Jim Ankan Deka

Jim Ankan Deka (Assamese: জিম অংকন ডেকা; born 1 June 1980) is an Assamese musician, documentary film maker, photographer and director of Bangalore based organisation and music school Eastern Fare Music Foundation.[1] He is the first Assamese to open a music institute and a production house in Bangalore, India.[2] He won multiple awards for his song Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.[3]

Jim Ankan Deka
Jim Ankan Deka at Idea Rocks India, Bangalore (2013)
Born
Jim Ankan Deka

(1980-06-01) 1 June 1980
Guwahati, Assam, India
OccupationSinger, songwriter, documentary filmmaker, photographer, record producer
Spouse(s)Parmita Borah
Parent(s)Bhabananda Deka
Nalini Prava Deka
AwardsRenault Free The Music Award (2015), Global Music Award (2014)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1998–present
LabelsThe Orchard Music, Believe Music, Bombay Tracks LLP, Biscoot Records LLP, Songdew, Indiearth, Muslate
Associated actsQueen Hazarika, Mayukh Hazarika, Antara Nandy, Rupam Bhuyan
Websitewww.withjim.in

Biography

Early life and education

Jim Ankan Deka was born in Guwahati, Assam on 1 June 1980, to Assamese writer-couple Prof Bhabananda Deka and Nalini Prava Deka.[4][5] He is the third of three children.

Deka started playing the guitar from the age of three.[6] His initial training was in Borgeet and Khol.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11]

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[12] and Eastern Fare, an acoustic rock band in Bangalore.[13]

Works and projects

Photography
Jim Ankan Deka and Antara Nandy at a concert in Bangalore (17 November 2012)

Deka has been involved in concert and event photography since 2006.[14]

Eastern Fare Music Foundation

Deka left for Bangalore in 2006 and founded the ace music institute Eastern Fare Music Foundation.[15][16][17] Eastern Fare opened a club Eastern Fare Music Club in 2009 and a recording studio Eastern Fare Music Studio.[18]

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.[19] The production house also produced a short film and two music videos.

In 2012 Deka opened a branch of Eastern Fare in Guwahati.[20]

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.[21]

Honors and awards
Year Awarded by Award Nominated work
2013 Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival Best Music Video Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence[22]
2014 Hollywood Shorts Reel-14 Best Music Video Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence[23]
2014 Noida International Film Festival Best Music and Best Music Video Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence
2014 Global Music Awards Bronze Medal Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence[24]
2015 Songdew Renault Free The Music Award In recognition of outstanding contribution to indie music
2016 Fabindia and Songdew Weave Your Sound Eastwards[25]

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),[26] 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
#Album NameLanguageYear
1.Prahar – Tumi Kowa KothaborAssamese1998
2.SaayaanHindi1999
3.Mor Ei DekhAssamese2000
4.FriendshipEnglish2001
5.Goalporia Lokageet (Goalporia Folk Songs)Goalporia2005
6.TomaloiAssamese2006
7.Timeless[27]Multilingual2012
8.EastWardsInstrumental2015

Single compositions

English
  • "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

Other languages
  • "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)[29]
  • "Bidaai Dilo Bidaai" (Featuring Ankur Deka) (Assamese) (2012)
  • "Ganga" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) (tribute to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika)[30][31]
  • "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)
  • "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
Year Title Music Artist Director
2019 Assam Skies[32] Jim Ankan Deka, Char Seawell Char Seawell, Catherine Khiangte Tarunabh Dutta
2017 Anuron Jim Ankan Deka Queen Hazarika, Rupam Bhuyan Tarunabh Dutta, Debjani Hazarika
2015 Aakaxok Subo Khojo[33] Jim Ankan Deka Antara Nandy Parmita Borah
2015 Xaare Aasu Jim Ankan Deka Queen Hazarika Parmita Borah
2014 Nixobdo Nilim Jim Ankan Deka Jim Ankan Deka Parmita Borah
2013 Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence[34] Jim Ankan Deka Ritwika Bhattacharya, Antara Nandy and Queen Hazarika Parmita Borah
2012 Tere Bin Nahi Lagda Jim Ankan Deka Ritwika Bhattacharya Parmita Borah
2012 Xobdor Porisoy (শব্দৰ পৰিচয়)[35] Jim Ankan Deka Jim Ankan Deka Parmita Borah

Documentaries
Year Title Role Note
2010 Shillong Director, Music Composer Short documentary
2011 Nagaland – journey through the choir of clouds[36] Director Short documentary

Television series
Year Title Role Director/Music Director Language Channel
2006 Balidaan Music composer and background score Narayan Sil (Director) Hindi Doordarshan
2010 Saviganasu Guitarist for title song Bharath BJ (Music director) Kannada Kasturi (TV channel)

Short films
Year Title Role Director Language
2011 Uninvited Music composer and background score Parmita Borah English

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