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About Simon and Diamond

About Simon and Diamond - Apache Indian - No Reservations

Simon and Diamond are producers, songwriters, remixers, musicians and DJs from Birmingham, UK. The British born Indian brothers turned Asian music on it’s head across the globe with their reggae dancehall hip hop bhangra fused sound created for Apache Indian in the early 90s. With their seamless blend of Indian and Jamaican music they created a worldwide phenomena with productions including ‘Movie Over India’, ‘Arranged Marriage’, ‘Chok There’ and ‘Don Raja’. They went on to have a triple platinum selling album with Apache Indian’s ‘No Reservations’ (Island Records, 1993) with sales exceeding 3 million. The brothers were the first Sony Music Publishing UK songwriters to be nominated for the highly regarded Ivor Novello award with the song ‘Arranged Marriage’.

About Simon and Diamond - Stereo Nation - Jambo

The brothers widened their pioneering production sound further with Stereo Nation‘s bhangra fused pop album ‘Jambo’ (Times Music India, 1999). The lead track and video ‘Oh Carol’ took the Indian music world by storm and set a new precedent for progressive British-Asian music in India.

About Simon and Diamond - Swami - Desi Nu Skool Beatz

The creation of their own studio project ‘Swami’ in 1999 gave them a new channel to experiment with progressive electronic dance and Indian music, bridging the gap between house music, bhangra, bollywood and Asian underground. The lead track ‘Mehbooba’ from their debut album ‘Desi Nu Skool Beatz’ (Nation Records, 2000) featured in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olson debut Hollywood movie ‘New York Minute’ (2004) and the title track ‘DesiRock’ from their album ‘So Who Am I?’ (Sony Music, 2005) set a further milestone featuring in several movies as well as the official FIFA World Cup 2006 video game (EA Sports, 2006).

About Simon and Diamond - Shania Twain UpSimon and Diamond’s production took on a new dimension in Switzerland in 2003 where they produced 19 songs for country pop music legend Shania Twain‘s international album ‘Up!’ (Mercury, 2003). Producing alongside friend and mentor Mutt Lange, the album topped the Billboard chart for 6 weeks and went on to achieve 25 million sales with 2 Grammy nominations.

About Simon and Diamond - Ishmael On The EdgeProduction for South African artist Ishmael on his album ‘On The Edge’ (Ghetto Ruff, 2010) took their vision of international pop music further into new territories and languages. The album won a South African Music Award (SAMA) in 2010.

About Simon and Diamond - Viktor Kiraly FireIn 2014, production for pop artist Viktor Kiraly achieved number 1 radio airplay in Hungary with the singles ‘Fire’ (Sony Music, 2014) and ‘Running Out Of Time’ (King Music, 2014). The second single featured legendary rapper DMC of Run DMC.

About Simon and Diamond - Viktor Kiraly Running Out of TimeProduction with Zoheb Hassan (of legendary Nazia and Zoheb fame) is also set to make waves across South Asia with his forthcoming 2015 album release on SaReGaMa, India.

Simon and Diamond continue to push the musical boundaries internationally with their unique and innovative style and they are back in the studio to create some of their most ground breaking work yet…stay tuned!

Discography

YEAR ARTIST TITLE FORMAT COMPANY CAT NO. ROLE
2015 Meja Yellow Ribbon Single Sony Music Unknown Remixer
2015 Zoheb Hassan Always On My Mind Single SaReGaMa Unknown Composer Producer
2015 Swami Do It Again Single Desi Rock / Cigale Ent DRC5343105EP Composer Producer
2015 Mr Vegas No Lazy Feet Single Mr Vegas Unknown Mixer
2014 Viktor Kiraly Running Out of Time Single King Music / Sony Music Unknown Composer Producer
2014 Viktor Kiraly Work Single King Music / Sony Music Unknown Composer Producer
2013 Swami Back It Up Single Desi Rock / Cigale Ent DRC5343104EP Composer Producer
2013 Viktor Kiraly Fire Single King Music / Sony Music Unknown Composer Producer
2012 Fell On Deaf Ears Are You Getting Enough? Album Desi Rock / Cigale Ent Unknown Mixer
2011 Deep Forest Deep Swami Remixes EP Deep Forest Unknown Remixer
2011 Three Men In A Dub ft. Ben J Mills Watching You Single Sub Dub Records Unknown Composer Producer
2010 Delhi to Dublin Planet Electric Album Delhi to Dublin Unknown Mixer
2010 Meja Chasing Butterflies Single Sony Music Unknown Remixer
2009 Flow Machines Unpredictable Single Flow Machines Unknown Remixer
2009 Three Men in a Dub ft. Helene Horlyck Dub at the Opera Single Sub Dub Records Unknown Composer Producer
2009 Swami 53431 Album Desi Rock / Cigale Ent DRC5343102 Composer Producer
2009 Three Men In A Dub Jah Know EP Sub Dub Records SDTMD01 Composer Producer
2009 Meja Regrets (I Have None) Single Sony Music Unknown Remixer
2009 Taste I Try and Try Single Sub Dub Records SUBDUB7CD Composer Producer
2008 Tigerstyle Balle Shava Single Tigerstyle Unknown Remixer
2007 Swami Equalize Album Desi Rock / Cigale Ent DRC5343101 Composer Producer
2006 Steel Pulse ft. Capelton Blazing Fire Single Steel Pulse Unknown Remixer
2006 Steel Pulse Uncle George Dub Mix Single Steel Pulse Unknown Remixer
2005 Steel Pulse African Holocaust Dub Mix Single Steel Pulse Unknown Remixer
2005 Swami So Who Am I Album Desi Rock / Cigale Ent DRC53431BC2 Composer Producer
2004 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Redefined Album Universal 06024 982 1664 Remixer
2004 Desmond Decker The Israelites Single API Recordings APIRC3002 Producer
2004 Apache Indian Time For Change Album API Recordings APIRC3003 Composer Producer
2004 Pras Light My Fire Single Island Records Unknown Remixer
2004 Gigi Masquerade Single Swamaica Promo Remixer
2003 Shania Twain Ka Ching! Single Mercury Records 172289-2 Remixer
2002 Shania Twain Up! Album Mercury Records 170-344-2 Producer
2002 DJ Swami Pure Garage 4 Album Roma 2 Ltd Unknown Composer Producer
2002 Swami Bhangradotcom Album Nation Records NRCD2011 Producer
2002 Subs Fat, Ruff & Large Album Envy entertainment NVCD025 Composer Producer
2001 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Redefined Album OSA CDSR642 Producer Remixer
2001 Subs The Slayers Envy entertainment NVCD021 Producer Remixer
2000 DJ Swami Pure Garage 2 Album Roma 2 Ltd Unknown Composer Producer
2000 Swami Desi Nu Skool Beatz Album Nation Records Unknown Composer Producer
2000 Luciano Calling Out To Jah Single Sunset Records SSR701 Composer Producer
2000 Apache Indian The Best Of Album Spetrum Music / Universal 544432-2 Composer Producer
2000 Apache Indian Karma Album Sunset Records SRCD011 Composer Producer
1999 Taz Nasha Album OSA CDSR465 Composer Producer
1999 Swami Transmission Single Sub Dub Records SUBDUBPR1 Producer
1999 Swami Desi Nu Skool Beatz Album Sub Dub Records SUBDUB5CD Composer Producer
1998 Stereo Nation Jambo Album Time Music TDIPP003V Composer Producer
1998 Stereo Nation Jambo Album OSA CD5235 Composer Producer
1998 Stereo Nation I’ve Been Waiting Single EMI PM110 Remixer
1997 Stereo Nation I’ve Been Waiting Single Red Jungle Records 051751 Remixer
1996 Raise I Got It Single Sub Dub Records SUBDUB3CD Composer Producer
1996 Martine Girault Revival Single RCA BMG 74321 43216 2 Remixer
1995 The Beat Mirror In The Bathroom Single Polydor 1995 P/S E.E.C. Remixer
1995 Mylo Bigsby D’Yer Maker Single MGL Square MGSQ 12-3 Remixer
1994 Erasure Run To The Sun Single Mute Records CDMUTE153 Remixer
1993 Maxi Priest Fe Real Single Ten Records / Virgin Records TENCD416 Composer Producer
1993 Apache Indian No Reservations Album Island Records CID555 Composer Producer
1992 Louie Rankin Typewriter Single XL Recordings XLT41 Remixer
1992 Johnny Zee Cum Be My Lover Single Refit Records RCDPROMO Remixer
1992 Dillinger Cokane In My Brain Single Black Swan / Island Records ILPS Remixer
1992 Apache Indian Don Raja Single Sure Delight / Jet Star SDCD46 Composer Producer
1992 Apache Indian Arranged Marriage Single Island Records CID544 Composer Producer
1991 Aretha Daye No More (Making Love) Single Come Correct / Jet Star CCR01 Composer Producer
1991 The Badman Magic Style Single City Beat CBE 1259 Composer Producer
1991 Apache Indian Movie Over India Single Sure Delight / Jet Star SD27 Composer Producer
1991 The Badman presents NDX Come With Me Single City Beat CBE 1265 Composer Producer
1991 Apache Indian Come Follow Me Single City To City CTC1001 Composer Producer
1991 The Badman presents NDX Higher Than Heaven Single City Beat CBE 1265 Composer Producer
1991 Apache Indian Chok There Single Sure Delight / Jet Star SDCD41 Composer Producer

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