Editing Talvin Singh (section)

==Early life and career==
Singh grew up in [[Leyton]]<ref name="auto">Garratt, Sheryl.[https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/mar/25/featuresreview.review1 "You drum it, I'll Singh it"]. ''[[The Observer]]''. 25 March 2001.</ref> and began playing the tablas as a child. At the age of 15, Singh went to India where he studied [[tabla]] under Sangeet Acharya Ustad [[Avirbhav Verma|Lachman Singh Seen]] of Punjab Gharana, he stayed with his Guru till he passed away at 96 in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chawla |first=Noor Anand |date=2024-03-10 |title=A conversation with Talvin Singh |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/featured/a-conversation-with-talvin-singh |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |language=en-US}}</ref> In the beginning Singh's tabla playing was not accepted by British promoters of [[raga|classical Indian music]], as he incorporated too strongly his western influences. By the late 1980s, Singh had decided to turn towards the fusion of sounds. In 1991, he came to prominence by both playing tabla and singing on the "[[Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me]]" single by [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] : the single peaked in the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number 23.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-p125670/charts-awards Siouxsie and the Banshees US charts awards] [[AllMusic]]</ref> Singh then became the sixth member of the Banshees and took part with them as second headliners of the inaugural [[Lollapalooza]] tour. Two years later in 1993, he was recruited by [[Björk]] to be her percussionist and director on her 1993 album, ''[[Debut (Björk album)|Debut]]''.

In late 1995, Singh founded the Anokha club night with promoter Sweety Kapoor at East London's Blue Note, where drum'n'bass DJs and [[South Asian]] punk bands went head to head with the amped-up sounds of his tabla and percussion. Producer and DJ [[State of Bengal]] (Sam Zaman) soon became the core of Anokha alongside Singh & Kapoor, and his sets alongside Singhs help to inspire a whole generation.

Singh and Zaman would make fresh tracks, cutting them on Vinyl press hours before the Monday Anokha sessions where they would be showcased.

Guest spots by LTJ Bukem and others made Anokha a Monday-night hotspot in London, and Singh signed to Island for an Anokha compilation including several of his own productions. He worked as a remixer, for [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] on their "Maria" single".

In 1998, Singh released his solo debut album, ''[[OK (Talvin Singh album)|Ok]]''.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=356}}</ref> The record was critically acclaimed and received the prestigious [[Mercury Prize|Mercury Music Prize]] in 1999.<ref name="auto1"/> That same year, he also collaborated with [[David Sylvian]]. In 2000, he worked with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] for her album, ''Music''.