world pysch-n-roll

 

Hailing from Leamington Spa (UK) and Trivandrum Kerala, Satsangi are a solid representative for global music; "a cocktail of Indian transience, ballsy rock 'n' roll and tripped out psych." Northern Star Records

 

Satsangi gig internationally (Africa) and have shared the stage with The Kills, Fields, The Primitives, The Moons, Dr Feelgood, Saint Agnes at UK venues such as Leamington Assembly, Empire and Kasbah Coventry, O2 Academy Birningham, Astoria London, Ronnie Scott's Club. The band regularly play festivals including Wychwood, Greenbelt and Cornbury playing alongside James Bay, Elvis Costello, Macy Grey​, James, Tom Jones, Imelda May, Van Morrison. Martha Reeves, Steve Winwood, Nine Inch Nails, James, Seasick Steve, Wilko Johnson.

 

Talvin Singh

“Iodine is an awesome song”

Iodine was released on independent psych label Northern Star Records.

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The band signed with the Mr Babu label (Mumbai/New York) with their videos broadcast in USA and India on MTV.  Satsangi became featured artists for the groundbreaking show 'MTV Roots’ on MTV India.

 

Steve Chandra Savale, Asian Dub Foundation

"Hi Su, listened to 'Iodine' again and I must say it's really wicked. Your track reminds me a bit of Sonic Youth, but with definitely better singing and a tough sax break that reminds me of X-Ray Specs. The whole thing sounds nervy, dislocated and very tense, just the way I like it!"

 

Rolling Stone Magazine reviewed the bands debut album ‘No Shoes in Satsang Hall’

 

Rolling Stone Magazine

"A wicked bass line, timely sax breaks, and pace-setting rhythm guitar sections. Richard Heath needs special mention for his swivelling spin of a solo on sax. This is a find!"  

 

Satsangi released 'Lick My Lungs' a CD/DVD double album on Mr Babu in 2016 and toured to Africa/Zambia

 

Bobby Friction, BBC Asian Network

“I feel I could play that for the next hour or so, but the I’d lose my job, she sounds brilliant her name is Sujatha Menon, she's the lead singer of Satsangi”  

 

Satsangi released a 3rd album ‘You Saw Something’ in 2018 (vinyl) on Blood Count Records.

 

In 2020 the band released ‘Shivoham – Lockdown Lullabies’  collection of songs rasing money for The NHS COVID-19 APPEAL FUND.

 

Satsangi are currently working on ‘World Falling Down’, a project combining music, moving image and poetry. A collaboration with other artists including Paul Windridge and singer Shanade Morrow.

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'The Glass Puddle' a book of poems by Sujatha Menon is published 2021.

 

Tricky

“She’s a star, I want to work with her”