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Prem Joshua & Band - Live |
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It is a sad fact that the majority of talent scouts in today’s music industry are still only sent to the cities of America or UK in order to detect the ‘next big thing in pop music’. Undaunted by this, however, in the metros of India, a beautiful and powerful world music scene has been developing ‘off the radar’ so to speak, which is as rich in ethnic as it is in global influences.
Prem Joshua’s international band - formed in the chaotic witches cauldron of a teeming Indian metropolis - is one part of this living scene, and today stands out as the best selling world music band of India.
The band have been traveling the globe for years. On big and small concert stages, they quench the thirst of a growing international music fan base who seek a world music which is danceable, touches the heart and at the same time has enough substance, skill and 'bite' to please intellectually. Today on the stages of India, tomorrow on a flight to a festival in England, the band live in the Here and Now of the Global Village… and so too, does their music.
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Prem Joshua:
Sitar, Bamboo Flutes, Soprano Sax, Dilruba, Vocals
Chintan Relenberg:
Loops, Keyboards, Darbouka, Tabla, Vocals
Chintan Relenberg sets a clear counterpart to the ethnic rhythms and sounds of the band by adding elements of Urban Lounge, Trance, Chill Out and Jazz. On his assorted laptops and keyboards Chintan is quite simply a ‘Loops and Effects Wizard.’ He has toured for many years as a professional musician in several bands in the US and Europe. Exploring the richness of fusion, ethno, world and meditation music he soon developed into a multi-instrumentalist. Besides being a live musician he works as a producer in his own recording studio. Chintan appears on several albums by Prem Joshua. In spring 2004 he released his first solo album, "Kajeemo".
Raul Sengupta:
Tabla, Percussion, Vocals
Raul was born in Hannover, Germany, to a German mother and an Indian father. After being trained in kit drum at a Conservatorium and studying various percussion instruments with international musicians such as Luis  Conte and Ismail Sané, he finally returned to his Indian roots in Calcutta, dedicating many years to intense studies of Tabla under the guidance of Maestro Shankar Ghosh - one of the most eminent tabla players today in India. Raul Sengupta is proficient not only in Indian Classical Music and modern European music, but also in the complex rhythms of the Oriental and African musical traditions. He has toured in Europe, Egypt, India and the US with Ashraf Sharif Khan, Mahmood Sabri, Nassir Shamma, Renato Rozic, George Bishop, Archaic Pop Stuff, Amritan, Piirpauke.
Satgyan Fukuda:
Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Born in Yamanashi, Japan, Satgyan made himself a name as one of the finest reggae and world music bass players in Japan. He also composes and records his own music based on dub and tantra. Tracks from his solo album “Liquid Passion” were picked up by 11 compilation albums in Europe. Recent addition to Prem Joshua & Band, his bass playing adds just the right groovy low end to the band's eclectic sound.
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