Jim Ankan Deka
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Jim Ankan Deka at Idea Rocks India, Bangalore (2013)
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Jim Ankan Deka 1 June 1980 Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, documentary filmmaker, photographer, record producer |
| Spouse(s) | Parmita Borah |
| Parent(s) |
Bhabananda Deka Nalini Prava Deka |
| Awards | Renault Free The Music Award (2015), Global Music Award (2014) |
| Website | www |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Bombay Tracks LLP, Biscoot Records LLP, Songdew, Indiearth, Muslate |
| Associated acts | Queen Hazarika, Mayukh Hazarika, Antara Nandy, Rupam Bhuyan |
Jim Ankan Deka (Assamese: জিম অংকন ডেকা; born 1 June 1980) is an Assamese musician, documentary film maker, photographer and director of Bangalore based organisation and music school Eastern Fare Music Foundation. He is the first Assamese to open a music institute and a production house in Bangalore, India. He won multiple awards for his song Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.
Jim Ankan Deka was born in Guwahati, Assam on 1 June 1980, to Assamese writer-couple Prof Bhabananda Deka and Nalini Prava Deka. He is the third of three children.
Deka started playing the guitar from the age of three. His initial training was in Borgeet and Khol.
Jim Ankan Deka started his career in music at the age of 18 with his first album Prahar: Tumi Kowa Kothabor with an Assamese band Prahar. With his performance as a guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist in numerous concerts, events and TV shows, Deka made a name for himself in the music industry of Assam. In 2001 Deka founded a studio in Guwahati named La-Jiazz which was closed in 2006. Deka is a member of the band Voodoo Child in Assam.
Since 1998, Deka has been composing and arranging music for albums, TV series, documentaries, short films and ad jingles. Till 2012 he has composed music for six albums in various languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Mizo and Goalporia. At present he is a member of Veenar, a jazz fusion band and Eastern Fare, an acoustic rock band in Bangalore.
Deka has been involved in concert and event photography since 2006.
Deka left for Bangalore in 2006 and founded the ace music institute Eastern Fare Music Foundation. Eastern Fare opened a club Eastern Fare Music Club in 2009 and a recording studio Eastern Fare Music Studio.
In 2012 Deka opened a branch of Eastern Fare in Guwahati.
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