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Amin Bhatia’s fascination with music and electronics won him international fame in his youth. His success in the Roland International Synthesizer competitions led to projects with David Foster, Steve Porcaro and a solo album on Capitol Records Cinema label.
Titled the "Interstellar Suite", the album is best described as a soundtrack to an imaginary science fiction film. The realism and expression of his sound won critical acclaim among those in both the electronic and classical music genres. The album was re-released on CD in 2003.
On May 23, 2008, in celebration of the birthdate of Bob Moog, Amin released "Virtuality", a double concept album featuring a sci-fi trip inside the computer featuring real and virtual orchestral instruments. Guest artists on Side 1 'Virtuality' include Steve Porcaro, Patrick Moraz and members of the Toronto Symphony and Opera Orchestras. Dedicated to Bob Moog who was involved in the making of this album, a portion of every sale goes to the Bob Moog Foundation. 'Side 2' features "Bolero Electronica", a unique performance of Ravel's Bolero using 75 years of synthesizers performed chronologically on vintage synthesizers used from the Cantos Foundation Synthesizer Museum as well as from personal collections all over the world. There are extensive liner notes and a guide to synthesizer history by Mark Vail. The cover artwork was created by award winning digital artist Alexander Preuss. Please visit the Video to watch exclusive interviews on the making of the album.
Over the years Bhatia has moved into actual orchestral work with a sizable profile of film and television scores. Current projects include the CBS/CTV hit TV series Flashpoint and feature film Mysteries of the Great Lakes.
The IMAX films Mysteries of the Great Lakes and "Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees" features members of the Toronto Symphony and Opera Orchestras with hit songs recorded in Africa by Johnny Clegg. The war epic "Going Back" (GFT) was recorded by the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the animated adventure "Rescue Heroes: The Movie" (Nelvana) features players from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Other features include "John Woo’s Once A Thief" and "Iron Eagle II".
In 2006 Amin and co-writer Ari Posner received an Emmy nomination for the Disney animated series "Get Ed" and in 2005 Amin won two Gemini awards for his music score work in television.
"Virtuality" is available CDBaby, as well as ITunes, at Bhatia Music Canada and at street level at The Musideum Store in Toronto and online.
"The Interstellar Suite" is available from CDBaby, as well as Backroads Music, Groove Music and Bhatia Music Canada.
If you buy a CD from Bhatia Music Canada, mention mySpace in the comments field and get a free CD copy of selected music from the sci-fi adventure series "Code Name: Eternity" along with either "The Interstellar Suite" or "Virtuality".
"The standard has been set." Steve Porcaro
"…rating right up there with Wendy Carlos and Isao Tomita." Keyboard Magazine
"Amin’s music is a breath of fresh air in the world of not just synthesized music,
but music as a whole." Oscar Peterson
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