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Shama Rahman শামা সরয়াত রহমান | |
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| Birth name | Shama Sarwat Rahman |
| Born | 6 July 1983 actress |
| Instrument(s) | Sitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | The Gung Ho Down |
| Website | www |
Shama Sarwat Rahman (Bengali: শামা সরয়াত রহমান; born 6 July 1983) is a British singer-songwriter, sitarist, storyteller, performance artist, filmmaker and actress.
Early life
Rahman was born in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates to Bangladeshi parents a medical doctor and classical singer. She has lived on three different continents[1] and trained under the tutelage lineage of Pt Ravi Shankar of the Maihar gharana.[2]
Education
Rahman has studied Molecular biology at University College London.[1] She is currently doing a PhD in joint partnership at Imperial College London, Goldsmiths and the Royal College of Music in the cross-disciplinary field of Complexity Science complexity mathematical tools taken from statistical and chaos theory physics.[3] to study the Neuroscientific Systems of Musical Creativity.[1] This PhD spans musicology, psychology, philosophy, and the physics of emergent behaviour illustrating how the whole system works together.[2]
Career
Music
Rahman's band[4] members include Peter Edwards (piano or clarinet), Domenico Angarano (bass or kaos pad), William Pearce Smith (violin), Christopher Lane (guitar) and Felix Higginbottom (percussion or drumkit)[2] She writes and arranges all music and lyrics from her poems. Shama was previously the lead singer-songwriter and sitarist for band Kid Karoshi. Rahman and her band weaves sitar, urban folk, stories and song together. Together with her band she mingles storytelling, metaphysics and poetry into their music and creates multi-layered harmonies and energy-driven lyrical rhythms with international influences evoking genres from punk to folk, classical to jazz, swing to sossa nova, spoken word to dubstep and drum and bass to create their own unique urban folk genre.[3]
Rahman has performed as a solo artist and with her band and various guest artists in Bangladesh, England, Ireland, France, Germany and Bangladesh. She has performed at the
She has also had numerous collaborations with musicians from all over the world notably with the London Sitar Ensemble at Southbank,
While at university, Rahman was the head of marketing for Europe's largest internet radio station. She ran music events combining unknown talent with known names. In 2009, after a break of a few years, she resumed this as artistic director and producer of "The Gung Ho Down", which is a showcase platform for performing arts from all genres and disciplines, artist-led collaborations and promotes artists.[3]
In October 2013, Rahman was interviewed by Nadia Ali on BBC Asian Network.[5]
Fable:Time (2013)
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Reflections" | 04:11 |
| 2. | "26 Hour Baby" | 04:25 |
| 3. | "Coast" | 05:02 |
| 4. | "Bolte Paro Ki (Can You Tell Me Why?)" | 04:08 |
| 5. | "Time" | 06:08 |
| 6. | "Partial" | 04:18 |
| 7. | "Warrior" | 05:52 |
| 8. | "Jokhon" | 03:34 |
| Total length: | 27:38 | |
Recorded in 2011, Fable:Time features musicians from Bengal, Britain and around the world, it was recorded with support from Gabriel Prokofiev's Non-Classical studios and with production from Guildhall composer Christopher Bartholomew. There were also electronic/dubstep remixes from French dubstep producer Son of a Pitch. Her band also had accompaniment with live drawing, which was used in the album.[3]
In June 2013, the album was released. Each song on the album unveils a chapter in an overall story about how time affects us - its illusions, deceptions and myths. The album mimics the non-linearity of time and is on a circular track listing. From this, she has visualised one overall narrative by creating a series of eight videos which are all episodes in a series. The first episode "Reflections" has received critical acclaim from Gilles Peterson.[6][7][8]
The dramatic and storytelling album combines influences from everywhere Rahman has lived, visited, experienced and loved in - at least three continents. Some of her spoken word pieces are featured in this album and has led her to perform at the DSC Literary Festival and Hackney Word Festival.[3]
Television
From 2010 to 2011, Rahman played the lead role of Zara Rahman in a 26-part bilingual
Rahman has appeared as presenter in China, Bulgaria and for artist Oliver Guy for a Wellcome Trust project on Doubt.[3]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Bishaash | Zara Rahman | 24 episodes |
| 2011 | 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover: Unlucky Curry Lover | Gurjeet |
See also
- British Bangladeshi
- List of British Bangladeshis
References
- ^ a b c d "The Nine Lives of Shama Rahman". WOW Talks. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d "Shama Rahman". PledgeMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Shama Rahman". IdeasTap. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Shama Rahman". Uni Music League. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Shama Rahman and her sitar". BBC Asian Network. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Shama Rahman". Green Man Festival. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Otsao, Jamie (12 April 2013). "Exclusive: Shama Rahman - Reflections". Glasswerk Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "4th Webisode from Sitarist Storyteller Shama Rahma". festivalsforall. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Rahman, Emdad (21 April 2011). "Emdad Rahman discusses paranormal adventures with Shama Rahman". London: East London News. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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