Genre:Singer-Songwriter
Born in Assam, Gauhati, in Northeast India, and currently based in New York’s storied borough of Brooklyn, jitwam has spent his formative years in New Zealand and Australia, before living in monasteries in Thailand, orphanages in South Africa, and washed out apartments in London. Of everywhere and nowhere, his music draws influence from a litany of iconoclasts including, but not limited to RD Burman, Moondog, The Velvet Underground, Yayoi Kusama, Jay Electronica, Jay Dilla, Moodymann, Leon Thomas, Madlib and Asha Bhosle.
Since garnering support from Detroit's Moodymann, who helped give his career a platform by putting his chopped up hip-hop beat 'keepyourbusinesstoyourself', on his DJ Kicks Compilation record, Jitwam has produced 3 EPs, 1 album (with one on the way in 2019), and an array of remixes and singles that have allowed him to tour extensively around the world. Not limiting himself to just one genre, Jitwam plans on soulfully marrying every vibe within house music, hip-hop, jazz, and psychedelic indie rock.