K. J. Singh

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Kanwarjit Singh Sawhney
NationalityIndian
OccupationSound Engineer/Music Producer
Websitekjsingh.com

Kanwarjit Singh Sawhney, a.k.a. K.J. Singh is an Indian audio engineer/music producer based in

National Film Award for Best Audiography[1] and Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design with Shajith Koyeri and Subash Sahu for his work on the 2006 film Omkara.[2]

He studied at Springdales School and finished his master's degree in Political Science from Hindu College, Delhi. He put together a popular live band, Graffiti, in his college days. Went to Trebas Institute, Toronto, Canada to study Sound engineering and Music Production. He came back in 1987 to start his own music production company called Fast Forward Productions and composed jingles, title tracks, and songs. Most notably the tracks for India Quiz, Super Quiz, The India Show, Firdaus, Kauwa Chala Hans Ki Chaal, Manch Masala, Khula Manch, Style Today, Cooking with Tarla Dalal, Super Six, Doordarshan International News. Meanwhile, he helped cut demos for bands like Parikrama 'Till I'm No One Again, Euphoria Shibani Kashyap

He moved from Delhi to Mumbai, in 1997, starting is career in the Indian Film Industry with

Raavan, Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Jhootha Hi Sahi, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Sakkarakatti, and Tamasha, and also been FOH Sound Engineer for many of his concerts. His clientele, for live engineer, boasts of names like Hariharan Colonial Cousins Jagjit Singh Kavita Seth Harris Jayaraj and G.V. Prakash, A. R. Rahman's nephew.[4]
KJ Singh also worked as music producer/sound engineer for the band Indian Ocean and for Rabbi Shergill.

His latest venture is 'Asli Music',

Jaspreet 'Jazim' Sharma,[12] Deva Sengupta,[13] Chaar Yaar [14]

He has produced music for installations like the

The Golden Temple, Sri Harmandir Sahib ji, Amritsar, Punjab, Shaurya Smarak
, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

References

  1. ^ "54th National Film awards - Press Release" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. ^ "'Lagey raho Munnabhai' sweeps National Film Awards". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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  4. Indian Express
    . 15 March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Home". aslimusic.com.
  6. ^ "Technology has influenced the implementation of music, KJ Singh". Sikhnet.com. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  7. ^ https://www.musicplus.in/the-doyen-of-indian-classical-music-in-the-uk-deepa-nair-rasiya/ [dead link]
  8. ^ "Deepa Nair Rasiya". Spotify.
  9. ^ "Spud in the Box: All Grown up -". 14 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Spud in the Box". Spotify.
  11. ^ "Jasleen Kaur Monga". Spotify.
  12. ^ "Pyaar Bepanah". Spotify. 19 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Remembering Deva (Live)". Spotify. 13 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Musical group Chaar Yaar makes its return to stage - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 September 2019.

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