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Sandeep
showed a strong attraction to drum from a very early age. while
his friends of the same age would be delighted by toys, Sandeep
found no joy in these, but was fascinated with a Dholak (small
drum) given to
him by his father. His mother sang folk songs, and he would enjoy
accompanying her on the Dholak, and with whatever cooking tools
he could find with good-sounding resonant properties Another key development in
his percussive career, was the gift of a set of Bongos from his
brother. Along with this came the influence of more Western influenced
music which was start of a broadening of the musical influences
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At a performance at his
local town hall of the All India Dance Show, Sandeep was spotted
by Tansenji - a brilliant sitar and tabla
player Being very
impressed by Sandeep's playing talents, Tansenji invited him to
attend his classes,
The training he then received over the next Four years, became a
core basis of his fluent playing technique. To broaden Sandeep's
playing listening appreciation Tansenji invited him to attend a
concert by Pujya Shree Kandasbapu - bhajans (form of prayer song in the folk
idiom). Sandeep was thoroughly inspired by this, and from this stemmed
the beginning of a greater appreciation of this musical genre. |
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Also he developed a greater understanding of the relationship between percussion and melody, and how the moods of these two elements can best be combined to best effect. Sandeep was invited by Shree Babubhai Ranpura to take part in a Festival in Moscow in 1987. This one-year festival was a massive event, co-sponsored by the Russian and Indian governments, featuring 3000 acts all from the field of live folk and dance music. This led Sandeep to being much more involved in the field of dance. As a natural part of his evolution, this then introduced more 'groove' elements into Sandeep's playing style. This led on to Sandeep playing for Hindi film(bollywood), and TV documentaries based on theme of Rhythm. In 1991 Sandeep moved to London. since then he has worked in many live shows and recording projects. In 1996 Sandeep was sought out by James-Asher - a world music recording artist who was working on an album project on the theme of India. In this project Asher was seeking to explore in a broad way how differing elements from Indian folk, classical and modern traditions could be seamlessly blended into a composite whole - a romantic tribute to Rajasthan, which was the inspiration. Sandeep's knowledge of the rhythms from the differing regions of India provided an invaluable starting point for the various compositions on album. |
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2004 Sandeep Continues to perform and record in variety of Indian and non Indian genres this also including famous Musical
Bombay Dreams & The Far Pavilion. He is developing his interest in music technology to the point where he has constructed a studio to provide a
flexible and sophisticated platform for the realisation of creative idea. Maintaining control of the technical and production
aspects of the process Sandeep is also presenting his original concepts as live performances (Swar Vishvam, Gujarat A
Celebration
at Royal Albert Hall, etc see latest and what’s new Pages).
He maintains a love of the spiritual influences that have made such an impact on him during his life. |
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