Paramdeep Singh Sehdev, better known as
Bobby Friction, is a DJ, television presenter and radio presenter from
West London.
He studied Contemporary Arts at The
Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent University is a university in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843. It was founded as Trent Polytechnic in 1970 before gaining university status in 1992...
.
He is heavily involved in the British South Asian Club Scene.
Friction joined the BBC in 2002 co-presenting with
NihalDJ Nihal is a British Radio and TV presenter, as well as club night promoter and DJ, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Asian Network.- Before Radio :...
the Sony Gold award winning Asian Beats show on
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until August 2009 when he left Radio 1, but remains presenting his
BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian Network is for anyone in the UK with an interest in Asian music, news, entertainment, culture, debate and drama. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with a background in the South Asian diaspora.They have production centres in...
show.
He joined the BBC Asian Network in 2005 presenting
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on Saturday afternoons initially, later moving to present
The Mix, on Sunday afternoons.
Since 15 May 2006 Friction has been presenting
Friction on the BBC Asian Network, every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings 10.00pm-1.00am, as of April 2009 Monday to Thursday.
His weeknightly
Friction show on the Asian Network is like the Radio 1 programme, it is regarded worldwide as the gold standard for Asian Music and Desi Beats.
Friction, who is from
West London, won his second Gold Sony award in 2005 for his BBC documentary on the elections and the BNP in Burnley called
Vote Friction, and completed a
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after winning his third Sony Gold in 2007 for his ‘Friction’ show the BBC Asian Network.
His career as a DJ started with a residency at the legendary Swaraj at The Blue Note, which showcased new Asian talent and sounds from across the Asian music world in the late 1990s.
Paramdeep Singh Sehdev, better known as
Bobby Friction, is a DJ, television presenter and radio presenter from
West London.
He studied Contemporary Arts at The
Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent University is a university in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843. It was founded as Trent Polytechnic in 1970 before gaining university status in 1992...
.
He is heavily involved in the British South Asian Club Scene.
Bobby Friction on the BBC
Friction joined the BBC in 2002 co-presenting with
NihalDJ Nihal is a British Radio and TV presenter, as well as club night promoter and DJ, currently broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Asian Network.- Before Radio :...
the Sony Gold award winning Asian Beats show on
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the BBC which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock or interviews. It is aimed...
until August 2009 when he left Radio 1, but remains presenting his
BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian Network is for anyone in the UK with an interest in Asian music, news, entertainment, culture, debate and drama. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with a background in the South Asian diaspora.They have production centres in...
show.
He joined the BBC Asian Network in 2005 presenting
The Album Chart ShowThe Album Chart Show showcases the biggest and best album releases from the UK Top 100 Album Chart and also gives up-and-coming talent a chance to make their mark on a 1000 strong audience by performing live. The show is recorded in front of a live audience in London’s flamboyant, stylish and...
on Saturday afternoons initially, later moving to present
The Mix, on Sunday afternoons.
Since 15 May 2006 Friction has been presenting
Friction on the BBC Asian Network, every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings 10.00pm-1.00am, as of April 2009 Monday to Thursday.
His weeknightly
Friction show on the Asian Network is like the Radio 1 programme, it is regarded worldwide as the gold standard for Asian Music and Desi Beats.
Friction, who is from
West London, won his second Gold Sony award in 2005 for his BBC documentary on the elections and the BNP in Burnley called
Vote Friction, and completed a
hat-trickA hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times, generally in three consecutive attempts. In North America it is often rendered as hat trick, with no hyphen. The Oxford English Dictionary lists it unhyphenated and gives a variety of examples published in the 19th and...
after winning his third Sony Gold in 2007 for his ‘Friction’ show the BBC Asian Network.
His career as a DJ started with a residency at the legendary Swaraj at The Blue Note, which showcased new Asian talent and sounds from across the Asian music world in the late 1990s. He was the first resident DJ at the equally renowned Shaanti club at The Custard Factory, in
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, the first Asian club outside of
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that mixed genres from across the Asian music scene.
Over the years Friction has repersented the
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sound as a DJ all over the world and has built an international reptutation as a genre-mixing
turntabilistTurntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...
from Asia to the US, and from the Middle East to the whole of Europe.
He was one of the founder members of the band Ecostani and still works alongside The Infinite Scale, his production partner. They've been recording their own original material for the last nine years and they've worked on numerous remixes, taking in electronica to bhangra, house to hip-hop, through Bollywood and back again.
His British Asian urban compiliation
Friction (released on the Sony India label) sold a quarter of a million copies in the subcontinent and stayed at number 1 in the charts for 14 weeks.
Bobby co-released
Bobby Friction & Nihal Presents (
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) with
NihalNihal may refer to:*Nihal *Nihal Atsız, a Turkish writer*Beta Leporis, a star traditionally known as Nihal*DJ Nihal, a British radio presenter and television personality*Nihāl, a tribe that inhabits parts of Central India; cf. Nihali language...
(his Radio 1 partner) at the end of 2004 and it has come to be seen as a definitive Asian compilation for the UK and Europe and a great reflection of the music they play on Radio 1.
Bobby Friction is not to be confused with Def Jam Uk DJ's DJ Fricktion who specialises in Hip Hop and Rnb or
DJ FrictionDJ Friction is a Drum and Bass DJ from Brighton, England.-Biography:Brighton-raised Friction is one of only a handful of drum and bass DJs to utilise three decks to mash up his mixes, creating a unique sound....
of Drum N Bass fame.
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