Sivamani

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Name = Anandan Sivamani
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Anandan Sivamani
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Born = flagicon|India Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Occupation = Percussionists
Years_active = 1971 – present
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URL = [http://sivamani.in]
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Anandan Sivamani (born 1959), popularly known as Sivamani, is an Indian Tamil percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, Octoban, Darbuka, Udukai, and Kanjira, as well as many more.

Biography

Sivamani is the son of S. M. Anandan, a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of sevencite web
title=Drumming up success
url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/03/stories/2005090314930500.htm
date=2003-03-24
accessdate=2006-12-31] . Sivamani started his music career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. In 1990, he actually shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavancite web
title=Miindia welcomes A R Rahman & group to Michigan.
url=http://www.viaindia.com/articles/archives/arrahman.htm
accessdate=2006-12-31] . He touts S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as his Godfather.

Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar.cite web
title=Official Sivamani Website
url=http://www.sivamani.in
date=
accessdate=2007-12-17] The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai. Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks.. He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman [cite web
title=Percussionist Shivamani launches music forum
url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/03/stories/2005090314930500.htm
date=2006-09-03
accessdate=2006-12-31] and collaborated with him for "Bombay Dreams". He has also been a part of a musical group called "Shraddha" which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa [cite web
title=Feast of fusion music
url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/04/25/stories/2003042501090600.htm
date=2003-04-
accessdate=2006-12-31] .

Shivamani has a music band named "Asia Electrik" with Nilathri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He also plays at another world music band named "Silk & Shrada."

Sivamani has played drums for many notable film score composers hailing from Tamil Nadu including A. R. Rahman and Ilayaraja. He has played drums for many Indian films including "Roja," "Rang De Basanti", "Taal", "Lagaan", "Dil Se", "Guru", and "Kabul Express"cite web
title=Drummer Sivamani to perform in Doha
url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=121969&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16
publisher=Gulf Times
date=2006-12-11
accessdate=2006-12-31] cite web
title= Sivamani has the right beats
url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/29/stories/2006042901070100.htm
date=2006-04-29
accessdate=2006-12-31] [cite web
title=Beat It!
url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=214288
date=2006-12-23
accessdate=2006-12-31] . Some of the notable songs that he has contributed to include "Kadhal Rojave," "Pudhu Vellai Malai" and "Chaiya Chaiya.".

Sivamani has performed in Dubai, Moscow, New York, Doha and Toronto. During the Mumbai Festival 2005, Coca-Cola India invited him to perform at the Limca Fresh Face 2005 event, where he created melody from Limca bottles [cite web
title=Ace percussionist Sivamani creates melody from Limca bottles, enthralls Mumbaikars
url=http://www.coca-colaindia.com/media/whats_new_detail.asp?id=29
accessdate=2006-12-31] . He has also worked on "Galli Galli Sim Sim", an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network.

Sivamani has also acted in movies. He co-stared with Thomas Jane in the Telugu movie Padamati Sandhya Raagam.

Sivamani is the Brand Ambassador for Xone - wirefree music.

Albums

* "Golden Krithis Colours", (1994) a Carnatic Experimental album. BMG Crescendo (collaboration with Dilip, Zaakir Husain and Srinivasan and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan) [cite web
title=Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
url=http://www.musicalnirvana.com/carnatic/kunnakudi_vaidyanathan.html
accessdate=2006-12-31]
* "Pure Silk" (2000)
* "Krishna Krishna" , a club track released in U.K., with Malayalam composer Rahulraj.
* "Drums On Fire" (2003). New Earth (collaboration with James Asher)
* "Kaash" (first ghazal album with Hariharan)

References

External links

* [http://www.sivamani.in Official site]