Bio:

Japjit's interest in Music began at a very early age. Born in north India, she was surrounded by classical and Bollywood music and dance. She first studied Indian classical music in Haryana at the age of 10 and was awarded a first class division as well as a distinction by the ' Pracheen Kala Kendra '.

Since moving to London Japjit has been active on the live circuit. Performances have included ' Under the stars ', ' Rangarang ' and ' The Big Sunday ', concerts at Stratford circus, the Barbican as well as performing for the Olympic bid 2012. In this period of time, she also started writing in various Indian languages and styles such as Bollywood, Bhangra and Indian classical.

In 2004 Japjit worked with Flatline Team & Motion Pictures on a project called 'Dilruba' as a singer-songwriter and an actress. This was also short listed for the LA short film festival. Artist Pal D's hit debut album shortly followed in 2005 on which she featured with ' Been' and 'Chardi Jawani'. In late 2005 Japjit was appointed as a weekend prime time Radio Jockey by Panjab radio which proved to be very successful with both national and international audiences.

Alongside her career in radio, Japjit went on to study Hindustani vocals further at the ' Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Institute of Indian art' from Smt. Chandrima Misra followed by tuition from Pandit Chiranjib Chakraborty and Smt Kaushiki Chakraborty in advanced classical Indian vocals. In addition she has also been studying Qawalli and Sufi music from Ustad Ameer Khan Sahib.

Since 2006 she has been working extensively with renowned composer Niraj Chag. Work has included live performances at events such as ' EMW 2008 at the London Palladium ', ' The Regent Street Indian summer festival ', ' Dynamic Spirit at Imperial College ' as well as several radio performances. Last year she was also appointed by him to work for the Royal National Theatre production of ' Rafta Rafta ' as the Musical Director, and a vocal coach. This show was also awarded an Olivier award in 2008.

At present she is writing and working on a new record for Buzz-erk Records.