Bob-E
Also known as Harvinder Panesar, Bob-E also showed an early interest in vocals by singing backing vocals for the various bands that he was performing with. At the age of 15 he was asked to tour the Canada and America with Heera and Satrang. Canada was the first international tour that he went on. After this he toured many other cities/countries including Los Angles, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Karachi, Germany, Norway and Spain.
During the same period of time of his life Bob-E also teamed up with The Obsession Crew. The Obsession Crew just comprised of DJ Nicksta and MC Pervi at that time and Bob-E became the third member. Here Bob-E started to play the Dhol with The Obsession Crew and introduced various routines to their shows, where DJ Nicksta would mix a beat into the Dhol beat which was being played by Bob-E and vice verse. It was here that The Obsession Crew encouraged Bob-E to exploit his vocal ability by singing Boliyan (traditional lyrics) at their shows.
Because of Bob-E’s love for Punjabi music, he learnt the ability to recite almost any popular Punjabi song and sing it in time to any beat that DJ Nicksta may have been playing. This became Bhangra Fusion, which is still used by The Obsession Crew toady.
Bob-E then started to show an interest in sound decided to learn about Sound engineering, acoustics and recording techniques from his cousin Sati Panesar. This helped him take the next step through his musical career through to Music Production. He built his own small studio and worked hard at learning the techniques of recording, arranging and producing music on both Mac and Windows platforms.
He was snapped up by 3-man-combo Studios in Southall which consisted of Sunil Kalyan (Master of Percussion) and Kumar of Heera Group, where he helped on various projects that were taking place in the studio from playing percussion to singing backing vocals and also recording live music. He worked with various artists including Surinder Bachan, Jaspinder Narula, Punjabi Hit Squad, Amit Rai, to mention but a few.
In 2004 Bob-E used his knowledge and expertise during the recording and production of “Party With Me” by Slim Dutty (Kush Mix) at Zero db Studios, The Obsession Crew’s sister company. Zero db Studios comprised of Sati, DJ Nicksta and Bob-E. “Party With Me” managed to get into the Top 10 in the BBC Urban Chart.
Bob-E then met up with Menis, Nazza T and Sanj of Xstreme Soundz through a talented vocalist called Renu. In Jan 2006 Bob-E received his first major break within the music scene that he was waiting for. He was asked to write and sing the Punjabi Lyrics for a track titled “Club Vich”. Club Vich which is the Title track from the Album “Spot the Difference”. Club Vich has become one of the biggest tracks of the album and has been played on many radio stations including BBC Network Asia, Club Asia and Sunrise Radio. Bob-E’s aims for this year are to release his own Album as well as working with The Obsession Crew with their Album. |