State of Bengal

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Saifullah (Sam) Zaman, recording as State Of Bengal (aka SOB), is a British DJ and producer associated with the Asian Underground movement.

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[edit] Background

Born in Pakistan, Sam grew up in Stepney, London[1]. Sam Zaman set up the State of Bengal group in London after a visit to Bangladesh, where he interacted with traditional musicians and dancers. Original members of the group included his brother Deedar Zaman (later associated with the Asian Dub Foundation), and MC Mustaq (lead rapper for Fun-Da-Mental). Outside of the State of Bengal project, Zaman also worked with British Asian youth groups, setting up music training workshops. [2]

State of Bengal was a DJ at the influential Anokha club in London's East End during the mid-1990s. His tracks "Flight IC408" and "Chittagong Chill" were featured on Talvin Singh's Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground compilation, and helped him gain prominence. Singer Björk discovered his work at Anokha; she had him open for her her world tour, and remix her track "Hunter." In September 1997, he signed him onto the One Little Indian record label.

After Anokha, State of Bengal took up residency at the Off Centre club nights[3]. He produced his debut album Visual Audio toured solo and at several international festivals, and did extensive remix work.

After the release of Visual Audio, State of Bengal worked on two significant projects with musicians from Bengal, collaborating with Indian sitar innovator Ananda Shankar, a long-time hero, on the 1998 album Walking On [4], and with Baul singer Paban Das Baul on the 2004 album Tana Tani (Push & Pull) [5].

[edit] Partial discography

[edit] Solo albums

[edit] Collaborations & contributions

[edit] Compilations

  • 1996 - Various artists, Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Underground (Omni/Island Records)

[edit] Remixes and other work

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC profile for State Of Bengal
  2. ^ Biography at SOB official site
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Walking On album
  5. ^ Tani Tani album

[edit] External links

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