| Ges-E |
 By 1997, Ges-e was a prominent figure in the Asian Underground music scene. Djing at all the serious Asian Breakbeat club nights nationally and internationally, including Outcaste (Resident), Anokha, and Sitarfunk. As a DJ Ges-e’s choice in the early 90’s was Hip hop, Hardcore, House, and Electro anything with soul. He started to Dj at parties in community halls and local youth clubs around Brick Lane in East London, alongside fellow DJs Badmarsh and Osmani Soundz. The problem he faced as a DJ was the lack of credible Asian dance beats to spin.
As a DJ he wanted to represent his cultural heritage in a musical form. This is what led him to music production. He so badly wanted to combine Tabla loops with breakbeats knowing this would be a winning formula. Back in 1993 He had managed to buy himself a small studio setup comprising of an Akai S950 sampler and an Atari Ste computer. Friends would come round jam and make beats, this was the very beginning. Later he went on to college and was part of a team that setup and ran the Tower Hamlets College Radio. The crew included Sobur and Malik who later went on to set up Nasha records.
His first commercial release was in 1997 a track called Baksheesh recorded for Acid Jazz records and then later in 1998 He produced four tracks for Outcaste records – New Breed UK album. He has since remixed tracks for Nitin Sawhney, the inna-most and A. R. Rahman and has also composed music for Vena Rampal - The City Dreams contemporary dance performance performed at the Trafalger Square Festival 2004/5. Ges-e recorded four tracks for the first release on Nasha records ‘Eastern drum and Breaks’ Vol 1 in 2003. Joined by ex outcaste label mate Niraj Chag, and old skool co-pilot Osmani soundz.
The album was very well received by all the major music press and radio alike. Played regularly by Bobby and Nihal (BBC radio 1) show and Adil Ray (BBC Asian Network. Ges-e is a resident at Nasha's monthly club night which has been featured on the BBC2’s Desi DNA programme, and Militant 24 from ‘Eastern Drum and Breaks’ Vol 1 was used as the title track for the series. He compiled "Eastern Drum and Breaks - Vol 2" which was released Oct 2005.
The compilation features the very best Asian beat scientists Equal-i, Osmani Soundz, Aktarv8r and Vani and has been described as the definitive eastern beats compilation. The debut 12” single "So Gaye Hain / PK757 taken from vol 2 has been received extremely well, selling out in the first week of release at world renowned Black Market records. You can catch the whole Nasha crew at their regular monthly ‘Eastern drum and breaks’ club night at Herbal. Currently Ges-e is working on setting up the Nasha Live band, which already performed live in the beginning of June 06 in Sweden, including Ges-e, Osmani Soundz, Aref Durvesh, a MC,Veena-player Chandra and vocalist Swati Natekar, who sang “Nadia” on Nitin Sawhney’s album “Beyond Skin”.
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