Shri

Shri (born Shrikanth Sriram) is an Indian-born British composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Shri specializes in acoustic, electric, and electronic-based live performances and incorporates traditional Indian instruments into his music.

Early life Shri grew up in Mumbai, India in a musically inclined family. His father plays the sitar, and his mother and sister play the Carnatic violin. He trained as a classical tabla player for about fourteen years at Pandit Nikhil Ghosh's school in Mumbai. Tired of the rigidity of classical music, Shri went on to teach himself bass, guitar, and flute.

Shri has also collaborated musically on theatrical productions—composing for Akademi's 2001 Coming of Age dance project at London's South Bank, the Builder's Association/Motiroti co-production Alladeen in 2003, and Tamasha Theatre Company's Strictly Dandia in 2005.

In 2007, he released the album Seven Steps, which featured the single "Just for a Minute".

In 2011, he produced and performed bass and bowed bass on the track "Quest", with Viveick Rajagopalan on the mridangam and kanjira, and Embar Kannan on violin and vocals. "Quest" was released by Folktronic. He also launched a new collaborative project, titled ShriLektric. The same year, the musician was featured in season 1, episode 5 of The Dewarists.

In 2015, Shri published the album Just a Vibration, a collaboration with Hammonds Saltaire Brass Band.

Discography Year Album Main Artist Record label 1997 Drum the Bass Shri Outcaste Records 1998 Dancing Drums Badmarsh and Shri Outcaste Records 2001 Signs Badmarsh and Shri Outcaste Records 2001 Swarm (12" Vinyl) Badmarsh and Shri Outcaste Records 2001 CSI (soundtrack) Badmarsh and Shri Hip-O Records 2005 East Rain Shri MSI Records 2007 Seven Steps Shri Drum the Bass Records 2008 Heavy World (EP) Shri Drum the Bass Records 2008 Just for a Minute (EP) Shri Drum the Bass Records 2009 Barah Aana (soundtrack) Shri Shringar Films Pvt. Ltd. 2010 Striker (soundtrack) Shri T-Series 2011 Quest Shri feat. Vivek Rajagopalan Folktronic 2011 Google Chrome "Tanjore" (soundtrack) Shri Folktronic 2016 Just a Vibration Shri feat. Hammonds Saltaire Band Drum the Bass Records 2017 Bank Chor (soundtrack) Shri YRF films 2020 The Letter Shri Jazzland Recordings