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LONG AWAITED ALBUM ' LAILA'  BY THE CHANT LEGEND SHAHIN BADAR!  Release's  in MAINSTREAM UK STORES  AND ON LINE on the 13th of October!

Award winning and leading British Asian vocalist Shahin Badar releases her debut solo album Laila and returns to the music scene for the first  time in nearly two years.

Laila features a blend of Arabic, English and  Indian influences that showcases a talent that lead to collaborations with the  likes of AR Rahman, Jah Wobble, Twista and Juliet Lewis.  It is a strong  offering of 18 solid cuts, which are edgy, tripping and hypnotic beats and  chants.  No dance floor is likely to be empty when tracks like Doleh Reh  from Mercury nominated Choque Hosein, Jhoom Jhoom, Laila, and Andheri Raai hit  the decks.

Shahin is best known for the Prodigy’s 'Smack My Bitch Up'  which featured her spine tingling chant on their multi million selling Fat Of  The Land album giving them and Shahin Billboard and UK No. 1 chart positions and  entry into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest selling album at the  time. For this she received a double platinum disc and a place in music history.  Shahin featured on two further Prodigy albums that enjoyed UK number 1 chart  positions. She has worked with dance maestro Tim Deluxe on the single Mundaya,  which
was chosen as an ‘Essential tune of the week’ by BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete  Tong.

Shahin’s distinctive vocals have also featured in over 30 Hollywood  and Bollywood films including Academy nominated Closer and Charlie’s Angels, US  sitcoms North Shore and Kevin Hill and Shyam Bengal’s Zubeidaa.  Shahin  supported leading US rapper 50 Cent when his tour took in Lebanon with award  winning producer Guy Manoukian at The Biel, in front of a 20 thousand strong  audience followed by an invitation to perform with chart topping Turkish artist  Mercan Dede in Germany.

Shahin has already won Best Female Vocalist at  the Asian Pop Awards; nominations for Ethnic Multicultural Media Award - Best  New Comer; Asian Women of Achievement Awards - Arts & Culture; Muslim News  Alhamra Award for Excellence and Channel 5’s prestigious Community Award – Glory  of India thereby establishing Shahin as one of the most outstanding female Asian  vocalists in the UK dance and British Asian music scene.

Release Date:  13TH October

Label: Shahin Badar Records through Imprint  Records

Distribution: Cargo