. He has toured extensively for world music productions and also as a freelancer singer for various artists and festivals. To list a few – U.S, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, etc. etc. Some of his awards include… Award of “National scholarship” from central govt of India cultural department “UNESCO Award” for Millennium 2000 Concert held at Indonesia organized by UNESCO “Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Shri Shankara Mutt” by Shankara Matam, Kancheepuram “Maharajapuram Santhanam Award” by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (2000) “Best Performance Award” by High Commission of India concert held at Kenya (2002) “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life's pursuit. We at “ZENPod” believe that one person's journey is another person's learning. In these talks, we will touch upon spirituality and the intersection in real Life and how it can be leveraged on, for reaching a higher goal!

Season-1, episode 9 of “ZENPod”, featuring Shri Mahesh Vinayakram, illustrious son of the Ghatam legend Padmabhushan T.H.Vikku Vinayakram is the first Indian male singer to be cast in the theater Cirque du Soleil. A UNESCO Millennium award winner, he started his career as a SOLO VOCALIST at the age of 12 & he is a senior disciple (shisya) of Smt. Radha Viswanathan, daughter of Bharat Ratna Smt. M.S.Subbulakshmi and continuing the Semmangudi parampara (bhani) of sangita pithamahar Shri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer in Carnatic music presentation. “When there is God in you, it's natural that he/she lives in me, I am here to celebrate this! Purpose of our life is how we mcan be helpful to people, and connect. MUSIC is my medium, and also my vision. It starts with y spiritual learnings and teachings from my Gurus” – says Shri Mahesh Vinayakram in his talk with Venkatesh Mahadevan Having performed in all metro cities as solo Carnatic performer, he has also trained himself as a contemporary singer for various world class musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Stevesmith, Talvin Singh, George Brooks, among other greats. He has also sung in Bollywood and Hollywood movies and has given some hit songs. Some of his notable productions include, “CHARISHNU” supported by Indian cultural department, govt of India, which included 35 dancers and 8 art forms and 7 leaders for each art form. He has toured extensively for world music productions and also as a freelancer singer for various artists and festivals. To list a few – U.S, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, etc. etc. Some of his awards include… Award of “National scholarship” from central govt of India cultural department “UNESCO Award” for Millennium 2000 Concert held at Indonesia organized by UNESCO “Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Shri Shankara Mutt” by Shankara Matam, Kancheepuram “Maharajapuram Santhanam Award” by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (2000) “Best Performance Award” by High Commission of India concert held at Kenya (2002) “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life's pursuit. We at “ZENPod” believe that one person's journey is another person's learning. In these talks, we will touch upon spirituality and the intersection in real Life and how it can be leveraged on, for reaching a higher goal!

For our second episode of This Is Not Happening  in August we encounter Jessie Ware's glittering What's Your Pleasure? It's Jessie's 4th album and sees her move from soul into the land of modern disco-tinged pop. We'll also be chatting about tracks that have chilled us out over the past month, and selecting our track of the month from that quartet. These can be found here, with our choices:Joey: HAAi - Head Above The ParakeetsNolan: David O'Dowda - The World RetreatsDavid: Waxahatchee - FireGuy: Talvin Singh - Traveller (Kid Loco's Once Upon A Time In The East Mix)The album of the month and all our favourite music discussion from the last decade is on the blog at www.thisisnothappening.net, which will run alongside the podcast choices and much, much more. So head over there to check them out so to see what we think about it all, and comment if something catches your eye. Episode #3 will find us reviewing the abrasive new album from Yves Tumor. Heaven To A Tortured Mind will emerge with us before the end of September. This Is Not Happening:Created by Joey, Nolan, Guy and David.Produced and Edited by GuyTwitter: @thisisnothapngInstagram: @thisisnothappeningpodEmail: thisisnothappeningpodcast@gmail.comReviews: RateThisPodcast.com/thisisnothappening

Solénoïde (04.05.2020) - Cette semaine, Solénoïde vous invite à participer à une mission placée sous le signe du groove et des rythmes planétaires, émission qui pourrait réveiller chez certains d'entre vous des pulsions dansantes refoulées. Durant presque une heure, ce voyage immobile vous emmènera vibrer aux quatre coins des planètes dub, électro, soul et afro-beat. Bienvenue sur le dancefloor rétro-futuriste du Solénoïde !

Hello you wonderful people. It's Tuesday again and guess who has joined me in the studio???? Yes Sami is back for a cheeky little podcast and we are gonna be ruthlessly judging some new tracks covering various genres such as the return of Mr Eminem, Noel Gallagher, The DMA's, The Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Rainbow Maniacs, Flapsandwich, Sleaford Mods, and the amazing Father Funk. And not forgetting The 'Twat of the Week' who this week is the recently incarcerated mr Harvey Weinstein. Tuesdays from 10 pm (9 pm UK) Gibraltar to Nerja on 106 fm or globally on www.radiomix106.com

Dans ce quatrième épisode, Les doigts jaunes entament leur odyssée moutardée en Asie, terre de surprises et de découvertes concernant le condiment-soleil. De l'Inde au Japon, la moutarde est consommée quotidiennement sous des formes moins connues en Occident. Musique Introduction: Palmbomen - Mustard German Accordion Orchestra, 1959 Schutzenfest, Winzerfest, Kirchweih In Unterfranen - Colonial Stefano Sacchi - Opening Fanfare Talvin Singh - Mustard Fields  George Otsuka Quintet - Mustard Pot Milk and Beaune - Tension vinaigre   Les doigts jaunes tiennent à remercier: Philippe de Vienne de chez Épices de Cru; Veena Gokhale, qui donne des cours de cuisine indienne à son école Slurrrrp! (Miaaaam!); Guillaume Lozeau, copropriétaire du restaurant Le Super Qualité; Christopher Laurent, chercheur post-doctoral en anthropologie alimentaire à l'Université de San Francisco, qui a publié un article scientifique général sur les différentes vies de la moutarde; Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay, du Centre d'études et de recherches internationales.

Mercury Prize-winning tabla player, composer and producer Talvin Singh is known for his fusion of Indian classical with Electronic music.

DESIblitz.com caught up with producer, composer and famous Tabla player Talvin Singh. His musical accomplishments include working with Madonna, Björk and receiving a Mercury Award for his debut album 'OK.' Fusing together a mix of Indian classical and electronica he has created a pioneering sound which appeals across the masses.

A conversation with Ajay Naidu, who appeared opposite Michael Imperioli in Season 2, Episode 5 of The Sopranos. Once we get the elephant in the room out of the way (an Indian guy from California hosting a Sopranos show?) we discuss his early work in Office Space and numerous Darren Aronofsky projects, his experience on The Sopranos, his friendship with Michael Imperioli, and his collaboration with world-renowned musician, Talvin Singh, on his Mercury Prize winning album, OK. 

Gigi interviewed Adam Moseley, a long-time producer/mixer/engineer who is exploring new adventures in spatial audio, mixed reality, and sound technologies.  Adam also teaches at UCLA's Music Industry Program at the Herb Alpert School of Music. Adam shares the blockages and doorways from learning saxophone to a wide door into audio engineering at Trident in the UK.  He tells us how technology has touched nearly every major change in his career. He shares how designing with his synesthesia had led to his multi-dimensional "Sonic Field" perspective, beyond the speakers.   Guest: Adam Moseley   Adam Moseley is a multitalented producer, engineer, mixer, composer, music supervisor, and UCLA lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Among his many accomplishments, he establish Trident II Studios in London, and he is involved in R&D with several audio and software companies and is exploring new immersive mixing in Surround Sound and Ambisonics. Adam has built an impressive reputation for his eclectic work with solos artists, bands and in film score mixing. Credits include John Cale, Wolfmother, U2, Nikka Costa/Lenny Kravitz, Beck/Jack White, Claudio Valenzuela, Lucybell, Roxette, Maxi Priest, Richard Marx, Galliano, The Cure, Kiss, Visage, Rush, Wet Wet Wet, Ketama, Buffalo Tom, Marla Glen, The Buggles, The Blow Monkeys, AJ Croce,Jose Carreras, Michael Brecker, Talvin Singh, Branford Marsalis, Vernon Reid, Bill Bruford, Tina Turner, Baaba Maal, Earth Wind and Fire, Melba Moore, Hoagy Carmichael and Georgie Fame. Film and TV credits, that include “The Big Wedding” (Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Amanda Seyfried , Spike Jonze’s “I Am Here, “The Americans” (FX Channel), “True Blood” (HBO), “The Son” (AMC) and the multi award winning feature movie “The Dark Valley (2014). Various other credits include film and tv mixing with Nathan Barr, Lisbeth Scott, Matthias Weber, John Cale, Leonardo di Bernadini, Andrew Gross and Joel Douek. Website: www.adammoseley.net

Hand picked Asian tinged electronica and ethno-techno - sitar and drum+bass plus lots of tabla in this new selection of global beats - Featuring heavyweights of the Asian Underground scene Talvin Singh, State of Bengal and Cheb I Sabbah. The final moments of the hour get eclectic with choice cuts by Ramasutra and Nitin Sawhney that seamlessly blend tango, Arabic and Portuguese vocals, dub, salsa and an amazing oud solo! FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING: Talvin Singh - Sway of the Verses DJ Cheb i Sabbah - Raja Vedalu Nitin Sawhney - Heer Midival Punditz - Chandini Chowk Up Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley Thievery Corporation - The Forgotten People Nitin Sawhney - The Conference Ramasutra - Snake In The Garden State Of Bengal - London to Dhaka Nitin Sawhney - Brainwaves Nitin Sawhney - Moonrise (Joe Clausell Mix) Ramasutra - Magma Mama Nitin Sawhney - Footsteps

Hand picked Asian tinged electronica and ethno-techno - sitar and drum+bass plus lots of tabla in this new selection of global beats - Featuring heavyweights of the Asian Underground scene Talvin Singh, State of Bengal and Cheb I Sabbah. The final moments of the hour get eclectic with choice cuts by Ramasutra and Nitin Sawhney that seamlessly blend tango, Arabic and Portuguese vocals, dub, salsa and an amazing oud solo! FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING: Talvin Singh - Sway of the Verses DJ Cheb i Sabbah - Raja Vedalu Nitin Sawhney - Heer Midival Punditz - Chandini Chowk Up Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley Thievery Corporation - The Forgotten People Nitin Sawhney - The Conference Ramasutra - Snake In The Garden State Of Bengal - London to Dhaka Nitin Sawhney - Brainwaves Nitin Sawhney - Moonrise (Joe Clausell Mix) Ramasutra - Magma Mama Nitin Sawhney - Footsteps

Hand picked Asian tinged electronica and ethno-techno - sitar and drum+bass plus lots of tabla in this new selection of global beats - Featuring heavyweights of the Asian Underground scene Talvin Singh, State of Bengal and Cheb I Sabbah. The final moments of the hour get eclectic with choice cuts by Ramasutra and Nitin Sawhney that seamlessly blend tango, Arabic and Portuguese vocals, dub, salsa and an amazing oud solo! FB: https://www.fb.com/Clandestino.Canberra/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/clandestino_cbr/ iTUNES: https://apple.co/2LDYsJC SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2LxbvME TRACKLISTING: Talvin Singh - Sway of the Verses DJ Cheb i Sabbah - Raja Vedalu Nitin Sawhney - Heer Midival Punditz - Chandini Chowk Up Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley Thievery Corporation - The Forgotten People Nitin Sawhney - The Conference Ramasutra - Snake In The Garden State Of Bengal - London to Dhaka Nitin Sawhney - Brainwaves Nitin Sawhney - Moonrise (Joe Clausell Mix) Ramasutra - Magma Mama Nitin Sawhney - Footsteps

We travelled nearly 5,000 miles to bring you this episode: from the sweaty dressing rooms of Camden to the beaches of Goa (tough stuff). We met Mercury Prize winning tabla player and composer, Talvin Singh to discuss his collaborations (Bjork, Madonna, Blondie, Jay Z), mastering his art form and even gives away a secret about the influence of football on the music industry. And we were among the fans at FC Goa to talk about the rise of football in India and even bring you the sounds of a beach psytrance rave.

Arrancamos con las novedades de Marilyn Manson y Matt Cameron. Escuchamos la última canción del último concierto de Charles Bradley en agosto de 2017 donde el cantante ofrece su visión del mundo, Quique Esteban pone la voz y traducción. La pregunta de la semana: ¿quién es el mejor productor de los 90? Junto a vuestras respuestas Manuel Cabezalí de Havalina, Felipe Couselo, Zaca de Prozack y Juanjo nos dan su opinión. Recuperamos a Brujeria, escuchamos las secciones “Los olvidados de los 90” con Andrés Muñoz escuchamos Anokha – Sounds of The Asian Underground de Talvin Singh y “No me toques los Cd’s” con Ernesto escuchamos a Weezer. Por último hablamos con Ángel Agudo de los 20 años que cumple “El quinto Elemento” de Luc Besson, escuchamos lo nuevo de Noel Gallagher y la entrevista con actuación incluída que Miriam Faraj realiza al guitarrista de flamenco Paco Soto.

Arrancamos con las novedades de Marilyn Manson y Matt Cameron. Escuchamos la última canción del último concierto de Charles Bradley en agosto de 2017 donde el cantante ofrece su visión del mundo, Quique Esteban pone la voz y traducción. La pregunta de la semana: ¿quién es el mejor productor de los 90? Junto a vuestras respuestas Manuel Cabezalí de Havalina, Felipe Couselo, Zaca de Prozack y Juanjo nos dan su opinión. Recuperamos a Brujeria, escuchamos las secciones “Los olvidados de los 90” con Andrés Muñoz escuchamos Anokha – Sounds of The Asian Underground de Talvin Singh y “No me toques los Cd’s” con Ernesto escuchamos a Weezer. Por último hablamos con Ángel Agudo de los 20 años que cumple “El quinto Elemento” de Luc Besson, escuchamos lo nuevo de Noel Gallagher y la entrevista con actuación incluída que Miriam Faraj realiza al guitarrista de flamenco Paco Soto.

World Beats Vol. 12 One of my favorites in this series Tracklist: 1 Ghamgar Bare Ne by Gaudi/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 2 Professor Pyarelal by Kalyanji & Anandji 3 Traveller (Kid Loco Remix) by Talvin Singh 4 Satchidananda by Kalyanji & Anandji 5 Chura Liya by Bally Sagoo 6 Hara Hara Shiva Shankara by Jai Uttal 7 Kahin Deep Jale Kahn Dil by Bally Sagoo Feat Gunjan 8 Kalander by Badar Ali Khan 9 Ghoom charakahna (Talvin Singh Future Sounds of India mix) by Najma 10 Migration by Nitin Sawney 11 Islamabad Calling by AIS 12 Mustard Fields by Talvin Singh

在上世纪九十年代，在英国出生的第二、三代南亚移民他们将印度音乐将西方的电子音乐融合，形成了Asian Underground运动。如果说Ravi Shankar和Beatles乐队在60年代将印度音乐首次带向英国，使得印度音乐与摇滚乐结合，那么这些南亚移民的电子音乐人在九十年代所做的，便是在英国再一次使东方音乐和西方音乐产生碰撞，掀起了第二次印度音乐的复兴运动。 echo小编语： 印度音乐中的打击乐跳跃并有节奏感，弦乐部分又十分具有神秘气息，当这两者与电子音乐结合时，将会产生奇妙的化学反应。本期小编为大家推荐这位名为Talvin Singh的印度后裔，同样也是这场Asian Underground运动中较为重要的一位音乐人。他在英国长大，自幼学习印度传统乐器，他将Drum&Bass、Trip Hop等电子元素与印度音乐相结合。 本期歌单： Joi - Everybody Say Yeah Asian Dub Foundation - R.A.F.I. Badmarsh & Shri - Dancing Drums Nitin Sawhney - Nadia Nitin Sawhney - Streets

I had the pleasure of filling in for the Genetic Memory show, so on this show I aimed at deeper territory, a bit more experimental, the kind of music I'd like to wake up in the middle of the night to hear...  including more tracks by a few homies and artists suggested by the homies.Download the show (200MB MP3)Playlist:Deepchild - "Chicago Train" Voices from The Lake - "Iyo" Firephly - "Rain Game" Fhloston Paradigm - "Beyond the Sun" Nackt - "Der Konig" Steve Reich - "Drumming (Four Tet Remix)" Matrixxman - "Enter me" John Tejada - "Radio Channel" Larry Jefferson - "Modes" Gold Code - "The Day After (Jonah Sharp Remix)" JD Northrup - "Night Groove (Bluetech remix)" Solvent - "A Product of the Process" John Tejada - "Glaringly Happy" Bendejo - "unravel" Mortiz Von Oswald - "Cocoon Dark Dub (Original Mix)" DubLoner - "Chairr Nawena feat. Isaac Haile Selassie" Talvin Singh - "Vikram the Vampire (Francois K Remix)" Rekord 61 - "Vremya (Unbalance 'Viscous' Remix)" Cosmin TRG - "Semipresent" Dave Tarrida - "Frief" Niereich - "Sq #8 Chord Index" Symbio - "Refraction" Addison Groove - "Space Apples" Boards of Canada - "Reach For the Dead"

Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the painter Amrita Sher-Gil - 20th century India's first art star - who died under shrouded circumstances in 1941 at the age of just 28. Sher-Gil left a vortex of stories behind her: about her narcissism and her love affairs. But even more compelling than the stories are the canvasses she left behind. Drawing from European artists like Cezanne, Gauguin, and Brancusi, and from Indian ones - the makers of the Buddhist wall paintings in the caves of Ajanta, and the miniature painters of the Pahari tradition - Amrita Sher-Gil managed to do something radical within Indian culture: to declare her own vision - a woman's vision - vital in the history of art. She endowed successive generations of Indians with something scarce in the culture: an example of an autonomous, creative female. Featuring interviews with artists Bharti Kher and Vivan Sundaram. Readings by Sheenu Das. Producer: Martin Williams Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the Bengali writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore. Born in 1861 To a prosperous Bengal family, Rabindranath Tagore went on to win India's first Nobel Prize, for literature, in 1913. While India has often been framed in terms of competing groups - whether traditional institutions like caste, religion, and patriarchal families, or imperial subjecthood, or contemporary mass movements for nationalism - Tagore cut through these collectivities and tried to create a space for individual choice that stood apart from imposed groupings. In a nationalist age when many of his contemporaries were preoccupied with independence, Rabindranath Tagore preferred to speak of freedom. But he wasn't a radical individualist, his conception of freedom was related to expressivity, connection, and that deepest of human experience: love. Becoming who you are, he recognised, is not something you do on your own. Featuring Professor Supriya Chaudhuri. Readings by Sheenu Das. Producer: Martin Williams Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Sunil Khilnani explores the journey of Annie Besant, from late Victorian campaigner and social reformer in England to leader of India's Congress Party. Possessed of a self-belief some thought inappropriate for a woman, Annie Besant's struggle against convention would make her an object of ridicule to many of her compatriots. So she escaped them: embarking on a life that would ultimately stretch across three continents and leave a mark on each of them She became a polemicist for an array of ideas that challenged the complacencies of the Victorian age: atheism, the rights of workers and of women, birth control, free speech, Fabian socialism, Irish Home Rule. She became the first woman to study for a science degree at University College, London. She organized an infamous match girls strike. She advocated for more women in local government. By the time she was forty, critics were calling her "Red Annie" and admirers were calling her one of the most remarkable women in nineteenth-century Britain. By the time she had reached eighty, she had become one of the most remarkable women in twentieth-century India. Producer: Martin Williams Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Professor Sunil Khilnani returns with Incarnations. In the first programme he profiles the pioneering photographer Lala Deen Dayal. Born in 1844, Lala Deen Dayal would go on to become the court photographer for the fabulously wealthy sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, who dubbed him the "bold warrior of photography". Earlier in his career, his images of the historic monuments and architecture of India had become a sensation, and a means by which Indian landmarks could be appreciated in the West. Over subsequent decades, Deen Dayal's carefully arranged portraits would open a window on a second aspect of a splendid, idealized India: the lifestyles of the late nineteenth-century elite. Though India had at this high point of the Raj become the world's leading stage for status display, which often involved the shooting of tigers, a person's status wasn't quite fixed unless the moment itself was shot - ideally by Deen Dayal himself. "Deen Dayal captured a particular moment of elite indulgence and excess," says Sunil Khilnani. "Just before it was swept away." Like many successful artists, before him and since, Deen Dayal became adept at selling his patrons the images of themselves they most wanted to see, and share. And his story might be simply a portrait of an artist as a public relations man, if his artistry wasn't so compelling and historically revealing. Without him, we wouldn't understand so powerfully the moment when India became the world's exotic, wondrous playground for the wealthy, before the modern world got in the way. Featuring interviews with artist Dayanita Singh and art historian Deborah Hutton. Producer: Martin Williams Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Prof. Sunil Khilnani profiles Birsa Munda, the young, charismatic healer who led his tribal community in revolt against the British and whose life, more than a century after his death, poses the question: 'Who owns India?' Scattered across the subcontinent, India's tribal peoples or Adivasis, match in size the populations of Germany or Vietnam. Yet the land rights of India's original inhabitants are regularly overridden in the name of development. One of history's great defenders of Adivasi rights was Birsa Munda, born in the late 19th century in what is now the north-eastern state of Jharkhand. At a time of famine and disease across northern India his community looked to the Birsa for healing and leadership. The young man who claimed he could turn bullets to water led a rebellion against the British, their Indian middlemen and Christian missionaries. The question 'Who owns India' takes Sunil Khilnani to a tribal community who are losing their land and access to food, fuel and water with the growing encroachment of luxury housing complexes - second homes for city dwellers. We also hear from author and political activist Arundhati Roy. "The fact that Adivasis still exist," she says, "is because people like Birsa Munda staged the beginnings of the battle against the takeover of their homeland. Though he died at the age of just 25, Birsa Munda has become a lasting symbol of tribal resistance. He's the only Adivasi whose portrait hangs in the Indian Parliament. "His was a firework of a life," says Sunil Khilnani, "but a life whose embers still burn". Producer: Jeremy Grange Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original Music composed by Talvin Singh.

Prof. Sunil Khilnani explores the life of Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, the queen who fought against the British and became a heroine of India's 1857 Rebellion. "The Rani was certainly no ordinary queen," he says of the woman who was listed by Time magazine as one of its 'Top Ten Badass Wives'. A typical day for Lakshmibai involved weightlifting, wrestling and steeplechasing - all before breakfast. Yet, despite her physical prowess, she was a reluctant rebel. She was drawn into the uprising only when the British annexed Jhansi after her husband died. The legend goes that, when the Rani's fort was under siege from the British, she mounted her horse, her young son holding on tight behind her, and leapt to freedom from the ramparts. The most iconic image of the Rani of Jhansi is at her last stand, in battle: again on horseback with her sword held high and the reins of her horse between her teeth. It's an image that evokes powerful Hindu goddesses like Kali and Durga. However, Sunil Khilnani argues that, by ascribing its heroines extra-human powers, supposedly to celebrate them, India is in fact denying the reality of women's experience. Producer: Jeremy Grange Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original Music composed by Talvin Singh.

Prof. Sunil Khilnani profiles Rammohan Roy, the Bengali scholar and reformer who became a worldwide intellectual celebrity and campaigned against Sati, the suicide of widows on their husbands' funeral pyres. Rammohan Roy was part of an international set of radicals and reformers attacking established religion and ruling despots in the early 19th century, including the East India Company. He urged Indians to judge their society and behaviour by universal values at the very moment these values were emerging in the Enlightenment West. "And ever since Roy," Sunil Khilnani says, "Indians have been part of the global argument about the nature of justice, rights and freedom" He is best known for his advocacy for women and his opposition to Sati, the Hindu rite in which widows died on their husbands' funeral pyres. His campaign converged with the birth of an international concern with human rights. With contributions from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen and from the late Prof. Christopher Bayly, Sunil Khilnani's examination of Rammohan Roy's life takes him from the Sati ghats of Calcutta to a quiet cemetery on the outskirts of Bristol, Roy's last resting place. Producer: Jeremy Grange Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original Music composed by Talvin Singh.

Shivaji was the 17th century warrior-king who challenged the Muslim Moghul Empire and today stands as a symbol of Hindu pride. Prof. Sunil Khilnani explores Shivaji's multiple incarnations, the latest of which is as a role model for corporate networkers and deal-makers. Shivaji is the presiding spirit of the state of Maharashtra and its capital, Mumbai. The city's airport and main railway station are named after him and there are plans for a statue of Shivaji, twice the size of the Statue of Liberty, to be built out to sea from the city. His martial image, sword in hand, is a symbol of regional and Hindu identity. But Sunil Khilnani argues that Shivaji was a self-made man, the product of relentless self-improvement: "From relatively small beginnings, he plotted, sweated, and traded up to glory." Prof. Khilnani discovers Shivaji's legacy in a gym in a working class neighbourhood of Mumbai and among career-minded pilgrims on a corporate bonding trip to the mountaintop site of Shivaji's coronation. Producer: Jeremy Grange Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Today's Incarnation is a poet who established one of the great world religions: Guru Nanak, the 15th century founder of Sikhism. Like the Buddha and Mahavira, the founder of the Jain religion, Nanak was a wanderer. He spent 25 years on the road and is said to have travelled as far as Mecca and the Himalayas. But, unlike his predecessors, when he had achieved enlightenment he returned to his homelands in the Punjab. He taught his disciples that, rather than renouncing the world and retreating from it, they must use their faith to change it from within. Nanak's 'disciplined worldliness' emphasised the importance of work and family. He also instituted an idea which is practised in Sikh temples all over the world. Sunil Khilnani visits the Gurudwara Nanak Piao in Delhi as they serve the langar, a meal provided by volunteers to anyone who comes, regardless of status, sex or religion. Everybody eats together in an equalizing act, a dispelling of the taboos designed to protect caste boundaries. Sunil explores the life of a man whose ideas were polemical and provocative. In announcing that "there is neither Hindu nor Muslim" Nanak wasn't proposing a harmonious blend of religions. Instead, he was rejecting other paths and creating an entirely new religion, one which now has around 30 million followers. Producer: Jeremy Grange Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Today's subject is the low-caste weaver and poet who dared to upturn the social orthodoxies of 15th century India - and who still challenges us today. Sunil explores the life and poetic legacy of Kabir - a dissenter, a provoker and an abrasive debunker of humbug. There are plenty of legends around the poet - for example that, after his death, his body transfigured into flowers so that he could be neither cremated by his Hindu followers s nor buried by Muslim devotees - but we actually know very little about Kabir's life. One of the few certain facts is that he lived in India's most sacred city, Varanasi. Sunil Khilnani finds himself in the poor neighbourhood of Bajardhia where low-caste Muslims still work today as weavers. Sitting in cramped rooms among men with little work, Sunil reflects on the man who described himself as 'a patient weaver's son' but who is actually one of the most impatient, acerbic, fed-up voices in the Indian cultural canon. Kabir has become venerated across northern India as a saint, almost a god. Yet Sunil finds Kabir's name being invoked in secular circles too, for example the annual Jaipur Literary Festival, a 21st century haven for independent thinking. Here he meets the eminent poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, translator of Kabir's poems into modern idiom and an advocate for the poetic dissenter who wasn't afraid to offend the powerful. Producer: Jeremy Grange Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

By turns warrior, prisoner of war, court poet and passionate Sufi devotee, Amir Khusro was above all a quick-witted literary survivor. And his ability to write for all manner of patrons and audiences, added to his faith in Sufism, would help his words endure for 700 years. Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the man who called himself 'The Parrot of India'. After a career as a soldier, Khusro gained fame in the royal courts of Delhi where poets improvised and extemporised for their patrons, competing with each other in a kind of medieval poetry slam. But despite being the most admired court poet of his time, he eventually suffered burnout and turned for spiritual strength to the great Sufi Muslim saint Nizamuddin Auliya. From then on his poetry focussed on the ideal of Sufi devotion, a merging of identity between master and follower. Sunil Khilnani visits old Delhi and Khusro's tomb where his songs, passed down through 700 years of oral tradition, are still performed. Those songs have also come to live in the unconscious of millions of Indians through their use in cinema. Javed Akhtar, one of the great song-writers of Indian cinema, pays tribute to his 13th century predecessor. The founding fathers of modern India made Amir Khusro a mascot of cultural harmony. Sunil Khilnani explores the life of a Sufi Muslim who has become the embodiment of the nation's unofficial motto: 'Unity in Diversity'. Producer: Jeremy Grange Executive Producer: Martin Smith Original music composed by Talvin Singh.

Professor Sunil Khilnani visits a modern-day clinic which follows the practices set out by Charaka, a medical pioneer whose handbook is still widely used in India today. His text, known as the Charaka Samhita or 'Compendium of Charaka', is an encyclopaedic work covering different aspects of health and how to live a good life. Ayurveda is the best known of the Indian subcontinent's three indigenous medical traditions and continues to be an important adjunct to India's national health system. Today, it is part of government policy and a ministry funds Ayurvedic training and care. Charaka believed that health depended on the balance of basic humours - wind, bile, phlegm - and that "if these elements are disturbed from their proper bodily locations, illness follows. Such disturbance often occurs through our own thoughtlessness, what Charaka calls 'violations of good judgement'." Produced by Mark Savage With incidental music by the composer Talvin Singh. Listeners can catch up with the series and see the list of remarkable Indians featured on the Radio 4 website.

Professor Sunil Khilnani of the King's India Institute in London looks at the life and legacy of the emperor Ashoka, who ruled over a large part of the Indian sub-continent. He came to power around the time the Romans were fighting Carthage and the Chinese were building their Great Wall but faded from view over time. Rediscovered by the British, he went on to become an inspiration to India's nationalists. Ashoka's symbol of four lions, each facing in a different direction, can be found on official Indian documents and the nation's currency. His most remarkable legacy is the rock edicts, public instructions to his people on correct behaviour - including religious tolerance and his own principle of Dhamma. "Dhamma described the ruler's duty to interest himself in the welfare of his people, their health and happiness. It even committed him to planting banyan trees and mango groves along the roads, to provide water and resting places for travellers . . an early statement about the private faith of a leader and the responsibilities of public office" Producer: Mark Savage. Researcher: Manu Pillai With incidental music by the composer Talvin Singh. Listeners can catch up with the series and see the list of remarkable Indians featured on the Radio 4 website.

Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Kautilya, whose treatise on political power dates back at least two thousand years. The Indian political strategist has been compared to Machiavelli. Some say he is more ruthless. Kautilya's text, written on dried palm leaves, lay forgotten for more than a millennium until it turned up at a library in Mysore at the turn of the twentieth century, providing inspiration for early Indian nationalists. "The discovery summarily exploded a Western cliché: that Indians were primarily ethereal, spiritual thinkers," observes Professor Khilnani. "Here was a strategic text--focused on worldly ends, advocating ruthless means to achieve power." Producer: Mark Savage With incidental music by the composer Talvin Singh. Listeners can catch up with the series and see the list of remarkable Indians featured on the Radio 4 website.

Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, looks at the life and legacy of Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language who lived around two and a half thousand years ago. His grammar, known as the Astadhyayi, had a lasting impact and helped to make Sanskrit the lingua franca of much of Asia for more than a thousand years - not through conquest or colonisation but because it served a purpose. Panini's grammar relied on a system that functioned like a powerful algorithm, or a computer programme today. He created, "in a mere forty-pages, the most complete linguistic system in history and helped to make Sanskrit the lingua franca of much of Asia for more than a thousand years". Produced by Mark Savage With incidental music by composer Talvin Singh. Listeners can catch up with the series and see the list of remarkable Indians featured on the Radio 4 website.

Behind the Mirage - Hot Yoga Mix by Dubtrak on MixcloudDescription:This mix starts off with some mid-tempo middle-eastern beats, progressing gently into a flow of great dub electronica and psytrance tunes in the middle. The last 3rd of the mix eases off into mellower and more melodic climates. Bombay Dub Orchestra, TJ Rehmi, Karsh Kale and Anoushka Shankar tracks bring the mix nicely toward its beat-less and meditative completion. Ambient track by Arcticology allows for perfect closed-eyes motionless cool off period.    Tracklist:  Tikki Masala - Evening Puja Desert Dwellers - Bodhi Tree Dub (Sunrise Mix) unknown Escape to Buddha Boutique - Shengavit The Orientalist - Zanzibar in Dub Harmonic Frequency - Eostrae Eastern Sun - Rapture At Sea  Tripswitch - Stereogram Dubtrak - Dark River Tribe (downstream drift remix) Fall - Xerxes Talvin Singh - Mundigo (Deepspace mix) Dubtrak - Be in the flow Bombay Dub Orchestra - Map Of Dusk  TJ Rehmi - Invisible Rain Karsh Kale - Light up the love Karsh Kale and Anoushka Shankar - Breathing Under Water Arcticology - Dust Links:[direct download]  [iTunes]

Episode 5: Djuma Soundystem, The Future Sound of London, Talvin Singh and more.

This is a continuation from Part 1 shown below – Please listen to part 1 before part 2. Music from The Mahabharata film soundtrack, Andreas Vollenweider, Talvin Singh and Rakesh Chaurasia, Simon and Garfunkel, Mercan Dede and the Armenian Duduk is played by Gevorg Dabagian. The Mozart piece is Quartet #23 in F, Kv 590, […]