FatLabs is a Canadian home recording studio in

Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popu ...

, Canada. It was established in 2003 by

Vikas Kohli Vikas Kohli is an Indian musician and music producer, whose work covers a variety of genres from punk, jazz, and hip-hop, to country, metal, and Bollywood pop. He is known for his expertise in song arrangements and his one-on-one artist develop ...

. The studio is known for its ability to work with different categories of genres.

Filmography

Mission Istaanbul

FatLabs

was commissioned to produce and co-arrange the song "Apun Ke Saath" for acclaimed Bollywood director

Apoorva Lakhia Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director. Early life Lakhia was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, India. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on ''Th ...

’s major motion picture action film

Mission Istanbul ''Mission Istanbul'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film starring Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran and Zayed Khan. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance. The film is based on an org ...

which was internationally released on July 25, 2008, and performed by

Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi (born 3 September 1976) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema, in addition to working in few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. Early life Vivek Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, to a Punjab ...

live at the 2008

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in Bangkok.

Tom, Dick & Harry Rock Again

produced the song "Tere Pyar Mein", which will be featured in the sequel to the Bollywood major motion picture comedy film

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featuring Indian pop star

Mika Singh Mika Singh (born 10 June 1977) is an Indian singer. His songs include "Bas Ek King" ('' Singh Is Kinng''), "Mauja Hi Mauja" ('' Jab We Met''), "Ibn-e-Batuta" ('' Ishqiya''), and "Dhanno" ('' Housefull''). He has released several solo albums and ...

Shanti Baba Ram and the Dancers of Hope

produced and co-wrote the title track "Dil Yeh" for the film Shanti Baba Ram and the Dancers of Hope, produced by the

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which was founded by Academy-nominated

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. The film was screened at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...

Atlantic Film Festival FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival (known as The Atlantic International Film Festival until 2017) is a major international film festival held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada since 1980. FIN is the largest Canadian film festival ...

, Filmi Film Festival, Yellowknife Film Festival, ReelWorld Film Festival,

Masala Mehndi Masti Masala! Mehndi! Masti! meaning "Spice! Henna! Fun!" is the largest interdisciplinary South Asian arts and entertainment festival outside of South Asia. This free event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (GTA) at the Exhibition Place ...

, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Lanzarote Film Festival. The film has also been broadcast on CBC,

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and

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I Do. Do I?

composed the score for the film I Do. Do I? produced by About Time Productions, which has screened at Filmi Film Festival, Mosaic, and

. The film has also secured a distribution deal with Ouat! Media

My Father, The Terrorist?

My Father, The Terrorist? features an original score by

and had its world premier at Film North and screened at Moving Images Film Festival

"The Bee" and "The Party"

composed the score for the two short films The Bee and The Party, both of which screened at

and were directed by Vikram Dasgupta The Bee won Best Environmental Film and received an honourable mention by Deepa Mehta at the Toronto Urban Film Festival

"Malla Mall"

composed original music for the film Malla Mall directed by Lalita Krishna.

"Wild Goose Daddy"

composed the score to the film Wild Goose Daddy directed by filmmaker Samuel Kiehoon Lee.

Artists

Moka Only

Rap artist

Moka Only Daniel Denton (born November 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Moka Only, is a Canadian underground hip hop artist. He has won 3 JUNO Awards, 5 MuchMusic Video Awards, and has been nominated for 11 Western Canadian Music Awards. Origin ...

collaborated with Vikas on the ''Jennifer Abadesso'' track, "Did You Think", which charted internationally, hitting No. 1 on Radio Alpha 98.6 FM Paris, No. 4 on the hottest Indie Tracks and No. 8 on the Paris, France Top 20 countdown. Vikas also collaborated on the song "Nothing to Prove", featuring Moka Only and Lenny Diko.

State of Bengal & Sheniz Janmohamed

State of Bengal Saifullah "Sam" Zaman (17 April 1965 – 19 May 2015), known by the stage name State of Bengal, was a British DJ and music producer of Bangladeshi descent associated with the UK and Asian Underground movement. Early life Zaman was born on 1 ...

(Saifullah amZaman), a British

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DJ/Producer from the UK collaborated with Canadian poet Sheniz Janmohamed at Fatlabs studio.

Cappadonna/Tef & Don

American rapper and affiliate of the

Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close a ...

Cappadonna Darryl Hill, better known by his stage name Cappadonna, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan and is a member of the rap group Theodore Unit together with Ghostface Killah. Career Cappadonna (also known ...

, joined forces with Toronto rap artists Tef & Don to work on the track "MI Familia" at Fatlabs studio.

Deva Bratt

In 2007, Deva Bratt, reggae/rap artist of the well recognized WAR FACTORY caused a ruckus in dancehalls with intricate and inspirational lyrics, with hits like "Bungle a Gyal", and "Bag a Talking/Gussy Clarke". In 2008, Deva worked with FatLabs on a collaboration.

J'sin

Kohli produced and co-wrote rock artist and 2010

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performer jsin's debut album Born. The music video for "Inside" the first single off the album premiered at the 2010 ReelWorld Film Festival.

Apache Indian

produced and co-wrote "Indian Boy" by South Asian Pop artist Rebecca Nazz featuring UK legend

Apache Indian Steven Kapur (born 11 May 1967), known by the stage name Apache Indian, is a British singer-songwriter and reggae DJ. He had a series of hits during the 1990s. He is best known in the UK for the song "Boom Shack-A-Lak", which reached the top ...

. The House-infused pop song will be released and available on iTunes September 25, 2010 as the debut single from Rebecca's latest CD

Scribblepen

Massive studio project with "Scribblepen" features musicians Nick Czarnagorski (

Johnny Reid John Kirkland Reid (born August 21, 1974) is a Scottish-Canadian country music artist. Reid moved to Canada in July 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would ...

George Canyon George Canyon (born Frederick George Lays, August 22, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of ''Nashville Star'' in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west t ...

), Jeremy Kleynhans (Rebel Emergency), Jake Payne (

Colin Amey Colin Amey (born Dunnville, Ontario) is a Canadian country music artist. Amey has released three studio albums which include 1998's ''Colin Amey'', 2000's ''What My Heart Don't Know'' and 2006's ''Getaway''. Two of Amey's singles reached the Top ...

), Colin Robinson (

Chantal Kreviazuk Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk (; born May 18, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. Born in Winnipeg, she played music from a young age before signing with Columbia Records in the 1990s. Her debut studio album, '' Under These ...

Fefe Dobson Felicia Lily Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she began performing as a teenager, during which time she received and refused an offer from Jive Records for a recording contract. Dobs ...

Melissa Auf der Maur Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (; born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian musician. Auf der Maur began performing in 1993 after forming the indie rock band Tinker while she was a student at Concordia University. She was recruited as the bassis ...

K-OS Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972), better known by his stage name k-os (; "chaos"), is a Canadian alternative rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. His given name may also be cited as Kheaven, a spelling he later adopted. The alias " ...

), Anthony Carone (The Knockouts,

illScarlett IllScarlett (styled as illScarlett; ) is a Canadian rock and reggae band formed in 2001. Their most prominent influence is California-based band Sublime. The band found their break when they set up their equipment (using a generato ...

), Leah Speers (

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), Kevin Watt, Nadia Syed and James McGregor

Appearances

has been interviewed by

Johney Brar Johney Brar (born July 25 in Toronto, Ontario), also known as DJ JoN-E or "Johnny No Best", is a Canadian DJ, producer, writer and radio host. He was the host and executive producer of the primetime Desi Live Radio Program which first aired ...

on the

Desi Live ''Desi Live Radio Program'' was the first nationally distributed South-Asian radio show in the United States. The show was produced and hosted by Johney Brar (DJ JoN-E of BBC Soundcrew) and distributed by HumDesi Radio Network (a division of Wo ...

( HumDesi) radio station multiple times. Vikas Kohli has also been interviewed on

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programs ''Masala Canada by Wojtek Gwiazda'', ''

Metro Morning Metro Morning is CBC Radio One's local morning program in Toronto, airing on CBLA-FM. The program airs from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. weekday mornings, and has frequently been Toronto's highest-rated radio program in its timeslot. The program is c ...

'', and

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/OMNI TV2 program Bollywood Boulevard. Vikas Kohli has been featured in such publications as CBC, The Globe and Mail and

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. He's also been in international medias such as

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and

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, and has been featured in reports on

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, ATN,

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and

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Clients

Zameer Rizvi Zameer Rizvi (born 5 February 1981) is a technology entrepreneur and innovator of AI software. Before finding success in the tech business, he pursued a music career as a singer/songwriter. He founded Odesso Inc in 2017, a rapidly growing tech st ...

Shibani Kashyap Shibani Kashyap is an Indian singer who works in the Bollywood film industry. She has judged the reality singing show '' Bathroom Singer''. Kashyap achieved fame by singing the signature tune of the AIR FM channel of All India Radio and Amul I ...

References

External links

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Toronto Star ArticleMississauga News article
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