Darbuka Siva

Darbuka Siva
Darbuka Siva during his first band times
Background information
Born	13 March 1982 (1982-03-13) (age 29)
Genres	Fusion, world music, Folk music, Classical, Pop, Jazz
Occupations	Composer, Radio Jockey, Record producer, Music director, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Instruments	Darbuka, Guitar, Indian Folk percussion, Percussion
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Artseek
Associated acts	Yodhakaa, Harmonize Projekt, La Pongal, 'Darbuka Siva' drum circle, Artseek Jazz Unit, Che, Fulani, The Raghu Dixit Project
Website	artseek.in

Darbuka Siva (Tamil: தர்புகா சிவா; born 13 March 1982) is an Indian composer, percussionist, entrepreneur, musician, Indian film actor and a record producer. He has several live performing bands including Yodhakaa, La Pongal, Harmonize Projekt, and several emerging bands, under his flagship. Siva is also the director and founder of Artseek, an organization that seeks talent from the different branches of music and get them the limelight they are worth of.

Darbuka spent the early part of the carrier tossing between music and his alternate carrier as a radio jockey for Radio Mirchi, before moving on to spearhead his first commercial success, Yodhakaa^[1] in the year 2006,^[2] which the first of its kind Contempory Indian music album.

Sivas works are notable for collaborating electronic music sounds with tamil folk music through his band, La Pongal, which is labeled as 'contemporary-electro-tamil-music', who also happen to be one of the main acts in Chennai Sangamam. Notably, he has performed on-screen through the 2011 released Romantic drama, Pathinaaru along with Mirchi Shiva, Madhu Shalini, which was a musical by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Discography

Band Name	Genre	Instrument Siva plays	Notable Mentions
Yodhakaa	Contemporary Indian	Percussion/ Bass	Has a self titled commercial album out on stores
La Pongal	Contemporary Tamil Folk	Bass Guitar	Main act in Chennai Sangamam
Harmonize Projekt	A cappella	Percussion	None
Artseek Jazz Unit	Jazz	Drums	None
Darbuka Siva Drums Circle	-	-	An interactive rhythm workshop anchored by Darbuka Siva
Che	Latin World Music	Drums/percussions	None
Fulani	Contemporary Hindustani Classical	Bass guitar	None
Plastic Cover	Pop and Rock	Drums/Bass	None
Zahraa	World music	Drums and percussion	Band formed by Tanvi Shah and Darbuka Siva
The Raghu Dixit Project	Folk and Fusion	Drums/percussions	None

1. ^ "Yodhakaa Online store". http://www.yodhakaa.com/. 
2. ^ "Darbuka Siva's first commercial success". World Classical Fusion. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article38851.ece. 

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Date of birth	13 March 1982
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