As a solo artist, Singh is perhaps best known as the father of modern Asian electronica music, though he is also a highly celebrated tabla player, record producer and visual practitioner. He is notable for re-introducing the concepts of Indian classical music to western pop, dance and Jazz genre’s in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Singh's solo album credits include critical and commercial successes OK (1998) (winning the UK’s 2 most prestigious music prizes, ‘THE SOUTH BANK PRIZE’ and ‘THE MERCURY’ in 1999) and HA (2001). His groundbreaking ’98 debut release OK was recorded in Mumbai, Madras, Okinawa, New York and London, featuring contributions from BILL LOWELL, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO and USTAD SULTAN amongst others.

Drawing inspiration from the classical Indian arts, Singh first came to prominence as tabla percussionist in the 1980s London music scene before becoming involved in experimental music collaborations beginning in the late 1980s, working with SUN RA and COURTNEY PINE helping to popularize the burgeoning Asian underground sub-culture movement. Singh has collaborated with several musical pioneers in various genre’s including BJÖRK, BLONDIE, SIOUX & THE BANSHEES, MADONNA, DJ SPOOKY, THE MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA, JAY Z and USTAD NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN.

Singh has pursued several artistic ventures parallel to and in conjunction with his music career, including creating the seminal London club ANOKHA , performing at the TATE GALLERY in London, creating a sound installation at the FRITH STREET GALLERY in London and composing music for various experimental Dance, Theatre and Film projects. In 1990 Singh conceived the Tablatronic, a hybrid electronic/analog instrument which allows the player multiple sonic-processing possibilities.

Singh has created a unique and signature musical genre in its own right.

“Hurrah for the 1999 Mercury Prize, hurrah for Talvin Singh, and hurrah for Brick Lane!"
NME-Mercury Awards

"Talvin Singh takes the listener on a remarkable musical trip across a global landscape..."
Mercury Award judges

“...Talvin Singh certainly sets his sights far and wide:”The world is sound", intones a voice at the start of this LP and that sets the agenda: he's trying to cover the globe with his music”.
NME Magazine –in a review of his album “HA”
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“There are still more sonic territories to explore, but on this evidence, it seems that Talvin Singh will get there first”.
NME Magazine –in a review of his album “HA”
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“That hair, those fingers, the whole breath-catchingly up-to-the-minute frisson of it all - well, Talvin promises a lot. He had fun, we embraced the cool. Seems like he got the better deal”.
NME- Fabric Live
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The last few years the revenue off entertainment industry has been drum'n'bass music or dance music. It needs to be put back into education, put back into schools. Samplers, computers into school, musical instruments - I need to see that happening and, as far as the Arts Council's concerned, it's like it's going out to them".
BBC report: "Talvin Singh's OK scoops Mercury Music Prize"
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“Acclaimed for his fusion of world music and cutting-edge drum & bass, Talvin Singh's contribution to the Back to Mine series is a fantastic selection of downbeat dance music with a contemporary edge”.
Amazon.co.uk, David Trueman

"... enhanced by Singh ’s peerless tabla playing“.
Voxgen live review in The Guardian
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