Swraj Singh Sev also known as Nikka Sev to his friends and family was born and raised in Derby. He was brought up in a Sikh/Punjabi household but however also surrounded by Western influences as well as Punjabi Folk/Bhangra. His influences over the years include the likes of Kuldip Manak, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Mohd Sadiq and Dippa Dosanjh, DCS and Balwinder Safri to name a few.

Nikka Sev grew up mixing Indian songs with Western beats. He first learnt basic Keyboard skills in secondary school and then went onto learn to play the Classical Piano with Yamaha Music School and later studied Music Technology at college and later progressed his music production skill under the guidance of Matthew Margett a Techno producer.

Under the guidance of the Late Ustad Iqbal Rai, Nikka Sev learnt how to play the harmonium (vaja) and became trained vocally, Nikka now learns under the guidance of Ustad Jaswinder Jass. With the support from friends and family Nikka Sev has gone on to work within the music industry and many famous musicians.

At such a young age he has already worked on several releases since 2009, the first being devotional songs ‘Parnaam Shaheeda Nu’ and ‘Khalsa Bhindranwala’. Since then he has closely been working with Immortal Productions and Jagowale Jatha.

Nikka Sev is now working on his debut album called ‘Mind Over Matter’ and has collaborated with artists such as Ashok Gill, Pervez Jousy, Sanjeev Jalalabadi and Pargat and Jagdev Khan who are the nephews of the legendary Kuldip Manak and will also be featuring vocals by Nikka Sev himself.


Listen to Inside-Man featuring Surinder Shinda – Heer Di Doli (REMIX) below:

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