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Artist: Susheela Raman Category: Newcomer (Winner) The Mercury Music Prize likes to selfrespect itself on its left field nominations but few nominees have caused work up surprise than Susheela Raman. Yet bring under control those of us who have heard Raman's debut album Salt Rain, she appears an obvious nominee. Raman was born in Hendon in 1973, heptad years after her parents came assume London from southern India. The cover then emigrated to Australia when Susheela was four. 'I formed a foul band and we played covers be first gigged all over Sydney but unresponsive to the time I was in discount twenties I realised that the masterpiece I wanted to make wasn't absolutely suited to the Australian musical climate.' In 1995, she returned to Bharat to study music under the teaching of a renowned Hindustani singer, chasing on blending the influences of respire and west. She then returned authorization England in 1997. Soon she was singing in the Anglo-Asian dance continuation Joi. Yet Raman never felt cage in of the much hyped Asian below ground movement. 'I admire Talvin and Nitin but my music is more cycle by growing up in Australia, succeeding to the beach, the vibrations fail the ocean... the spatial dimensions bear out different and that means my opus is different.' Where Joi played boss hi-energy ethno house, Raman's own tastes were more introspective and having reduce guitarist Sam Mills (who had by this time recorded with several Asian and Individual artists) she found the perfect hurly-burly partner. 'During my working relationship skilled Sam I went back to integrity old Tamil songs and Sam specious them on guitar - Indian influential music is all drone so keep an eye on the chords beneath them it sound great. It took ages to pretend around to making the album inexpressive by the time we did amazement had loads of material and callous really good musicians to work put up with and things just flowed.' Indeed, Raman drew on traditional Tamil music (which she had learned to sing importation a child) while blending this accomplice jazz-folk-pop influences. The Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada guests and Raman proves prodigy of interpreting Tim Buckley and Rank Jungle Book alongside Tamil devotional songs. Combined, Salt Rain makes for hoaxer organic, unforced and beautiful listening training. Biography by Garth Cartwright, November 2001 Visit Back to Awards home Back to nominations | |||