New York, NY (Top40 Charts) In the latest chapter in a long and distinguished career, Nitin will give 100 fans a rare insight into his creative world by recording his new album OneZero direct-to-disc in a daring studio performance at Metropolis Studios on Saturday, April 6th.
Resurrecting the highly intricate and long-forsaken process of cutting records live, Nitin, his band and a team of engineers will deliver a full album in one take, recording directly to production-ready vinyl lacquers.
Fifteen lucky fans will watch the recording process from inside the studio's control room itself, providing a rare opportunity to witness one of Britain's most noteworthy artists recording at one of the planet's best loved recording studios. A further 100 fans will watch the process unfold from the comfort of Metropolis' bar. This live recording will be released as a limited edition boxset, as well in standard and deluxe editions by Metropolis Recordings and Cherry Red Records on Monday, 24th June.
Nitin's tenth studio record "Dystopian Dream" will follow later in the year.
Tickets for this exclusive one-off event go on sale on Monday March 11th at https://www.nitinsawhney10.com.
In advance of this general sale, Nitin is currently auctioning a single once-in-a-lifetime 'Ultimate Ticket' where the highest bidder (and their guest) will be invited along to pre-event rehearsals at Metropolis Studios, as well as receiving a signed boxset (number 0001), memorabilia, and an invitation to attend the soundcheck for Nitin's performance at the Roundhouse on June 27th.
The blind auction closes at midnight on
Thursday March 7th and 10% of the winning bid will go to Facing The World, Nitin's chosen charity.
The OneZero boxset will contain the four disc vinyl album, as recorded live, a bonus LP of exclusive outtake and session material, a double CD version of the album with additional bonus material, a documentary and performance DVD and a sumptuous 24-page book chronicling this audacious event. Packaged in super-deluxe bespoke and inspirational artwork by the celebrated Paul Benney, currently Artist-in-Residence at Somerset House, the package promises to be one of the year's highlight deluxe releases. Both the boxset and the standard single and double CD editions will be released to coincide with Nitin's one-off headline show at London's Roundhouse on Thursday, 27th June.
Throughout a phenomenal career, Nitin has released nine studio albums, and become a leading composer for Film, TV, Theatre and video games. He has scored over fifty feature films, numerous international TV shows and theatrical productions across the world.
Speaking about the event, Nitin said: "For this live recording we're performing a retrospective session consisting of tracks taken from my nine album back catalogue, and a preview of tracks from my forthcoming album, Dystopian Dream. We'll be cutting live direct-to-vinyl for the first time in many years of international music history, and simply can't make mistakes. The process itself involves a great deal of collaboration and technical expertise, which will be provided by the brilliant engineers at Metropolis and our own team of sound guys. As a huge fan of vinyl, this feels a perfect way to commemorate ten albums and two decades of extensive touring with a band of brilliant musicians and singers. Can't wait for the day."
He added: "When I was a kid I remember one of the most exciting feelings I had was holding a freshly purchased piece of vinyl in my hands. I would spend hours looking through the artwork, as I would listen over and over to my favourite artists. Nowadays music seems so abstract. I really miss the tactile experience of an album sleeve and the physical process involved in moving that record needle to its start position. Following the amazing artwork provided for my album London Undersound by Antony Gormley, I am really happy to collaborate again with another great visual artist. Paul Benney has an evocative and elliptical style that appeals directly to the subconscious and elegantly hovers between reality and dream. I can't think of a more appropriate painter to work with on the OneZero boxset and the next studio album."
NITIN SAWHNEY
Nitin is arguably the busiest, most versatile and sought after composer and producer around. As the holder of five honorary doctorates and three fellowships, he has worked with a host of celebrated artists including
Paul McCartney and
Sting and has made nine studio albums, for which he has been nominated for a Mercury
Music prize, won a MOBO, two BBC
Radio 3 awards and a Southbank Show award, amongst fifteen others.
He has scored over fifty films for cinema and television, with an Ivor Novello nomination for best score, leading to his much acclaimed orchestral music to the BAFTA-nominated BBC series "Human Planet"; Mira Nair's film "The Namesake", three film scores for live performance by the London Symphony Orchestra, two celebrated videogame scores, and composition for Olivier-winning theatrical and dance productions with Complicite and Akram Khan. Sawhney recently scored for Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's book "Midnight's Children", Hitchcock's early silent movie "The Lodger", Khyentse Norbu's "Vara: A Blessing" and "Japan In A Day" for Ridley and Tony Scott.
Sawhney is currently working on material for his next studio album "Dystopian Dream", producing Anoushka Shankar's latest album (featuring Norah Jones) and will be hosting his own radio series for BBC
Radio 2 - "Nitin Sawhney Spins the Globe", which airs in March.
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