Manni Sandhu is a British music director, audio engineer and record producer originally from the Indian state of Punjab.
Wiki/Biography
Amrinder Singh Sandhu aka Manni Sandhu was born on Tuesday, September 26, 1989, in London, United Kingdom (age 32; as of 2021). His zodiac sign is Libra. He grew up in Southall, London.
Manisandu childhood photos
Later, Manny and his family moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He became interested in music after watching his brother mix a Punjabi song with a hip-hop song. Following in the footsteps of his elder brother, he started making music at the age of 13 by mixing Punjabi songs with different forms of music such as hip-hop, R&B, garage, drum and bass. At the age of 14, he got the opportunity to DJ at an event. His music was well received by the audience and he was later invited to DJ at various local parties and club events. He then received musical training under Wolverhampton-based music producer Gurps Sandhar.
Manni Sandhu as a teenager
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
He was born into a Sikh Jat family.
Parents and siblings
His parents owned a business in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His brother Jazz Sandhu is also a music producer.
Collage of Manni Sandhu and his brothers
Profession
At the age of 16, he built a small music studio in his room and released his first music project “The Demo”, which included remixes of songs by singers such as Lembher Hussainpurri, Dippa Dosanjh and Bhinda Aujla. Later, he collaborated with Indian music producer JSL Singh to create the song “Mutual Concept”, which was well received by the audience. At 17, he began focusing more on making his own music rather than mixing songs. In March 2008, his debut Punjabi single “Pawara” was released. The song gained huge popularity and was played on BBC Asian Network and BBC 1XTRA. Later, he temporarily stopped making music. In order to improve his music production skills, he received training under the guidance of music master Ustaad Master Rashpal Singh. On February 23, 2012, he released his first music album “My Time” under the music label “Brown Boi Music”.
My time album poster
Some of the tracks released from the album include “Sona” featuring Bakshi Billa, “Door Ni Kulne” featuring Manak-E and “Husna Di Sarkar” featuring Kaka Bhainiawala, which are listed on the UK’s Official Asian Music Download Ranking list. In January 2013, he collaborated with Punjabi singer Prabh Gill and released the Punjabi mixtape “Against All Odds” in 2014.
“Overcoming All Difficulties” music album poster
Some of his other popular Punjabi songs are “Friday” feat. Manjit Pappu (2014), Akhil’s ‘Makhaul’ (2015) and Akhil’s ‘Gani’ (2016).
dispute
In 2019, he was accused by Punjabi singer Dilraj Grewal of stealing his song “Verified Jatt”. Dilraj uploaded an old video of ‘Verified Jatt’ in which he sang the song. As soon as the video was uploaded, his fans and management team started accusing Manny of using Dheeraj’s song. Dheeraj even sent a legal notice to Manny for plagiarizing his other songs. Later, Manny clarified the matter through an Instagram video, in which he said,
The song is owned by Sangra Vibes who composed and recorded the guiding vocals for the song over two years ago and I still have the date stamped files. I invested Rs 20 lakh in Dilraj, which has become dead money since I received the legal notice. I recorded 3 songs with Dilraj, flew him to the UK, paid for studio time, all of which are now in vain. Once the legal notice was issued, the song “Verified Jatt” was rolled back to its original owners – Sangra Vibes. “
Facts/Trivia
- On 7 May 2012, he attended the Camden Crawl Festival in the UK with BBC Radio 1 presenter Nihal.
- In 2013, Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan performed Manni’s song “Bottle” at the TOIFA Awards in Vancouver. Later, Abhishek tagged Manny in a tweet and thanked him for allowing him to use his song.
- He is proficient in playing various instruments such as organ, keyboard and tombi.
Manni Sandhu in his music studio
- He has won the BRIT Asian Television Music Awards twice, once for Best Single in 2017 for the song “Gani” and once for Best Music Producer in 2019.
- Manni co-owns the music label Collab Creations with his brother Jazz Sandhu.
- Sandhu is an avid animal lover.
Manni Sandhu holding a puppy
- He was often spotted drinking at various parties and events.
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