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Ask anyone about this young drummer and the feedback is
START unanimous — brilliant (The Telegraph, Graffiti Cover Story, Jan 4th 2009)

ivraj Singh has been

playing drums for 3 years.

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In this time, the Kolkata-
based 22 year old has made a
distinctly quirky impact on the
contemporary Indian music
scene.
Steve Smith of Vital Information

R O fame put it most succinctly when

E T D he called Jivraj an alien. JIVRAJ ON STAGE AT THE BUE FROG, MUMBAI

R UN E Jivraj’s approach lies at the interface of afrobeat, hip hop, electronica

S OT U RG
and rock. His influences range from the music of Miles Davis,
Weather Report, Fela Kuti, Meshell Ndegeocello, and J-Dilla to the

F UAY I N
films of David Lynch and Michel Gondry, the words of Franz Kafka,
the sounds of trains and industrial machines.

PL Jivraj Singh is a founding member

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY TANAJI DASGUPTA

of the irreverent experimentalists
PINKNOISE. He also currently
holds the drum chair for, perhaps
the most visible band in Indian rock
music, skinny/alley.

Jivraj’s other regular collaborations

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