Courtesy his newsletter, here’s the latest news on main man Nitin Sawhney. I haven’t heard Philtre yet but it’s gotten good reviews.  I’d say Nitin and Shri are my biggest inspirations among UK Asian musicians. It would be amazing to have them collaborate — mind-boggling.
Nitin did collabos with Brit-Asian pop crooner Raghav and some dude [...]

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At long last, the man himself - SHRI - (of Badmarsh & Shri fame) is releasing new material. This guy is a brilliant multi-instrumentalist and composer, and he’s the one Asian producer whose sound is deep, soulful, expressive and damn funky.
He was just on Bobby & Nihal’s BBC show and his new album East Rain [...]

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