Trickbaby

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Trickbaby is a britasian East/West dancey soundclash, influenced by modern dance music and Indian Bollywood classics. The group consists of the songwriting partnership of Saira Hussain and Steve Ager, and the musicianship of Jeevan Rihal (harmonium/keyboards and additional vocals), Vikaash Sankadecha (percussion) and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums).

Trickbaby debuted with their single "Indi-yarn", which reached #46 on the British charts,was the first Hindi language single to be playlisted at BBC Radio 1 and was their morning show’s record of the week for a record three weeks. This was followed by their album Hanging Around, which was generally well received by British and Britasian reviewers. Three Trickbaby songs were on the soundtrack of the Indian movie Hyderabad Blues 2

In 2005, the Bollywood movie Bluffmaster featured three tracks by the group on its soundtrack - "Indi-yarn", "Parde ke Peeche", and the instrumental "Neelaa", and Trickbaby's remix of "Sabse Bada Rupaiya" was the title song for the movie.