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Jim Ankan Deka
Jim Ankan Deka at Idea Rocks India, Bangalore (2013)
Born	Jim Ankan Deka (1980-06-01) 1 June 1980 (age 44) Guwahati, Assam, India
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, documentary filmmaker, photographer, record producer
Spouse	Parmita Borah
Parent(s)	Bhabananda Deka Nalini Prava Deka
Awards	Renault Free The Music Award (2015) Global Music Award (2014)
Musical career
Genres	Pop acoustic rock easy listening rock
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar
Years active	1998–present
Labels	The Orchard Music, Believe Music, Bombay Tracks LLP, Biscoot Records LLP, Songdew, Indiearth, Muslate
Musical artist
Website	withjim.in

Jim Ankan Deka (born 1 June 1980) is an Indian musician, documentary film maker, photographer and director of Bangalore based organisation and music school Eastern Fare Music Foundation. He is the first person from Assam to open a music institute and a production house in Bangalore, India. He won multiple awards for his song Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.

Biography

Early life and education

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

Early career

Deka started his career in music at the age of 18 with his first album Prahar: Tumi Kowa Kothabor with an Assamese band Prahar. With his performance as a guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist in numerous concerts, events and TV shows, Deka made a name for himself in the music industry of Assam. In 2001 Deka founded a studio in Guwahati named La-Jiazz which was closed in 2006. Deka is a member of the band 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. He is the guitarist and music producer for Tunetellers, an ensemble from Guwahati, Assam. He was the guitarist and keyboardist for the band Voodoo Child from 2005 to 2016.

Works and projects

Photography

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 Bangalore. 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 Kammavari Sangha Institute of Technology (KSIT), 12th Inter Collegiate Youth Fest at Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology (CIT), Spring Fest at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT), Alcheringa at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT), Rock Hammer at Indian National Autocross Championship (INAC), Consensio at Royal Group of Institutions and Idea 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) (Assamese) (2019)
• "Anuron" (Featuring Rupam Bhuyan, Queen Hazarika) (Assamese) (2016)
• "Aakaxok Subo Khojo" (Featuring Antara Nandy) (Assamese) (2015)
• "Xaare Aasu" (Featuring Queen Hazarika) (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, Queen Hazarika, Antara Nandy) (Bilingual) (2013)
• "Tere Bin Nahi Lagda" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) (tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
• "Bidaai Dilo Bidaai" (Featuring Ankur Deka) (Assamese) (2012)
• "Ganga" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) (tribute to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika)
• "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

1. Eastern Fare Music Foundation – a will to succeed Assam Times
2. Assamese musician launches school in Bangalore Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Oneindia.in
3. Song against sex crimes remembers Delhi girl, The Telegraph
4. "Rocking cyberspace". The Assam Tribune. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
5. Jim Ankan Deka, NH7
6. People from Northeast making a mark in Bangalore, The Indian Express
7. Euphony – with Assamese touch Mangalorean.com
8. Jim Ankan Deka – Musician from Assam Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Posoowa.org
9. Assamese Musician Jim Ankan Deka wins Best International Music Video Award, Reviewne.com
10. Veenar at Euphony – an Autumn Serenade Merinews.com
11. Rhythm divine The Times of India
12. Harley Rock Riders Season III in Bangalore, India, Ipaimpress.com
13. Assamese musician launches school in Bangalore, ANI Sify. Retrieved 25 January 2012;
14. Music and Bangalore Mangalorean.com
15. Music Education is Hitting the High Notes in Bangalore Archived 24 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Gnews.com
16. Assamese musician launches school in Bangalore – From ANI Dailyindia.com
17. Jim Ankan Deka's "Nagaland – Journey through the choir of clouds" Film Released Online Washington Bangla Radio. Retrieved 25 January 2012;
18. Jena, Alipta (9 January 2012). "Where folk & Western tunes merge". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
19. "OK! North East is Here!". eclecticnortheast.in. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
20. International accolade for Assamese musician Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Sentinel
21. Hollywood Shorts Reel-2014 Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Miniboxoffice.com
22. B'lore-based musician wins bronze medal at Global Music Awards, Daijiworld.com
23. Fabindia and songdew's 'weave your sound' contest winners announced, Musicmalt.com
24. Judges Jim Ankan Deka and Ankur Deka at Lake Side Dreams in IIT Kharagpur Merinews.com
25. Timeless – Jim Ankan Deka and Ritwika Bhattacharya eMusic
26. Chaitunes to release the first music video – a tribute to Assamese writer duo, Musicmalt.com
27. "'Tere Bin Nahi Lagda' jazz version releases online". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
28. Remake of Ganga by Ritwika Bhattacharya and Jim Ankan Deka released online Radioandmusic.com
29. Ganga by Jim Ankan and Ritwika (a tribute to Bhupen Hazarika and Paul Robeson) Indianmusicmug.com
30. Assamese Musician Brings Together Artists From The World To Revive A Story From The Colonial Rule In India, New Music Weekly
31. Aakaxok subo khojo – the second from Chaitunes series, Musicmalt.com
32. "Assamese musician launches album on violence against women". Bangalore, India: Yahoo! News. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
33. Assamese musician Jim Ankan Deka releases new music video 'Xobdor Porisoy' Archived 20 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Merinews.com
34. Documentary on Nagaland – Journey through the choir of clouds Assamtimes.org

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