Award winning and leading British Asian vocalist Shahin Badar releases her debut solo album ‘Laila’ and returns to the music scene for the first time in nearly two years.

‘Laila’ features a blend of Arabic, English and Indian influences that showcases a unique talent. It is a strong offering of 18 solid cuts, which have edgy, tripping, hypnotic beats and chants. No dance floor is likely to be empty when tracks like ‘Doleh Reh’ from Mercury nominated Choque Hosein, ‘Jhoom Jhoom’, ‘Laila’, and ‘Andheri Raai’ hit the decks.

Shahin is best known for the Prodigy's ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ giving them and Shahin Billboard and UK No. 1 chart positions and entry into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest selling album at the time. For this she received a double platinum disc and a place in music history. Shahin featured on two further Prodigy albums that enjoyed UK number 1 chart positions. She has worked with dance maestro Tim Deluxe on the single ‘Mundaya’, which was chosen as an 'Essential tune of the week' by BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong.

Shahin's distinctive vocals have also featured in over 30 Hollywood and Bollywood films including Academy nominated ‘Closer’ and ‘Charlie's Angels’.

Shahin has already won Best Female Vocalist at the Asian Pop Awards; nominations for Ethnic Multicultural Media Award - Best New Comer; Asian Women of Achievement Awards - Arts & Culture; Muslim News Alhamra Award for Excellence and Channel 5's prestigious Community Award - Glory of India thereby establishing Shahin as one of the most outstanding female Asian vocalists in the UK dance and British Asian music scene.

Release Date: 6th October Label: Shahin Badar Records via Imprint IMP CD 007.