Name Sanjoy Deb Birth name Sanjoy Deb Siblings Kunal Agarwal Role Musician | Website sanjoydeb.com Years active 2011–present Record labels T-Series, PORT22 | |
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Occupation(s) Producer, DJ, musician, music director Genres Progressive house, Electro house, Bollywood, Dubstep Profiles | ||
Kumar Sanjoy performing @ Deepanwita Cultural Association, Dwarka, New Delhi on Saptami 2012
Sanjoy Deb (born December 18, 1991), known primarily by his stage name Sanjoy, is a Bangladeshi–American musician, electronic music producer and DJ. He primarily produces in the EDM genre, and is influenced by Bollywood. Sanjoy grew up and began his career in San Jose, California. His primary focus is in English Electronic Dance Music.
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- Kumar Sanjoy performing Deepanwita Cultural Association Dwarka New Delhi on Saptami 2012
- My approach to scoring music for films Sanjoy Chowdhury
- Life and career beginning
- Music production
- References
Sanjoy's best known musical piece to date is the song Slip Away, which has charted on Billboard Dance Club, as well as on US Top 40 and dance radio. He recently released "OBVI" featuring singer Elliott Yamin.
My approach to scoring music for films: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Life and career beginning
Sanjoy Deb was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and raised in San Jose, California. He attended Evergreen Valley High School and De Anza College and graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in business. Sanjoy began his musical career working with his partner and executive producer Kunal Agarwal.
Music production
Under the name 'Sanjoy', Deb has produced a wide variety of Electronic Dance Music as well as Bollywood film songs. He has collaborated with music directors Pritam and Gaurav Dagaonkar to add an electronic sound to Bollywood films.
In 2011, he began his music career with a series of mash-ups and remixes that were well received in the Indian-American community. His first mash-up "Chammak Challo" featured dancers from the UC Berkeley dance team, Azaad, and built his core audience of Bollywood-EDM listeners who were connected to the dance team circuit. He later released another video and mash-up called Love the Pressure, which further engaged those of Indian descent worldwide.
In 2012, Sanjoy released an original music video called "Tonight I Believe". The track received lots of attention across the Internet, but because of the negative response and criticism with the vocals, it was promptly pulled from YouTube. Deb also released an unofficial remix of Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child".
In 2013, Sanjoy produced a single for the well-known Indian singer Sunidhi Chauhan. Their collaboration Ab Laut Aa was well-received, especially due to the topic of the music video on the prevalence of gender discrimination and rape in India. He subsequently released a reprise version featuring Gaurav Dagaonkar as the vocalist & songwriter.
In 2016, Sanjoy has begun to release a series of English songs, each featuring a well-known Bollywood singer. On January 15, 2016, Sanjoy released "Don't Funk With Me" with Benny Dayal breaking the ice on his English music. His next track released in February, named "Completed Me", featuring Aditi Singh Sharma.
His biggest release to-date is his album, Dance Under the Influence, which was front-ended with the single Slip Away. It has received much positive feedback.