Early life

Nerm's passion for music and mixing started at the age of 10 years old whilst playing around with some D90 cassette tapes.

Early career

An adoration for live music performance was realised in 2000 as the frontman to the electro- punk band Charged, which was signed to Nation Records. At this time Nerm became the headline DJ at London’s underground clubnight, Swaraj

Swaraj

Swaraj can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Gandhi but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination. Swaraj lays stress on governance not by a hierarchical government, but self governance...

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With Drum & Bass as the foundation, other genres including Breakbeat to Hip Hop, House to Garage and Classical Music soon followed. The, then, Asian Underground scene helped sharpen Nerm’s DJ skills and cross-genre, cross-format mixing abilities.

Swaraj

Swaraj

Swaraj can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Gandhi but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination. Swaraj lays stress on governance not by a hierarchical government, but self governance...

 was the platform on which Nerm pioneered Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem is a collective, record label and event host based in east London. Shiva Soundsystem grew out of the Asian Underground scene in London and went on to become more associated with other styles including Drum & Bass and Electronica....

, by amalgamating the live energy of a band with the dance floor by integrating musicians in his sets. Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem is a collective, record label and event host based in east London. Shiva Soundsystem grew out of the Asian Underground scene in London and went on to become more associated with other styles including Drum & Bass and Electronica....

 began as a group, which then progressed into an extensive association of musicians, producers and DJ’s who’s HQ was an out of sight warehouse in Hackney, East London.

Breakthrough

Nerm, alongside Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem

Shiva Soundsystem is a collective, record label and event host based in east London. Shiva Soundsystem grew out of the Asian Underground scene in London and went on to become more associated with other styles including Drum & Bass and Electronica....

, hosted events, first running huge parties at the warehouse amongst other venues and then, more legitimately, playing weekend residencies in East London’s most renowned underground night clubs such as Herbal in Shoreditch and Vibe Bar in Brick Lane in conjunction with artists as varied as Aphex Twin, Swami and Logistics. Greater DJ bookings, festivals and tours ensued with Shiva Soundsystem playing in India and at Glastonbury since 2002.

Media

In tandem with this came opportunities for Nerm to become a presenter with interest from TV and radio channels including E! Channel (Venezuela), Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation 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...

 MTV India

MTV India

MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...

 and BBC 2 which led to Nerm's progression as a broadcaster- at first on the BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...

 radio station.

With D-Code, Nerm embarked on a 2 year run on BBC Radio 1 along with standing in for Mary Anne Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs is an English DJ and music journalist from Garstang, Lancashire. She launched a new Primetime show on Xfm on 9 July 2011-Early career:...

, Ras Kwame and for 1Xtra’s Drum & Bass Mix Show whilst presenting alongside Annie Mac

Annie Mac

Annie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...

 and Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...

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The first Drum & Bass/Dubstep mix album fashioned primarily for India, titled India:One was mixed and released by Nerm. Shiva Soundsystem's releases obtained support from the likes of Pete Tong, Kissy Sell Out, Pendulum and Laurent Garnier.

Since 2010 Nerm has moved into film having done the soundtrack for Kidulthood

Kidulthood

Kidulthood is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel, Adulthood...

 director Menhaj Huda

Menhaj Huda

Menhaj Huda is a British film and television director and producer of Bangladeshi descent.-Movie career:His first directing job was the 1993 television series Hypnosis...

's film Everywhere and Nowhere

Everywhere and Nowhere

Everywhere and Nowhere is a coming of age drama focusing on the identity struggles of Ash a young British Indian who is torn between the traditions of suburban family life and his passion for DJ'ing...

Albums

• India:One (2008)
• Phasmatis In Machina (2009)
• India:Two (2009 - India Only)

Singles and EPs

• Shiva Soundsystem - Mumbai Cells SSR001 (2005)
• D-Code feat Nerm - Outlaw SSR006 (2009)