Sadia Sadia

Sadia Sadia
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Sadia Sadia is a Canadian-born British installation artist, known for her audiovisual media work, incorporating sound and images, both still and moving. She is also an award-winning record producer and songwriter.

Sadia began her career by becoming one of the first women in the world to be signed to a major label as a record producer.

Sadia worked largely with the Canadian guitar player David Wilcox, producing the albums Out of the Woods, My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble, Bad Reputation, Breakfast at the Circus, and The Natural Edge, many of which achieved gold or platinum status. She also co-wrote many of the titles on these albums.

She is a founding member of the multimedia world fusion project Equa with Stephen W. Tayler. Signed to Polygram (Australia) in 1996, producing the eponymously titled ARIA nominated album 'EQUA' in the same year.

The Sydney Dance Company has two works in their permanent repertoire, 'Unwitting Sight' (1998) and 'Cradle Song' (2001) choreographed by Wakako Asano to music by Equa.

In 1996, Sadia also worked on the TUC 'Respect:Unite Against Racism' campaign, producing the single 'Respect' featuring dozens of international recording artists. The project received a commendation from the House of Commons (UK) through the passage of an Early Day Motion (EDM). Her work has been widely sequenced to films and television programmes by companies such as Polygram/Miramax, Interscope, and Universal Pictures, among others.

Sadia produced, edited, and (working with Stephen W. Tayler as Equa) scored the short film The Noon Gun. Based on footage originally shot in Afghanistan in 1971, and with the support of the British Council,The Noon Gun was shortlisted for the Satyajit Ray Foundation short film competition and has been featured in film festivals worldwide.

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