Sivamani
| Anandan Sivamani | |
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 Sivamani from a programme performed at Kochi |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anandan Sivamani |
| Born |  Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupations | Percussionists |
| Years active | 1971 – present |
| Website | sivamani.in |
Anandan Sivamani (Tamil: சிவமணி,born 1959), popularly known as Sivamani, is a percussionist based in India. He plays many instruments including drums, Octoban, Darbuka, Udukai, and Kanjira, as well as many more. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 & 2010. He is affiliated to the Chennai Super Kings team.
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[edit] Life
Sivamani is the son of S. M. Anandan, a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven.[1] 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 Bhavan.[2] He touts S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as his Godfather.[2]
Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar.[3] 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.[1] He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman[4] 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.[5]
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.[3] He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se, Guru, and Kabul Express.[6][7][8] Some of the notable songs that he has contributed to include "Kadhal Rojave," "Pudhu Vellai Malai" and Chaiya Chaiya..[6]
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.[9] He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network.[7]
Sivamani has also acted in movies. He co-starred with Vijayshanti & Thomas Jane in the Telugu movie Padamati Sandhya Ragam in 1986.
[edit] Albums
- Golden Krithis Colours, (1994) a Carnatic Experimental album. BMG Crescendo (collaboration with Dilip (now A R Rahman), Zaakir Husain and Srinivasan and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan)[10]
- Pure Silk (2000)
- Krishna Krishna, a club track released in U.K., with Malayalam composer Rahul Raj.
- Drums On Fire (2003). New Earth (collaboration with James Asher)[1]
- Kaash (first ghazal album with Hariharan)[2]
- Mahaleela (first individual album by Sivamani)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Drumming up success". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2003-03-24. http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/03/stories/2005090314930500.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b c "Miindia welcomes A R Rahman & group to Michigan.". http://www.viaindia.com/articles/archives/arrahman.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b "Official Sivamani Website". http://www.sivamani.in. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Percussionist Shivamani launches music forum". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2006-09-03. http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/03/stories/2005090314930500.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Feast of fusion music". 2003-04-. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/04/25/stories/2003042501090600.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b "Drummer Sivamani to perform in Doha". Gulf Times. 2006-12-11. http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=121969&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ a b "Sivamani has the right beats". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2006-04-29. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/29/stories/2006042901070100.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Beat It!". 2006-12-23. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=214288. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Ace percussionist Sivamani creates melody from Limca bottles, enthralls Mumbaikars". http://www.coca-colaindia.com/media/whats_new_detail.asp?id=29. Retrieved 2006-12-31.[dead link]
- ^ "Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan". http://www.musicalnirvana.com/carnatic/kunnakudi_vaidyanathan.html. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
