Nitin Sawhney will release his new album, entitled 'London Undersound', on 13 Oct, via Positiv-ID. The album will feature guest appearances from a number of artists, including Natty, Ojos De Brujo, Anoushka Shankar, Imogen Heap, and Paul McCartney, with artwork designed by Antony Gormley.
Speaking about the album, Sawnhey said: "Everyday is full of representations - from politicians, the media and the power of rumour. From bizarre justifications for war to issues of race, nationality, religion and cultural identity, we are saturated constantly with information and second hand opinion. On 7/7/2005 a bomb exploded on a London bus. A singer and friend of mine, Natty, was there. Two weeks later he was present at the shooting of a Brazillian man - Jean Charles De Menezes. Last year we wrote a song together. Natty, like myself, feels something indefinable has shifted. London's heartbeat has changed. Within that heartbeat there lies a feeling, a collective consciousness, the uniting hum of disparate voices waiting to be heard ... A sound. This is a collection of thoughts, ideas, feelings and catharsis in a city of immense diversity, imagination and beliefs. This is an album of collaboration ... to capture the London I know".