Alluri

Shriram Alluri is an indie rock musician and songwriter from Hyderabad, India. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.

Alluri was raised in India, He relocated to the UK first as a student Alluri cites The Smiths, Joy Division, David Bowie, The Doves and Nick Cave as influences on his work. Franz Ferdinand ) on the single Evari Kosam (For Who's Sake), his first recording to feature vocals performed in his native tongue, Telugu.

His 2018 single Don't Lose Touch With was recorded with Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols after Matlock saw and tweeted a video of Alluri's live Telugu language cover version of Anarchy in the UK. When asked by Indian press as to what got him working with Alluri, Matlock said, "If somebody knows what they’re doing, they have some drive, and they’ve got a certain degree of accomplishment on their instrument, they kind of look alright. I think he’s got all of that. I find him interesting." Matlock produced the single, working with Alluri and Tommaso Colliva in Italy.

In interviews supporting the release of his 2018 Telugu language album O Katha: Tales of This Telugu Man, Alluri has stated that following the release of his 2015 album he experienced an identity crisis. Feeling he couldn't truly share his English language songs with his friends and family in India, he began to write songs in Telugu to re-inforce that aspect of his identity, with the songs reportedly coming to him in a creative burst. On writing Telugu language songs, Alluri has said, "When the British came to India they heard Telugu and called it 'the Italian of the east', because all words end with a vowel, not a consonant. These new songs, melodically, they’re influenced so much by the language". Alluri recorded the album in Italy working again with Muse producer/mixer Tommaso Colliva along with Italian musician Massimo Martelotta, of the cinematic Italo-funk band Calibro 35.

Alluri has made several notable live appearances in 2018 at events such as a stadium concert in Hyderabad, Tallinn Music Week, and favourable reviews and interviews appearing on various music websites. The New Indian Express

Discography Studio Albums 2018 O Katha: Tales of This Telugu Man (Life Is Thus Records) 2015 Man of Truth (Life Is Thus Records)

Singles 2018 Baalyam (The Lost Irredeemable Magical Weirdness of Childhood) (Life Is Thus Records) 2018 Don't Lose Touch 2018 Naato Vastavaa (A Trip) (Killing Moon Records) 2016 Texture Composure (Life Is Thus Records) 2016 Evari Kosam (Killing Moon Records)