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Thomson Andrews (born September 25, 1987, in
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singer-songwriter, performer, recording artist, actor, TV host and a contemporary Indian Bollywood Playback singers. Thomson began his career with
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and
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Award-winning Music Composer
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in 2010 and to date has sung in numerous
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and South Indian films. He is known for his involvement in music projects such as Coke Studio (India), MTV Unplugged (India) and has been featured on
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alongside composers such as
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, Shankar Ehsaan Loy,
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as well as singers
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, Agnee and
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. Thomson has collaborated with Indian music and film stalwarts such as
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, Vishal Shekhar,
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, Leslie Lewis,
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, and
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. He also toured with singers such as
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for three years as a supporting performer, and singer
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for two years. In 2017, Thomson performed for Amazon Prime India on a music and dance reality TV show called The Remix, on which he was the finalist, along with his DJ partner NSG. Subsequently, Thomson was hired by
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to promote the show among Indian audiences via the Indian Broadcasting Channel ZeeCafe. Thomson has sung for
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films—'' Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey'', ''
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'', ''Ludo'', Netflix animated series Centaurworld, Money Heist Season 5 Promo song Jaldi Aao and sung on the background score of the upcoming film ''Brahmāstra'', directed by
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. Thomson' singles and Remixes are released across all major Indian record labels such as "Uff Teri Ada", "Suit Suit Karda", "Hare Ram" on Tseries, "Rockstar Live" on
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, and Happy Nagar on
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. Thomson has sung on numerous Hindi dubbed
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productions; including from the
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franchise, ''
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'' TV series, and films ''
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'', ''
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'', 2019's ''
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'' and ''
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'', 2017's
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, as well as ''
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'', Frozen, ''
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'' and
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's '' Hawkeye'' series on
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. He is the dub voice of 'Wembley' on
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's comedy puppet series '' Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock'' and Gonger on ''
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''. He has been certified as a Performing Vocalist by
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, London and has briefly trained in
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. Apart from live performances, he also sings on and arranges voicings for films playback songs & background scores. Thomson has sung film songs and ad jingles in several Indian languages such as – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Marathi and Bengali. He also has several international ad jingles to his credit for products in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, West Indies, and more. He also sings in foreign languages such as Swahili, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and more. His debut Neo-Soul single People Ain't Things'' was mastered by
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winning mastering engineer Reuben Cohen from Lurssen Mastering in
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, California. He is one of the few Indian indie artists whose music has featured on national television networks like MTV Indies, VH1 India and 9xO and the radio station Radio One (India). He is also known for his quirky style, funky hair- do's, and glasses. Thomson performed for Vogue India's Women Empowerment initiative ''#VogueEmpower'' in 2014. Besides his solo accolades, projects, Motown, R&B, Funk music ''tribute concerts'' and collaborations, he is part of a popular Indian A cappella ensemble called Raaga Trippin' with whom he performs live shows and creates unique renditions of cover songs as well as originals. In 2020, Thomson's musical influences and songwriting skills include the genres of pop, R&B, funk, Neo-soul, blues, soul, jazz, gospel, hip-hop, opera, soft rock, rock and roll and Sufi. He also mentors new musicians via his Indie Music Label Throan Of Art Music, guiding them with professional singing tips onstage and in the recording studio.  


Early life

Andrews' involvement in music began when he sang in school competitions. As a
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, he also participated in his church choir. His family had roots in
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and its related genres such as
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,
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, and R&B. Andrews was born in Mumbai to a liberal South Indian family, with a father from
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and a mother from
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. In 2005, he won a gospel talent show at the age of seventeen. He continued working while pursuing his college education as a science major. Andrews did not pursue music full-time. Instead, he began a corporate career and worked for four years, gaining experience in auditing, human resources, inventory, and contact centres among others. To pursue his musical ambitions, Andrews switched to teaching Western music. He then started doing shows and concert performances.


Career

He began his music career when he performed at the
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(IPL) awards show with
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, his choir conductor Celeste Cordo and his mentor
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. Subsequently, he worked with ad composer Rupert Fernandes who used his voice on ad jingles for products like
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,
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, and
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. After the IPL, he continued working with A. R. Rahman on film projects, songs, and background scores with
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and
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. Andrews has lent his voice to movie songs as an additional vocalist for music directors and has sung on projects and jingles for various ad jingle composers in the advertising industry. His credits for singing and vocal arrangements are mentioned in
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film productions from 2014 to 2015 including ''
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, Bang Bang, Happy New Year, Hasee Toh Phasee, Byomkesh Bakshi,'' and ''Bombay Velvet''. He sang playback songs "Bach Ke Bakshi" for the 2015 movie ''Byomkesh Bakshi'' for music director
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; "Shehar Mera" for the movie ''One By Two'' for music directors
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; and "Rumani," a duet with
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in the movie ''
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'' for music director Hitesh Sonik. Apart from Bollywood films, he has also sung playback songs in South Indian films for music director
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: "Saridhaana Saridhaana" for the Tamil movie ''
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'', "Rajadhi Rajanappa" song for the Telugu film ''
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'', "O Pagol Mon" for the Bengali movie ''Dashami'' and "Kanna Muche" for the Tulu Film ''Aamait Asal Eemait Kusal''. Throughout his journey as a full-time vocalist, Andrews has been associated with international music projects. He has sung on the background score of the
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-nominated Hollywood film ''
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'' for A. R. Rahman and has lent additional vocals on the song "Satyameva Jayathe" (song) from the international album ''
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'' for A. R. Rahman involving
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,
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, and
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. He has also worked with Indian Hollywood filmmaker
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along with music director
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on songs for the musical adaptation of her film ''
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''. He has performed in an international opera ''
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'' including cast members from Austria, Korea, and America staged at the
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and has musically directed adaptations of the musicals ''
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'' and ''
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'' staged in
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and played the role of Mr Bumble in ''Oliver''. He performed with the Cadenza Kantori choir at The Rottenburg am Neckar Festival of Choirs in Germany and at
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in
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, France in his early 20s. He can sing in 12 languages and currently performs across the globe. He is also associated with Sunidhi Chauhan's Live
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music concerts. He is also featured in the worldwide Amazon Prime Original music show ''The Remix'' as one of the newer contemporary
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and live performers. He sang for 100+ TV Commercials including Iconic Brands such as
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,
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, Samsung phones,
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, Mahindra, Tata,
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, Gatorade,
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, Kinderjoy, Wrigley,
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, Sunfeast by ITC,
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, Amazon fashion,
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, Reliance trends, Raymonds suiting, Shell Petrol and more. In April 2014, Andrews launched his debut single, "People Ain't Things", a collaboration with
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-winning sound mixer Reuben Cohen (Hollywood) and Deepak Palikonda. The track won prominent airtime on MTV Indies,
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, and Radio One. In 2015, Thomson, as RaagaTrippin'','' hosted the red carpet event at the
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Music Awards 2015 and performed at the
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2015 with music director
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. As RaagaTrippin, he also performed at the
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opening ceremony in 2015 with music director
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. Since then he has released other singles: "I Got Your Money" in 2017, "We’re No Strangers" in 2018, and "Ke Holi Hain" in 2018. The latter two songs were favourably received and were played frequently on
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Radio – London. They were tracks of the week at IGYM. The song's music videos have garnered more than one million YouTube views. Thomson, who is known for his quirky style, hair-dos, and glasses, performed for ''
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''s Women Empowerment initiative ''#VogueEmpower'' in 2014. He organizes
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, R&B,
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, and soul music tribute concerts in Mumbai. In 2019, Thomson became a TV host for a 6 episode music travel-based reality show, shot across India; called Royal Stag Hungama Music Bus. There he experienced Indian culture, the local cuisine, cultural music and impromptu jams with homegrown bands, and Indian popular celebrity music icons from each city and state. Along with the local bands, these celebrities would jam with Thomson, and together they would vibe on a tour bus named Royal Stag Hungama Music Bus. These celebrities shared their untold experiences, followed by a light-hearted chat about music, food, and more. The event would then end with a concert performed by the music icons for their fans in that particular state or city. This music travel reality show featured the likes of Javed Ali, Hardy Sandhu, Jassi Gill, Indian Ocean, Jeet Ganguly & Revanth, which aired on Showbox Channel and on Hungama Digital Media.


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References

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