NEW ALBUM
MAYA: BIRTH OF A SUPEHERO
“Vocals, sitars and synths are marshalled to create a cathedral of sound in an album that is both polemical and visionary and which claims a rightful and necessary position in the forefront of a Britain that might yet be.”
ABOUT BISHI
BISHI is a London-born, British-Bengali artist, composer, producer, electric sitarist, and technologist working at the intersection of sound, heritage, and innovation. A cult figure embraced by the style press, she has a multidisciplinary practice spanning music, film, TV, and immersive media, combining electric sitar, a four-octave vocal range, and innovative performance technology. She has released four albums and several EPs via her own label, Gryphon Records. She has collaborated with high-profile artists including Tony Visconti, Sean Ono Lennon, Jarvis Cocker, Daphne Guinness, Manish Arora, Trans Voices and Her Ensemble. She has also performed alongside premier ensembles like the City of London Sinfonia, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, and Kronos Quartet.
As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist trained in both Western and Hindustani classical music, BISHI studied sitar under Gaurav Mazumdar, a senior disciple of Ravi Shankar. This rich heritage informs her screen composition. In 2024, her debut television score for Defiance: Fighting the Far Right aired on Channel 4, which she followed with her first full original score for MAYA: The Birth of a Superhero.... [read more}
“Bishi’s interest in pop mediums exists through a fundamental understanding of the experimental, avant-garde, performing arts traditions of many centuries. I live for her ”
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