Adham Shaikh is a composer, producer and sound designer currently living near Nelson, BC. He has been producing music for the past 18 years and has released 4 solo albums, 2 collaborative full-length albums and numerous individual compositions over the course of his career. As a performer, Adham has played across Canada and internationally at festivals, film events and clubs - both solo and together with a wide variety of accompanying world musicians.
Operating from his Sonicturtle Music Studio, he is currently at work on a number of multimedia projects while actively recording and composing his next albums.
As a global rhythms DJ:
A fusion of sounds from around the world A blend of styles and traditions, From .Electro, Breaks,Dub, Psychedelic Trance , Downtempo, Funk ,Bhangra , Latin+Brazilian, Afrobeat. to the original compositions Adham blends and remixes into his sets. Transmitting tribal grooves from ancient tradition
Over the years Shaikh has had the pleasure to work and record with many talented musicians playing instruments from India, Bali, Africa, Slovakia, Scandinavia, Turkey, America and Canada.
Shaikh weaves soundscapes carried by the tribal dub groove. His renowned sets bridge the gap between organic and electronic. Inner and outer space. He has been heard live at festivals and gatherings in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Saltspring Island, Nelson (Canada) and Internationally at Glastonbury UK, London UK. Samothraki (Greece)and Tokyo (Japan).
As a LIVE artist:
Over the years Adham has had the pleasure to work with and record many talented musicians whose instrumentation brings together the sounds of India, Bali, Australia, Africa, Jamaica, the Middle East,Slovakia,Scandinavia,Turkey,and North America into the studio.
Playing live Adham has brought the sensibility of the global village to the stage as both a solo performer and alongside these world musicians.Weaving together soundscapes of ancient and the immediate with the tribal dub grooves, his renowned sets bridge the gap between the organic and the electronic and between inner and outer space. Often collaborating with dancers and visual projectionists, his live shows are an uplifting and captivating multimedia experience for all ages.
Featured shows have included the
Victoria Folk Festival (2000); the Shambhala Music Festival (2000) with bansuri player Catherine Potter, guitarist Tim Floyd and E. Shankar;
Opening set for Spearhead at the Starbelly Jam (2002) with his Dubsoniq project,and tabla player E. Shankar and singer Kinnie Starr;
a CBC Zed TV appearance (2004) with Dubsoniq; ;
Samothraki Dance Festival (Greece 2003+2004) with global
ambient maestro Ishq; and the legendary Dakini nights in Tokyo (Japan2005).
Amidst a busy 2006 season, Adham will be playing live at the local Roots and Blues World Music Festival with musicians from Iran, India and Afghanistan. The Shambala Festival.
