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Niraj Chag has worked on a huge range of projects, from albums, to film scores, to theatre and live events. His 2006 debut album Along the Dusty Road featured songs in six languages and won him an Asian Music Award as 'Best Underground Artist'.

The album led to a Maida Vale session and a live set at the Roundhouse as part of the Electric Proms. He followed this up in 2009 with The Lost Souls, an album featuring opera, breakbeats and western classical alongside South Asian classical and folk music.

As well as creating the soundtrack for the film All in Good Time, Niraj has provided music for documentaries as varied as One Night in Bhopal, Emmy and Bafta winning The Power of Art, The Age of Terror and Darwin's Dangerous Idea.

At the moment you can hear his music in the current ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ documentary series Rise of the Continents, which is currently on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two. In this extract taken from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Lancashire’s Desi Nation, Niraj Chag joins presenter Raees Khan to talk about his musical inspirations…

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