Tablist Vivek Bhurtun is an emerging figure in the Indo-Western fusion community. Born into a musical family Vivek started learning classical tabla at the age of 5 from his teacher Sri Shib Shankar Ray, a well known tablist of the Punjab and Farukhabad gharana at the Bharati Vidya Bhavan (Indian Academy of Musical Arts) in London. Vivek's stage experience with classical music includes yearly performances at the academy , and also performances at the Croydon Music Fesitival, Queen Elizabeth and Royal Festival halls. Indian music has been the pillar on which Vivek bases his own fusion compositions.

Since the age of 9 Vivek has regularly played Tabla at the programmes of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi accompanying bhajan groups and solo artists that come and perform for Amma at various locations including Mauritius, India and Europe. In the US alone Vivek has performed in front of large crowds with various bhajan groups and artists in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Iowa, Washington DC, Boston, Toronto and at the Manhattan Center in New York City. The time spent in this environment has given him a unique edge in bhajan playing blending classical Tabla with bhajan styles.

Vivek is currently studying at the University of Bath in England, UK, pursuing a MEng in Chemical Engineering.

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May 6, 2006

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May 4, 2006

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Parallel Portal	World	Aug 2, 2004	2473
Laws Of Gravity	World	Aug 3, 2004	1514
Ode For Love	Classical	Aug 24, 2004	1410
Meltdown to Machinery	Rock	Aug 25, 2004	1309
Splinter Of The Mind's Eye	Electronica	Aug 27, 2004	1549
Journey to the Beach (Documentry)	Other	Sep 18, 2004	1066
Weekend in the countryside (documentary)	Other	Sep 19, 2004	929
Delirious DJ	Electronica	Sep 22, 2004	1324
Site of Serenity	Electronica	Sep 24, 2004	1076
A bit of technofunk	Other	Oct 9, 2004	982
Down the mountain	Other	Oct 9, 2004	1000
The mind of a philosopher	Other	Nov 5, 2004	967
Tabla Matrix V. 2	World	Dec 26, 2004	3313
Virtual Vortex	Electronica	Apr 9, 2005	1025
Metropolis	Electronica	May 1, 2005	860
Classical Tabla Duet with Myself	Classical	May 7, 2005	3985
Journey to the Beach Redone Smooth with No FX	Electronica	Jun 1, 2005	972
Interdimentiality	Electronica	Sep 19, 2005	763
Tabla Nuclear Fusion	Electronica	Mar 26, 2006	3221
Underwater Tabla (Native American Influence Mix)	Electronica	Apr 6, 2006	1188
Androidic Tabla	Electronica	Apr 30, 2006	1223
Synthetic Tabla	Electronica	May 25, 2006	1376
The Synth Song Remix Remake	Electronica	Mar 12, 2008	642
Hope (Excursions into Tabla)	Electronica	Mar 17, 2008	920

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
2nd Cadavre Exquis Group B Final	Other	May 8, 2006	1922
Ramayana-14: Building the Bridge to Lanka	World	May 22, 2006	4878

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Ruins of my life	RiGee	Inspirational	1403
oK2b3	btransue	Funk	1182
Come Thou Fount	ltwrestler	Classical	2140
Green: Lost Forest Children	DavidBowles	World	1095