The term product of my environment was hijacked and brutalised for many when hip-hopper Jim Jones took the title and slapped it on an album that epitomised the downfall of US hip-hop.

However it seems it would be a fitting name for the new Nitin Sawnhey album, which will be his eighth offering and will drop in mid-October and feature collaborations with Natty, Ojos de Bruja and more.

In an interview with Data Transmission, the man who seems to effortlessly mix Asian influences with drum n bass and jazz sounds reveals the driving force behind his latest work, entitled London Undersound, is the product of a profound change in consciousness that has swept the capital.

He believes the terrorist attacks on July 7th 2005 and the tragic shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in Stockwell tube station have transformed London.

"London’s heartbeat has changed. Within that heartbeat there lies a feeling, a collective consciousness, the uniting hum of disparate voices wanting to be heard … this is an album of collaboration …. to capture the London I know," he told the website.

Inspirational words for what will hopefully be an inspirational collection of music.
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