Bishnu Priya

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Bishi, born Bishnu Priya is a British DJ and musician. She is a London-based multi-instrumentalist strongly influenced by annual visits to Ravi Shankar School in Delhi.^[1] Bishi is best known as the central DJ & 'face' of London's experimental underground nightclub - Kash Point^[2]

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[edit] History

British born to a Bengali musical family, Bishi started singing when she was two years old. Her mother, an Indian Classical/ Traditional singer enrolled her in a musical education. Trained in both Eastern and Western classical music, Bishi started piano and harmonium studies aged six and went on to learn guitar, bass & sitar in her teens. Bishi began her musical career in Sound Storm.^[3] Bishi is also charecterised by her glamourous and extravagent on stage constumes. Media appearances include the BBC's Culture Show.^[4] Of recent times she has attracted critical attention and been nominated for the 2008 South Bank Show Awards – the 'Times Breakthrough Award'.^[5]