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Mar 2021
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015 What You Need to Succeed as a Musici...

Tobie Allen
About this episode

One of the most respected & notorious MC’s of Indian origin, PAV4N is the founding member of the critically acclaimed electronic rap group Foreign Beggars from London and head honcho of both Dented Records and Par Excellence Records.

PAV4N is the first rapper of Indian descent to have a top 10 single in the UK Charts with Badman Riddim and has worked with a plethora of incredible producers including Skrillex, Noisia, Steve Aoki, Knife Party, Dj Vadim, Nucleya, Sez on the Beat.

With 7 Studio albums under his belt and 17 years of live show experience, PAV4N is known for his explosive, high energy performances with genre spanning production from some of the worlds finest artists this is a show not to be missed.

PAV4N has supported the Prodigy on their ‘Run With The Wolves’ UK tour and countless other artists including Amy Winehouse, Snoop Dogg, Sub Focus, Deadmau5, Faith No More, The Chemical Brothers & Many More

Pavan has released on Mau5trap, Ministry of Sound, Ram Records, Critical Recordings, Owsla, Sony Music, Warner Music, Blackout Recordings, Never Say Die Records, Vision Recordings, Monstercat, Dim Mak, Black Butter records to name a few. 
 Having released 100’s of records, many Beatport No1 singles and 100’s of millions of streams, MainStage performance at 100’s of festivals round the world PAV4N is a force for the culture that is not to be reckoned with.

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Please contact tobie@maanamusic.com in need any help with your music PR or marketing 

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