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About Me

Day and often night I work in the arts/culture and entertainment sector... I'm passionate about meaningful exchange and the deeper experiences of life...I also produce and promote a club night twice a year with my buddies - Didg and Dharms. We call it BOMBAY CHILL - a mad night of fun with arts installations, visual exhibitions, live music and some hot tunes...Creating a vibe through silvafox arts and entertainment with planned world music nights too!One of my major interests is producing and promoting live theatre (YUVA sampad) and new acts in music...I also play tabla and Djembe. Been working on MUSICMANIA (developing music legends in Brum - like Raju Mali, Oh Castro, SHANKOJAM, UnboundBeats,the Divine Auberjines and very recently Tolskins & the Desi Darkside) working with some top rate artists (honest about their work!), connecting on an international level from Bombay, Calcutta, Bangalore, Seville, Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Johanesburg, Chandighar... I've been fortunate to meet some really inspiring artists over the years who have driven me to realise many dreams... I'm forever dreaming...

My Interests

tabla/djembe (jembay), film, theatre, travelling, reading, keeping trim!, cricket, mountain biking, being out an about!

I'd like to meet:

Always on the search for artists and culture vultures!

Music:

Oh Castro - charisma of Viz, SHANKOJAM - crazy lyrics and energy! Raju Mali - immensely talented, Simon Harris/Joel Murphy, J-Money, Praveen Rao - percussion tricks from Bangalore, Unbound Beats, Pritpal Rai, Harjinder Matharu, Vijay Desai, Divine Aubergines, Si Hayden, Shaanti Collective, Ade Holbrook/Matt, Punch Records, Jibbering Records, Trilok Gurtu, Kray Twinz, Reena Bhardwaj (what a voice)Anoushka/Ravi Shankar, Eugene Skeef, Mohammed Rafi, Nitin Sawhney, Badmarsh, Shree, Gotan Project, Talvin Singh, Natasha Atlas, Asian Dub Foundation, Soul II Soul, Smokey Robinson and all at Mowtown!,A Tribe called Quest, Jolly Mukherjee, Ajoy Chakraborty, James Brown, U2, Bob Marley, Prince, Public Enemy, KRS1, Zakir Hussain and Shakti, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Gurdas Maan, dr Subramaniam, Michael Jackson, Massive Attack, Tricky, The Police, Aretha Franklin, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Nirvana, Gorrilaz, Sounds of Blackness, Fania All Stars, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria etal, Dizzie Gallespie, Fats Domino - so quite a random selction!

Movies:

Le Grand Voyage, Paradise Now, Infernal Affairs1, Sexy Beast, Old Boy, Godfather2, Goodfellas, Salaam Bombay, Sholay, Raang de Basanti, Ghandi, Off-Side, Dead Mans Shoes, Last King of Scotland, Crash, Lock Stock and 2 Smokin Barrels, Braveheart, Raging Bull, Little Miss Sunshine - there's actually too many to mention!

Heroes:

to all the pioneers who have conquered oppression and poverty!...and Laurel and Hardy!