perc, 1965-2015 GB, Karachi
Producer of Dance
A.k.a. Saifullah Zaman
Sam Zaman (born 17 April 1965, Karachi, Pakistan – died 19 May 2015, UK) was a Pakistani-born British DJ and music producer. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan and lived in Ankara (Turkey), Amman (Jordan) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) before his family moved to London when he was aged eight. In 1987, Zaman set up the State Of Bengal project in London after a visit to Noakhali, Bangladesh, where he interacted with traditional folk musicians and dancers. Original members of the group included his youngest brother Deeder Zaman (later became vocalist of Asian Dub Foundation) who was 7, and MC Mushtaq (later became the lead rapper for Fun-Da-Mental) who was 15.
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