Jim Ankan Deka (born 1 June 1980) is an Indian musician, documentary film maker, photographer and director of

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

based organisation and music school

Eastern Fare Music Foundation The Eastern Fare Music Foundation is a music school, as well as a production and publishing house in Guwahati, Assam, India. The institute provides training for instrumental music in Western Classical music, Carnatic music and contemporary style ...

. He is the first person from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

to open a music institute and a production house in Bangalore,

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. He won multiple awards for his song '' Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence'' based on the

2012 Delhi gang rape The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South West Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-year ...

incident.

Biography

Early life and education

Deka started playing the guitar from the age of three. His initial training was in

Borgeet Borgeets ( as, বৰগীত, lit=songs celestial, translit=Borgeet) are a collection of lyrical songs that are set to specific ragas but not necessarily to any tala. These songs, composed by Srimanta Sankardeva and Madhavdeva in the 15th- ...

and

Khol The khol is a terracotta two-sided drum used in northern and eastern India for accompaniment with devotional music (''bhakti''). It is also known as a mridanga (<

Voodoo Child'' in Assam.

Music career

Since 1998, Deka has been composing and arranging music for albums, TV series, documentaries, short films and ad jingles. Till 2012 he has composed music for six albums in various languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Mizo and Goalporia. At present he is a member of ''Veenar'', a jazz fusion band and ''Eastern Fare'', an acoustic rock band in Bangalore.

Works and projects

Photography

Jim Ankan Deka and Antara Nandy at Alive India in Concert in Bangalore

Deka has been involved in concert and event photography since 2006.

Eastern Fare Music Foundation

Deka left for Bangalore in 2006 and founded the ace music institute Eastern Fare Music Foundation. Eastern Fare opened a club Eastern Fare Music Club in 2009 and a recording studio Eastern Fare Music Studio. In 2010, Eastern Fare Music Foundation opened a production house in Bangalore called Eastern Fare Productions. Deka directed two short documentaries, ''Nagaland: Journey through the choir of clouds'' and ''Shillong'' under the same production house. The production house also produced a short film and two music videos. In 2012 Deka opened a branch of Eastern Fare in Guwahati.

OK North East

In 2017, Deka co-founded a travel information and activity center for North-east India called ''OK North East'' in Guwahati with branches in Umiam and

. The company took up projects to bring foreign tourists to not very well known to unexplored places in the North-east. The company has been taking up tasks to help villages in the North-east through the means of sustainable development along with providing training on soft skills to the villagers.

Honors and awards

Deka has been invited as a guest and judge for some of the major music competitions and events in India. Some of the notable events where Deka was invited as a judge were ''Ananya '10'' at

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(KSIT), ''12th Inter Collegiate Youth Fest'' at Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology (CIT), ''

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'' at

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(IIT), '' Alcheringa'' at

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) is a public technical university established by the Government of India, located in Amingaon area, North Guwahati city, in the state of Assam in India. It is the sixth Indian Institute ...

(IIT), ''Rock Hammer'' at Indian National Autocross Championship (INAC), ''Consensio'' at Royal Group of Institutions and ''

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Rocks India Talent Hunt'',.

Discography

Single compositions

English

* "Ticking Clock" (Jimmy Thang) (2022) * "Moving On" (Catherine Khiangte) (2020) * "Assam Skies" (Featuring Char Seawell, Catherine Khiangte) (2019) * "Little Love Little Peace" (Featuring Rittique Phukan ( Voodoo Child)) (English) (2017) * "How Else Can We Sing This" (for the band – Eastern Fare) (English) (2010)

For ChaiTunes Project

* "Assam Skies" (Featuring Char Seawell, Catherine Khiangte, Karen Weed) (English) (2019) * "Niyoror Xur" (Featuring

Mayukh Hazarika Mayukh Hazarika (; born 13 January 1971) is an Indian playback singer and music director from Assam. He is the frontman of Delhi based band ''Mayukh Hazarika and the Brahmaputra Balladeers''. He is the son of legendary Assamese musician duo Jay ...

) (Assamese) (2019) * "Anuron" (Featuring

Rupam Bhuyan Rupam Bhuyan ( as, ৰুপম ভূঞা, born 6 March 1980) is an Indian playback singer from Assam. He is the frontman of the Indian fusion band ''North East Breeze''. He is the lead vocalist of the band Tunetellers. He sang in numerous A ...

Queen Hazarika Queen Hazarika (born 16 October 1976) is an Indian playback singer and actress from Assam. She has sung for Assamese films like ''Hiya Diya Niya'' ''Garam Botaah'', ''Mon'', ''Suren Suror Putek'' and ''Sneh Bandhan''. She is the recipient of Rot ...

) (Assamese) (2016) * "Aakaxok Subo Khojo" (Featuring Antara Nandy) (Assamese) (2015) * "Xaare Aasu" (Featuring

) (Assamese) (2015)

Other languages

* "O' Ajon" (Featuring Maitrayee Patar, Rishan Doley) (Mising) (2022) * "Nixobdo Nilim" (Assamese) (2014) * " Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya,

, Antara Nandy) (Bilingual) (2013) * "Tere Bin Nahi Lagda" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) ''(tribute to

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi music, Sufi devotional music. ...

)'' * "Bidaai Dilo Bidaai" (Featuring Ankur Deka) (Assamese) (2012) * "Ganga" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) ''(tribute to Dr.

Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika () (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011) was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, filmmaker and politician from Assam, widely known as ''Sudha Kontho'' (meaning cuckoo, literally "nectar-throated"). His ...

)''Ganga by Jim Ankan and Ritwika (a tribute to Bhupen Hazarika and Paul Robeson)
''Indianmusicmug.com'' * "Samajavaragamana" (Featuring Suchethan Rangaswamy) (Sanskrit) (for the band – Veenar) (2010) * "Saviganasu" (Kannada) (composed only the guitar part for the theme song of a Kannada serial) (2010)

Featured tracks

* "Eastwards feat. Suchethan Rangaswamy" (instrumental) (Featured in the albums Timeless; Heritage Hues – Music That Celebrates India by Songdew; 'Strings Attached' by Music Aloud.)

Music videos

Documentaries

Television series

Short films

References

External links

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