Diamond Swami Duggal

Sugarless Video

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:42:41 +0000

So we are gonna present the new Sugarless video for Swami in a few days and it is a completely different vibe to our previous videos. The new video is a selection of clips from our international shows over the summer…so even if you were not there you can see what you were missing…!

Take A Vacation

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Sending my blog update via my HERO sitting by the pool in Turkey drinking a cup of tea…A great time to reflect on the upcoming Swami 53531 album release and what is in store musically over the coming months…53531 captures everything that is Swami from the past 10 years…We are the true renegades of desi music..Listen to 53531 and it all becomes clear….

In The Studio…

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:53:56 +0000

Spend much of time looking at this sort of thing…..rock n roll…LOL

My Blog Is Mobile

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:47:32 +0000

So technology now allows me to post to my blog with images directly from my mobile cell phone…!..Expect less of a formal approach to my blog from now on and more excitement as it happens…!

Swami, F^O^D^E and the MJ News on Tour

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:15:18 +0000

Just found some time to update you on my travels in June. After a great Swami live performance at the BBC World Service Trust Concert on Wednesday 17th June 2009 in London, we flew straight to Canada for rehearsals to headline the Telus Mosaic festival in Mississauga on Saturday 20th June. A large and very hyped crowd were present at Mosaic despite the rain that continued to fall…that is what I call hardcore Swami fans…! You can see the videos and pics at www.mosaicfest.com
On Sunday 21st June we performed two sets in the blazing sun at North By North East (NXNE) festival in Dundas Square in Toronto. The first set was a live stripped down Swami rock set of some of our heavier songs like Don’t Hold Back, DesiRock and Ching (without Liana) and the second set was an introduction to my all new alternative rock project with Indian influences called Fell On Deaf Ears (or F^O^D^E for short)….F^O^D^E is a collaboration with singer songwriter Josh Lyons from Florida and is a totally different sound from Swami that we can only describe as Kashmir Rock..there is a very exciting album in production…Check the link on the right to hear more…
After a series of TV and radio interviews throughout the week, we were hit with the news of Michael Jackson’s death while moving hotel in Toronto on Thursday 25th June..Unbelievabe..we were all shocked and speechless for some time..
We knew we had a headline performance the very next night (Friday) for the Global Grooves festival at the premiere Toronto downtown location of Dundas Square…so we HAD to do something..
Over 5,000 people turned up that Friday night to see Swami in Dundas Square, Toronto…We performed two sets, the second set opening with an unplugged version of MJ’s The Way You Make Me Feel…It was an incredible moment to hear thousands of people celebrating the life of one of the world’s most popular music icons in one of the world’s most important locations and singing EVERY word…I felt relieved in some way that this was an outlet for our shared grief and a way for us to show our respect to the King of Pop…We will share the video and pics over the next few days…RIP MJ.

Fell On Deaf Ears

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:31 +0000

Let me introduce you to my new band which is very different from the electronic desi sound of Swami that people know…There was a time a couple years back where I started introducing rock elements into Swami alongside the desi and electronica. People liked it but I didn’t want Swami to become something else… So, as a guitar player at heart, I decided to make a whole new rock band out of it called Fell On Deaf Ears or F^O^D^E for short. You could describe the sound as Kashmir Rock…going back to the roots of alternative rock and bringing in a few of my desi influences…Now you can check it out…F^O^D^E and Swami will be performing together at NXNE festival in Toronto on June 21st…Click the links on the right for more info…

Swami ‘Excellence In Music Award’ at ANOKHI 2009 Toronto

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:31:42 +0000

Just got back from Toronto after a week of TV and radio interviews, studio recording and a special guest appearance at the ANOKHI Magazine Annual Gala Awards 2009 where we picked up an award along with Freida Pinto and designers Priya and Chintan…interesting and talented bunch of people…It definitely looks like the Swami sound is entering a new phase in north America and we will be back to tour there in June and July…shame I left our award behind though…I have been assured it will be delivered to the UK real soon…

Back from Mumbai

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:10:17 +0000

So I am back after a crazy week of recording strings and percussion in the studio in Mumbai..all for projects currently in production including the new Swami album..more info to come soon…you just can’t beat the vibe in Mumbai! Slumdog Millionaire talk was everywhere…I even found time to check the latest happening club nights at Rockbottom, Blue Frog, Zenzi and did a special guest DJ set at The Ultimate in Andheri on Saturday night….let me know if you were there…!

DJing at Global Local

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:02:13 +0000

Great to see you all down at Cargo in London last Thursday for my Global Local DJ set…a real eclectic DJ mix of hip-hop, bhangra, electro, house and d n’ b..there were some cool live bands on too…What can I say other than a huge BIG UP to Continental Drifts…you guys certainly know how to throw a crazy party…!

DJing at the Electric Proms

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:38:36 +0000

For those of you that saw the interview, yes I did do a guest eclectic DJ set at The Barfly in Camden, London last Sunday as part of the BBC Electric Proms…There was some cool stuff happening that night in Camden with Lowkey also performing and Oasis playing across the street…Catch the interviews here