Trickbaby is a

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based band, influenced by modern

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and Indian

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classics. They are based around the songwriting partnership of Saira Hussain and Steve Ager, and the rhythms of Vikaash Sankadecha. Lead singer Saira cites influences from modern Western music through to Bollywood movies.

Career

Trickbaby's debut

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, "Indie-Yarn" received mainstream media attention. It reached #46 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the first Hindi language single to be playlisted at

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. Following media support for "Neelaa" after its inclusion on the ''Asian Flavas'' album, particularly at Radio One, Trickbaby released their debut

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, ''Hanging Around'' on their own Chachaman

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. Five stars in ''

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'', ''

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'', and a good reviews in ''

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'' and in the main Asian press resulted in Trickbaby signing to EMI's Far East head office in

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in the SE Asia region made Trickbaby artist of the month on their "Alert" programme, and playlisted the band's self-produced "Slipping Through Your Fingers" video (which features members of the GB synchronised swimming team). Three Trickbaby songs were used in the cult Indian

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''Hyderabad Blues 2''. Virgin UK released a

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, ''Asian Beat Bazaar'', devised and compiled by Trickbaby and the band toured India, including a performance at MTV's Style Awards. In 2006, Rohan Sippy asked the band for songs for his movie ''

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'', starring

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and

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, which has gone on to become one of the biggest modern Indian movies of recent times. "Sabse Bada Rupaiya/Bluffmaster", a Trickbaby track based around the original 1970's Mehmood song became the title track, and a hit in the India diaspora. "Neelaa", "Indie-Yarn" and a reworked Hindi version of "Nine Parts Of Desire" also all had key roles in the film and featured on a soundtrack album. Trickbaby wrote the title track to Ashok Thakeria's movie, ''

Pyare Mohan ''Pyare Mohan'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Indra Kumar. The film stars Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Esha, Amrita Rao and Boman Irani. The film is loosely based on the 1989 American film '' See No Evil, Hear No ...

'', and they remixed two tracks for Victoria No. 203 (2007 film). The band spent 2007 finishing their second album, ''Chor Bazaar'', named after a market in Mumbai famous for selling stolen goods. Featuring eleven songs and guest appearances by

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, Sergey Ryabtzev (violin), and

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(harmonica). To accompany ''Chor Bazaar'' the band made two videos. "To Fighter", an animation directed by Mox, and to a new version of "Nine Parts" ("Parde Ke Peeche" produced by

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(director of ''

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'')) and starring Bollywood's Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra. Their music video "Nine Parts" was also screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in

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, at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival.

Album discography

*''Hanging Around'' (2004) # "Nine Parts Of Desire" # "Slipping Through Your Fingers" # "Neelaa" # "December Blues" (Aluminium Headz mix) # "Dildara" # "Three Minds" # "Hanging Around" (Aluminium Headz mix) # "Because you Know" # "Sea Of Stories" # "Lost Ones" # "54" # "SSS" *''Chor Bazaar'' (2008) # "Fighter" # "Crisis" # "Baja (featuring Marcella Detroit)" # "Light Up My Life" # "Babu" # "Drove A Chevvy To The Devi" # "Chor Bazaar (featuring Eugene Hutz, Sergey Ryabtzev and Yuri Lemeshev)" # "Mujay Tujay" # "Broken Dream" # "Nine Parts (Parde Ke Peeche)" # "Neelaa" (remix)

References

External links

Trickbaby's official siteMySpace
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