Adham Shaikh is a Canadian composer, record producer, and sound designer living near Nelson, British Columbia. His musical interest began with exploring synthesizers in the early 1980s, and in the early 1990s, he presented his compositions to audiences embracing electronic music. He studied electro-acoustic composition at Queen's University. His music includes a world-groove blend of fusion, dub, world beat, tech house, ambient, and jazz, reflecting his upbringing of listening to Indian ragas and Western classical music. His collaborations include work with international musicians from India, Bali, Indonesia, Africa, Scandinavia, Turkey, the United States, and Canada. In 2006, he received a Juno Award nomination for World Music Album of the Year. A remix of his song “Water Prayer” was featured as the soundtrack of the season-two finale of the Canadian television series Orphan Black.
