Although having scored himself a MOBO, an Ivor Novello and a Doctorate Of Music (don't mess, OK..) Nitin Sawhney is still eagerly working on new material and plans to take his eigth album on the road soon.

His new album 'London Undersound' is set to be released on the 13th of October, and will feature many collaborators. London's exciting Reggae artist Natty will feature, as well as Anoushka Shankar. And a man known as Paul McCartney (us neither..).

London seems to have played a big part in the album's content, as Sawhney recently elaborated.

"London Undersound' is about how London's changed since 9/11 and how I and other people perceive that change," Sawhney explains. "I don't recognize London as the same place it was ten years ago. The change has been quite subliminal and insidious. But it is massively different. London has become polarised in a way that I find uncomfortable and threatening, especially as an Asian person. I wanted to explore through my music the dynamic of a city which is going through a major transition."

Sawhney will also be taking the album on the road

See Nitin Sawhney and his six piece live band here

Fri 24th Oct LONDON special performance
Mon 27th Oct MANCHESTER, Academy
Tue 28th Oct BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall
Wed 29th Oct BRISTOL, Anson Rooms

Sat 1st Nov SHEFFIELD, Leadmill
Mon 3rd Nov LEEDS, Stylus
Wed 5th Nov CAMBRIDGE, The Junction
Thu 6th Nov BRIGHTON, The Corn Exchange
Fri 7th Nov OXFORD, Academy

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