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The Raghu Dixit Project, founded by Raghu Dixit ( Kannada: ರಘು ದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್), is an open house for musicians and artistes from different genres to come together, collaborate and create a dynamic sound and expression. Though a gold medalist in Masters in Microbiology and a proficient Indian classical dancer (Vidwat in Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam

Bharata Natyam or Chadhir Attam, is a classical dance form from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, practiced predominantly in modern times by women. The dance is usually accompanied by classical Carnatic music...

), Raghupathy Dixit is now known more as a self-taught guitarist-singer-composer-songwriter-musician, Originally from Mysore, he settled in Bengaluru. As the founder-front man of his band Antaragni

Antaragni (band)

Antaragni was a fusion band from Bangalore which disbanded in 2004. Antaragni's repertoire included an amalgamation of Indian Classical, Folk and Western rock, funk, pop and country....

for more than eight years, and now of The Raghu Dixit Project, Raghu has performed more than 250 concerts all over India. His band The Raghu Dixit Project has launched its debut album.*http://raghudixit.com

Raghu's music is an amalgamation of Indian ethnic music and styles from different parts of the world. His lyrics are about every common man's emotions and experience. His songs Mysore se aayi, Mumbai, Antaragni, Hey Bhagwan, Har Saans Mein, Gudugudiya are popular among his fans.

Raghu has produced music for contemporary dance and theatre productions. He has composed and produced music for most of the productions by one of the leading contemporary dance groups of India, Nritarutya. Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language...

's Hayavadana for TopCast and Black Coffee's Body Catcher have been his most famous works that brought him critical acclaim as a composer for theatre productions.

In May 2008 Raghu joined Springboard Surprises' Roots Festival for a number of shows, touring many towns and cities within the North-East of India, with international acts including Israel's DUB LFO and England's Too Late Lucy. Raghu Dixit also composes music for feature films.

2008: Raghu Dixit

Raghu's self titled debut album was launched by the popular music director duo Vishal-Shekhar

Vishal-Shekhar

Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today...

on their new independent record label 'Vishal & Shekhar Music' which collaborated with Counter Culture Records for this release. Raghu Dixit was the first artist to be launched on this new label.Raghu also released his debut album on renowned world music label, Wrasse Records

Wrasse Records

Wrasse Records is a British record label. It was started in 1998 by Ian and Jo Ashbridge. Both had been involved in the music industry prior to them starting up their own company. Its offices are based in the UK, but it distributes its CDs all around the world...

(Amadou & Mariam, Gilberto Gil, K’naan, Tinariwen) and, uniquely, for an Indian artist, a worldwide publishing deal with Sony/ATV, on 20 September 2010.

The debut album has 8 songs. The track listing on the album is as follows

Hey Bhagwan
Mysore Se Aayi
Gudugudiya
Ambar
Khidki
No man will ever love you, like I do
I'm in Mumbai, waiting for a miracle
Soruthihudu Maniya Maligi

This album has hit #1 on the iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

World Music charts in the UK.

Filmography

Most of his songs are influenced by Shishunala Sharif

Shishunala Sharif

Shishunala Sharif was a saint poet, philosopher and social reformer from the state of Karnataka in India. His compositions of tatvapada are in Kannada language...

(ಕನ್ನಡ: ಸಂತ ಶಿಶುನಾಳ ಶರೀಫ)(1819–1889), a saint, poet, philosopher and social reformer from the state of Karnataka in India.

His debut in the Kannada Film Industry "Psycho (ಸೈಕೊ)", as a music director, is a musical hit of 2008. Raghu Dixit also composed and sung one song in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

movie Quick Gun Murugan. His new Kannada movies, Just Math Mathalli

Just Math Mathalli

Just Math Mathalli is a 2010 Indian romance film directed by Sudeep starring himself, Ramya and Rajesh. The film follows the search of Siddharth's search for Tanu to confess his feelings towards her....

and Kote, had soundtracks released recently, becoming a big hit with audiences.He made Bollywood

Bollywood

debut from the movie Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge in 2011.

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Psycho (2008 film)

Psycho is a motion picture filmed in the Kannada language and created by producer Gurudutt under 4D Creations. The film was directed by V. Devadutta, featuring music performed by Raghu Dixit....

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|2009 || Quick Gun Murugan || Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

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|2009 || Just Math Mathalli

Just Math Mathalli

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|2010 || Superman

Superman

Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

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|2011 || Kote
Kote (film)
Kote is a 2011 Kannada-language film directed by Srinivasa Raju and produced by Manjunath and GN Murthy. Prajwal Devaraj and Gayatri Rao are the lead pair of the film...

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Concerts

He played many shows all over the world including in the US, UK, Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

and India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

too. He has performed in the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail of Bengaluru City. He played at the SAMA Festival in the north east of England (project organised by GemArts http://gemarts.org/ and The Sage Gateshead), as part of a 6-day collaborative project involving folk musicians from Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

and Northumbrian folk musicians from the UK. In 2007, he played at the French Kiss Tour – World Music Day (‘Fete de la Musique’). The Raghu Dixit Project performed with three renowned French musicians Anaïs

Anais

Anais, Anaís, or Anaïs , is a female given name derived from the Persian goddess of love, Anahita, or its Armenian counterpart, Anahit....

, Emily Loizeau

Emily Loizeau

Emily Loizeau is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled L'autre bout du monde .- Biography :...

and Mademoiselle K

Mademoiselle K

Mademoiselle K is a four-person French rock band currently signed with EMI, as of July 2007. The band takes its name from its leader, Katerine Gierak, and so the K is for Katerine.-Early days:...

. He also performed in the prestigious Indian Institute of Science on the eve of Miditha, a cultural fest. He was also the headlining act at Strawberry Fields 2010. Recently he performed in Infosys on the eve of cultural Fest "FIESTA" where in he made employees sing to his tunes and dance.

In June 2011 the Raghu Dixit project appeared at the Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...

in myriad venues: firstly on the Saturday in the Croissant Neuf tent, followed by an appearance on the iconic John Peel stage on the Sunday. Then later that day, they were guests with Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe

Mark Radcliffe is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains one of Britain's most recognised DJs. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week alongside Stuart Maconie, called...

and Jo Wiley for a performance in the BBC Glastonbury garden and finally performed on the Leftfield stage, curated by Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...

Award

Dixit was awarded "Best Newcomer" at the 2011 Songlines Music Awards.

SFM Kalaa Awards in 2008

External links

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