Biography

Swarupa Ananth has been a prolific entertainer since a young age. She is a disciple of Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain and has been playing the tabla for over 20 years. Apart from the tabla, she has grown to teach herself a whole gamut of percussion instruments from the Djembe and Darbuka to the Cajon and Timbale. Her first album as music producer, ‘Raagatronic’ was released by Times Music in 2014. In no time, the album saw success reaching the #1 spot on iTunes India charts. She has triumphed against all odds, ranking among the county’s most innovative, young musicians today and marked her place in the Forbes India 30 Under 30 list 2015. Swarupa believes in the ethnotronic culture, an artist looking to inspire others and in time create her legend. One half of India’s first ethnotronic band ‘Filter Coffee’ making waves in the current music scene, she is responsible for the hypnotic grooves and is known for her own signature and inventive style of blending beats with fiery tabla bols and konnakol. Swarupa has worked alongside music director Ram Sampath on his Coke Studio @ MTV episode; Devi, showcasing India’s best female talent. Swarupa was featured as one of India’s finest female percussionists and tabla players. She has performed with and in the presence of stalwarts like Oscar and Grammy winner A R Rahman, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, Shankar Mahadevan, Ram Sampath, Sona Mohapatra, Kailash Kher, Hariharan, Aruna Sairam, Mahesh Vinayakram, Bhanvari Devi, Susheela Raman, and Salim-Sulaiman to name a few.