Nitin Sawhney takes over Manchester venue

Acclaimed musician, composer and producer Nitin Sawhney is taking over Manchester's legendary venue Band on the Wall in January.

Nitin launches Aftershock International on 23 January with a club night and he will give a talk on 26 January about his life in music. This is all in the build up to an extraordinary concert on 30 January.

The concert is a unique musical collaboration between Nitin and an internationally assembled group of singers, instrumentalists and MC's from Manchester, Genoa and Marseille. They will be working intensively for 10 days – from 21-30 January - at the venue to create an incredible new one-off performance.

Matt Halsall, Denis Jones, Pascal Daniel, Abraxxxas and Roberto Tiranti are just a few of the artists who will come together and mix soul and R&B with experimental electronica and French hip-hop blends with folk and jazz.

Nitin, who will be the artistic director for the event has made eight studio albums, for which he has been nominated for a Mercury Music prize, won a MOBO, 2 BBC Radio 3 awards and a Southbank show award, amongst 15 others. He is also now a judge for The Ivor Novello Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards and the British Independent Film Awards.

Nitin said "Aftershock has always been one of my favourite projects. It's refreshing and inspiring to be able to work alongside such amazing new talent. What's really important is that we all expect the final event to be a proper gig, not a workshop showcase, so there's pressure to deliver….but the intensity is one of the many things that make Aftershock so enjoyable"

To receive advance event notification of gigs at the venue and obtain discounts, sign up to the mailing list at www.bandonthewall.org, or call 0845 2 500 500 to buy tickets.

To find out more about Aftershock and the musicians go to www.aftershockproject.com.

Artists playing at Aftershock International:

• Fyza - Singer (Liverpool)
• Denis Jones - Guitarist Songwriter (Manchester)
• Hannah Peel - Flute/Violin/Vocals (Liverpool)
• Matt Halsall - Trumpeter/ Producer (Manchester)
• Amandine - Singer (France)
• Abraxxas - (MC) (France)
• Pascal Daniel - Keyboard/Vocals (France)
• ILA - Guitar/Vocals (Italy)
• Marika Pellegrini - Percussionist (Italy)
• Roberto Tiranti - Singer (Italy)