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Vikas Kohli | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Country, Pop, Bhangra, Hip-Hop, Rock |
Years active | 2003–present |
Vikas Kohli is an Indian musician and music producer, whose work covers a variety of genres from punk, jazz, hip-hop, to Country, Metal, and Bollywood pop. He is known for his expertise in song arrangements and his one-on-one artist development. [1] As a producer he is best known for founding Fatlabs. [2]
Fatlabs is a home recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, founded in 2003. [3] Kohli is best known for his ability to work with multiple genres. He has produced punk, jazz, hip-hop, soul, country, pop, R&B, classical, metal, rock and bhangra albums. He has also contributed songs to Bollywood films. [4]
The song he produced for Bollywood film Mission Istaanbul [5] was performed live at the International Indian Film Academy Awards. He composed a song for the Canadian Film Centre's Shanti Baba Ram & The Dancers of Hope, which aired on Canwest Global. He also composed the song "I Do. Do I?" He's produced two albums with The Responsibles, [6] which were nominated for Punk Recording of the Year and charted nationally; co-wrote Jennifer Abadesso's song "Did You Think", which hit #1 in Paris; [7] produced multi-million album selling Bhangra artist Mika Singh and collaborated on projects with Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan), Justin Nozuka, Moka Only and Apache Indian. Kohli has been profiled by CBC, The Globe and Mail , Toronto Star , Rogers TV, OMNI TV, Hindustan Times , MSN, AOL, Yahoo and Zee News.
Year | Film |
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2010 | The Bee |
2010 | The Party |
2012 | MallaMall |
2012 | Wild Goose Chase Daddy |
2010 | My Father, the Terrorist? |
Tom, Dick & Harry Rock Again | |
2009 | Bouma |
Understanding The Early Years | |
2008 | Mission Istaanbul |
2009 | Shanti Baba Ram and the Dancers of Hope |
2009 | I Do. Do I? |
Vikas Kohli went to the Mississauga branch campus of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada and received an honors degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. He received his MBA from the Schulich School of Business of York University, [8] and also holds a CFA charter.
International Indian Film Academy
Vikas Kohli has produced an event with the International Film Academy awards in Toronto which drew over 15,000 people.
Bollywood Monster Mashup
Vikas Kohli has produced an event from the city of Mississauga entitled "Bollywood Monster Mashup" which features over 50 singers, dancers and musicians singing, playing popular songs that expand over the black & white era of Indian Cinema to the modern hits of Bollywood.
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