Swati Natekar’s latest World Music presentation, Raga2Destiny –A Passage To India at London Mela

Aug. 5, 2009 - PRLog -- Swati Natekar will combine a traditional Indian classical performance with progression to numbers from her fresh Fusion album Destiny Chakra (Wheel of Destiny) and collaborations from an array of distinguished Asian and Western musicians. Swati is also joined by brilliant Soul Singer, Sanchita Farruque (Nitin Sawhney’s Beyond Skin) for a scintillating fusion of Genres, rhythm & melody.

Swati Natekar’s new album, Destiny Chakra, is a musical expression of the journey of a girl born in a traditionally Classical music family in the sleepy central Indian town of Jabalpur through the commercially active Bollywood razzmatazz of Bombay, to the international music scene of London, UK.

Swati’s biography is extensive and includes the albums Dhanak (The Rainbow), Anjuman, Birha.  Swati, whose Vocals have featured on impressive World Music & Dance tracks such as Jakatta’s American Dream, Nitin Sawhney’s Nadia & Niraj Chag’s Khwaab, has been creating a niche through her collaborations with leading international musicians such as Talvin Singh, Zakir Hussain, Craig Armstrong & Darren Tate. Her voice also featured on the U.K 2006/2007 Sharwoods TV Advert campaign and on the soundtrack of Hollywood movies like The In-Laws.

Swati has performed previously at various prestigious locations including WOMAD, Glastonbury, Montreaux Jazz Festival, London Southbank Centre and at other global venues in Europe, Asia , South Africa and the Caribbean Islands.  

More on the event at http://www.londonmela.org/swati.html
More on the artist at www.myspace.com/swatinatekar  

For more information on this concert and artists interviews please contact:
programming@swatinatekar.net

Destiny Chakra
Recorded with highly skilled musicians in Bombay such as Abhijit Pohankar, Ashwin Srinivasan, Chintoo Singh and Dilshad Khan, Destiny Chakra is a world class world music album written by Swati Natekar. The album features the wonderful Soul & R’nB diva Sanchita Farruque (from Nitin Sawhney’s Beyond Skin) and offers diverse musical favours, rooted in Indian classical music but ranging across spiritual, R’nB and jazz. All in all, Destiny Chakra is a captivating and enchanting album. Already receiving acclaim since its initial live performance at Cargo, Shoreditch in 2007, the discography of tracks from the album include: ‘Mantra’, ‘Mystery’ & ’Sandesa’, which has been licensed to Universal Records for Incredible India’ , ‘ Mystery’ to Huvafen Fushi Maldives: mixed by Buddha Bar DJ Ravin and ‘Sandesa’ which is currently featuring on DJ Pathaan (BBC Asian network presenter) Tandava II.