Diamond Duggal

Diamond Duggal
Diamond Duggal
Background information
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genres	Pop, dance, funk, reggae, R&B, rock, Bhangra
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter
Years active	1990–present
Labels	DesiRock Entertainment
Website	www.diamondduggal.com www.desirock.com

Diamond Duggal, also known as DJ Swami, is a music producer, DJ, songwriter and guitarist. He is also the leader of UK pop/electronic/Bhangra band Swami. An Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize nominee, he has produced and played alongside Mutt Lange on the Shania Twain double Grammy-nominated 2002 album Up!. He has won the Best Producer category twice (2005 and 2008) at the UK Asian Music Awards. He also won Best Mixed Album at the South African Music Awards in 2010.

An internationally accomplished music producer, Duggal has produced for a variety of platinum-selling award-winning artists, including Shania Twain, Pras Michel, Apache Indian, Maxi Priest, Stereo Nation, Nazia Hassan, Zoheb Hassan, Viktor Kiraly, Linda Kiraly, Meja, D.M.C., Keith Murray and China Black as well as remixing Erasure, The Beat and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He has also performed and toured as a guitarist with Robbie Williams, Boyzone, and Blue.