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Soundtrack of Solitude
The shortlist
for one of the most coveted prizes in the world music industry, the Mercury
Music Award, was announced last week at the Commonwealth Club with Coldplay's
debut, Parachutes, installed as the bookmakers' favourite. But we have
seen favourites topple before, and the one who might do the toppling this
time around is Nitin Sawhney, the shortlist's Asian offering. Beyond Skin
is not Sawhney's first album, but it is arguably his best. Formerly with
the James Taylor Quartet, Sawhney has quickly established himself as a
popular cross over artist. Recently his specially commissioned work, Urban
Prophecies, was the centerpiece at the Youth Proms in London's Albert
Hall. (And you don't get any bigger than the Proms.) But Sawhney has always
been proud of his roots, and his school days were blighted by racism.
"Creating music is a solitary thing and you don't always need others,"
he says "and that's why I dived into that experience. No one could
hurt me there." Many critics have called Sawhney's music subversive
and the soundtrack itself revels in such descriptions. If Sawhney does
win the Mercury Award later this year, he will be in august Asian company.
Last year's winner was another Asian musician, Tavlin Singh. And If his
album is anything to go by, Sawhney might just get there.
-Anita
Anand
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