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If there is an Asian band that has
blended east with west in an exotic groove and has shown sheer innovation
and musical talent in their rapid ascendancy to musical stardom it has to
be THE
SAHOTAS.
THE SAHOTAS originally
started performing Asian classical music called Ghazals. During their
academic years together John Biddulph head of their schools music
department soon realised the brothers musical potential. They entered The
National Festival of Youth representing their secondary school Valley Park
in Wolverhampton. This resulted in them winning the festival and being one
of two acts chosen to perform at the school prom's in 1987 held at the
Royal Albert Hall in London.
At this stage of their musical career
their were only three member's, Surjit Sahota on vocals, Mukhtar Sahota on
keyboards, Raj Sahota on Tabla. THE SAHOTAS recorded their first album, 'Gidda
Pao'
(which means Clap your hands) in their school holiday's.By the time three
more members had joined the newly formed band, Prakash Sahota on Drums,
Vijay Sahota on Keyboards and a friend Riley Daley on Bass Guitar. The
band were now regularly performing at Bhangra shows across the country. A
year later with the release of their second album, 'Sahota Beat' charted
at number one in the Asian charts. They also toured England selling out at
every venue. Then a third album called, 'Ajaa' (which means Cum on) was
recorded which was the most successful of all the albums. It charted at
number one in the Asian charts for five weeks and was awarded platinum and
gold discs. The album sent a new groove to Asian dancefloors world wide.
They recorded a fourth album called, 'Ishk' (which means Love). It was
very successful and charted at number one and stayed in the top ten for
five months in the Asian charts.
THE SAHOTAS have won
awards for Up Coming Band by the Asian Pop Awards in 1991. The most recent
award was for Innovation by the Bhangra Accolades in 1993.In 1992 THE
SAHOTAS left Multitone Records due to financial problems and signed a
recording agreement with I.R.S Records who want Bhangra to crossover into
the Western Music Industry.
A crossover
album "Right Time" followed breaking in to the mainstream top 100.Then
followed "Suniye" which spent six weeks at the top of the Asian charts.
Now "Decade", released to mark the band's tenth anniversary, is selling
well all over the world and has received great critical acclaim. Finally
the single "Maa da Pyar" is the sad ballad reflecting on the death of
their mother in the summer of 1997. It has been released as a charity
fundraiser.
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