Taz of Stereo Nation
Tarsame Singh, aka TAZ, the artist formerly known as Johnny Zee, established himself as a recording artist with the release of his debut album "Hit the Deck". He stormed the UK Asian Pop Charts for 36 weeks at number 1. The album went on to become one of the biggest selling Asian fusion release to date. Then came the album that broke all music barriers, Spirits of Rhythm with the hit track, Don't Break My Heart.
The latter half of 1999 saw TAZ release his first solo album entitled "Nasha" in the UK, causing a major storm on dance floors across Europe and the USA. To date the album has already gone gold...
The new millennium sees TAZ as a solo artists, retaining the name of "Stereo Nation" starting to delve into new musical territory with Latin, R&B, Soul, Dance and Bollywood. TAZ's latest album entitled "Slave II Fusion"("Oh Laila'), released in December 2000. achieved sales exceeding 1.5 Million. As a consequence to this success, he was approached to record a track for the movie "TUM BIN" in which TAZ himself performed.
Due to popular demand TAZ returned to the UK to release his single "Laila" into the mainstream charts. The single entered the British Charts at number 44. The follow up album entitled "Taz-Mania" has surpassed the phenomenal success of the previous album. Having already recorded for the Film Industry, TAZ has just finished recording for the latest Hrithik Roshan film "Koi Mil Gaya" which has been deemed by the Indian Film Industry as the Bollywood Blockbuster Movie of the year!
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Don't break his heart !
Anyone who is familiar with popular Indian music is also familiar with the chart bursting song “Oh Baby don't break my heart”, sung by Stereo Nation. But how many know the people behind this song.
For last two decade United Kingdom has produced a numbers of musicians of Indian origin, who have created a new trend of music by mixing Indian melody and western sound with the help state-of- art recording technology. Stereo Nation is one of the finest exponents of this genre of music, which started Biddu in 80s. Combining bhnagra with reggae was something new, which separated Stereo Nation from hundred Punjabi pop singers based abroad. Tarsem Singh, alias, Taz is the father of this unique technique.
So what transformed Tarsem Singh from a Punjabi family of London into Taz of Stereo Nation? Hear it from the man himself, “Music was not something that my parents wanted me to follow. They wanted me to be a doctor or an architect. I remember whenever I told people that I want to be a pop singer they took it as a joke. But that never discouraged me. Today the same people congratulate me for my success in music. My love for performing art began with theatre,” he continues, “but music was my passion. By the virtue of growing up in London I was influenced by a different kind of form which is reflected in my music.”
It was in mid 90s that Stereo nation became a household name in India but Taz got his first break in 1989 with an album called Hit The Deck. However his success story in India started with “Don’t break my heart”, which was a part of the album called I’ll Be Waiting. Since then Taz has come a long way with a numbers of HIT songs and even an opportunity to do playback in the film Tum Bin. Of late, Taz has come with his latest album Taz Mania, which according to him is, “a collection melodious and rhythmic songs.”
Someone who never looses touch with the elements and prefers love to money, Taz likes to describe himself as a romantic person. His biggest wish in life is to make a hospital in Jalandhar, his hometown. Ask him about his biggest nightmare and he answers, “To loose my voice because I don’t know anything but music.” An avid admirer of noted pop singer George Michael, Taz’s favourite Indian musician is Asha Handle who, according to him, “symbolize India”. Personalities Main Page
Courtesy: http://www.entertainmenttv.com/popkiafeb.htm