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Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney chats in-depth to Matt Everitt revealing the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped this life and incredible career.

Nitin Sawhney chats in-depth to Matt Everitt revealing the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped this life and incredible career.

As a musician, composer, DJ and producer Nitin combines worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica, exploring themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality. He has scored for and performed with countless orchestras, and collaborated with and written for a mind-blowing array of luminaries from Sir Paul McCartney to A.R. Rahmen, Brian Eno to Sinead O鈥機onnor and Nelson Mandela to Cirque Du Soliel. He also has an Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award and a CBE to his name.

Raised in Kent by first generation Indian-British parents, as a child Nitin studied piano, classical and flamenco guitar, sitar and tabla. After dropping out of university, he trained as an accountant until leaving his job as a financial controller to pursue a career in music. He moved to London, where he met up with old university friend Sanjeev Bhaskar and together they created the comedy team The Secret Asians. The pair were given a show on 大象传媒 Radio, which eventually grew into the award-winning TV sketch show Goodness Gracious Me. Refocusing on music, Nitin鈥檚 solo career began in 1993, when he released his debut album, Spirit Dance on his own label. In 1999 Nitin released his breakthrough Gold-selling album, Beyond Skin, which gained him a Mercury Music Prize nomination and won him the coveted South Bank Show Award.

Nitin has released 20 albums and scored over sixty films. In this interview recorded in 2019 Nitin recalls his earliest musical memories, playing in a Van Halen tribute band, how he approaches composing film scores and his love of Ennio Morricone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Joni Mitchell.

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Music Played

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Sunset (Nitin's Radio Edit)

  • Nitin Sawhney

    You Belong

  • Baluji Shrivastav

    Raga Rageshvari

  • Mar铆a Teresa Vera

    Veinte Anos

  • Miles Davis

    Blue In Green

  • Ravi Shankar

    Dhun In Devgiri Bilawal

  • John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco de Luc铆a

    Passion Grace & Fire

  • Van Halen

    Eruption

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

  • Mahavishnu Orchestra

    Birds Of Fire

  • Ennio Morricone

    A Fist Full Of Dollars

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Spirit Dance

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Hospital Escape

  • Joni Mitchell

    This Flight Tonight

    • Reprise.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Homelands

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Michael Brook

    Tracery (Remixed By Nitin Sawhney)

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix)

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Nadia

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Tides

  • Agnes Obel

    Riverside

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  • Sun 21 Mar 2021 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 4 Aug 2021 01:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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