Sweety Kapoor
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Sweety Kapoor is British Asian music and arts promoter. Dubbed 'Queen of the Asian Underground' by writer Nik Cohn[citation needed], she was the promoter behind the Anokha club, hosted by Mercury Music Prize-winning artist Talvin Singh at London's Blue Note venue. Since leaving Anokha she has worked with artists, managing one-off projects, setting up tours, consulting various music festivals, organising album / film launches and tour managing as well as working on her own projects.
In 1998 she headed to Mumbai where she introduced the British Asian Underground movement through a series of gigs with State of Bengal, drummer Marque Gilmore and vocalist Amar.
Working to promote and bridge the gap between UK artists and the Indian music industry, she has consulted on various projects in India including BBC World Service's 50th anniversary concert that was broadcast live from Mumbai. She has produced numerous events in India and has consulted various venues to help them convert into music venues.
In 2000 Sweety moved to New York City, where she programmed weekly music events by Knitting Factory Records as a marketing tool to promote Graham Haynes' album BPM. For the weekly sessions Electric Church, hosted by Haynes, Sweety put collaborations together with varied artists from Bernie Worrel (Phunkadelic), Bucket Head, Kursh Kale, State of Bengal and Graham Haynes. During her time in NYC she was asked to give a talk on the Asian underground movement at New York's Summer festival held in Central Park.
In 2001 she was invited to join Nuphonic and helped programme their London venue Bridge & Tunnel, where she launched the club night FriKtion with BBC Radio 1's Bobby Friction. During her stint with Nuphonic she managed the Virgin club tent at the V2 Festival, programmed by Nuphonic, and helped organise and manage the Nuphonic stage at the ECHO Festival in Belgrade.
Kapoor was asked to donate an outfit for a major exhibition at the Museum of London entitled Fashion: from street to catwalk. This was displayed alongside a portrait by Steven Cook in October 2004.
