Vishnu Priya a.k.a. Bishi has taken London's nightlife by storm. Gorgeously appareled in a traditional sari and endowed with her sitar she takes the audience on a ride from British to Bengali and Bulgarian folk music.
Her music blends traditional instruments and folk influences with electronic beats, strong melodies and her strong and interesting voice. The resulting melange sounds like nothing else released this year, it's pop at its most decadent and inventive.
Bishi has music in her blood, she hails from a Bengali musical family. When she was 15 she started playing the sitar but she is also a classical trained pianist and played the bass guitar in jazz bands. She writes her own songs, sings them and she even spins the discs in London's hippest nightclubs.
Her debut album "Night at the circus" reflects an era of pop music inspired by cultural convergence and promoted via word of mouth, social networks, blogs and forums.
As she herself states: "I have based the album on being an outsider. The space between two cultures can be confusing, but it can also be very energetic".

Check out her homepage and MySpace.