Sid Sriram
A multidisciplinary musician, playback singer, and songwriter/composer as well as a genre-defying solo artist, Sid Sriram is best known for his soulful soundtrack performances. Raised in California, the Berklee College of Music alumnus works in several languages and their related film industries, including but not limited to Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and English. Fresh out of college, he broke through with his film debut, singing A.R. Rahman's "Adiye" in the 2013 Tamil movie Kadal. An in-demand playback singer thereafter, he worked again with Rahman amid voice appearances in over 200 movies in his first decade of performing (mostly in Telugu and Tamil). In the meantime, he released his own debut album, 2019's Entropy, a genre-bending set of art-pop injected with contemporary R&B, indie rock, Indian Carnatic music, and rap inspirations. He also made his composing debut in the 2020 film Vaanam Kottattum. Sriram's similarly complex second solo LP, the all-English Sidharth, was issued on Def Jam in 2023.
Born in Chennai, India in 1990, Sidharth Sriram moved with his family to California as an infant. Raised in Fremont, his mother was a Carnatic music teacher, and he became a student of the South Indian classical subgenre at the age of four. He also became a fan of contemporary R&B music as well as jazz, blues, rap, and gospel, and after graduating from Mission San Jose High School in 2008, he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied production and engineering. During this time, he would visit Chennai every December and help keep his voice in shape by giving Carnatic concerts.
In December of 2012, on one of his trips, he managed to get a voice demo to A.R. Rahman through a friend. This led to a session with Rahman and an eventual invitation to appear as a playback singer in the Tamil film Kadal (2013). The song "Adiye" proved an industry breakthrough for Sriram, leading to dozens of roles as a playback singer over the next few years -- over 70 by the end of the decade, including films in the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam sectors.
As his star rose as a singer in India and he relocated there, Sriram set about recording his own music. With work on some of the material dating back to the early 2010s, his debut album, Entropy, was released in partnership with Artists Originals in February 2019. A complex mix of Sriram's musical influences, including R&B, Carnatic music, rap, indie, and more, the set made fans of Def Jam Recordings, which signed him for a follow-up. In the meantime, Sriram topped the charts with soundtrack songs like “Maruvaarthai” (from Enai Noki Paayum Thota), and he made his film composing debut with 2020's Vaanam Kottattum, penning five of its six songs in addition to composing the score with music director K (Krishna Kumar). With English-language lyrics, his Def Jam debut, Sidharth, was a similarly ambitious articulation of his musical influences. By the time of its release, his voice had appeared in over 200 movies, and he was a playback star of renown.
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Stars (Remixes)
Sanjoy, Kat Nestel, Sid Sriram, ShiShi, se3k
Dance - Released by PORT22 on 31 Jan 2020
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Emavutundo Manalo (Moombahton Mix)
Sid Sriram, Kaala Bhairava, Anantha Sriram
World - Released by Saregama on 3 Nov 2023
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Avizhaadha Kaalai (Lofi Flip) - Single
World - Released by Saregama on 14 Jan 2023
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Pinju Pinju Mazhai (From "Naane Varuvean") (Rainy Lofi)
Sid Sriram, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Yugabharathi
World - Released by Saregama on 20 May 2023
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Teliyade Teliyade (From "Miles Of Love")
Sid Sriram, Aditi Bhavaraju, RR Dhruvan
Miscellaneous - Released by Aditya Music on 1 Feb 2021
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Kalaavathi (Slowed Version)
Sid Sriram, Thaman S, Anantha Sriram
World - Released by Saregama on 26 Jan 2024
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Avunanavaa (Folk Mix)
Sid Sriram, Leon James, Ramajogayya Sastry
World - Released by Saregama on 1 Dec 2023
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Kalaavathi (From "Sarkaru Vaari Paata") (Slowed And Reverbed)
Sid Sriram, Thaman S, Anantha Sriram
World - Released by Saregama on 2 May 2023
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Thalape Toofaanai (From "Regina")
Sid Sriram, SATHISH NAIR, Rakendhu Mouli
World - Released by Times Music on 7 Jan 2023
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Sundari Penne (Remix, From "Lal Jose")
World - Released by Satyam Audios on 22 Jul 2022
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Maaran - (Tamil Version) (From "Kudukku 2025")
Bhoomee, Titto P Thankachen, Sid Sriram
Miscellaneous - Released by Cloud 9 Entertainments FZ-LLC on 30 Mar 2023
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Neevuntey Chaalu Lofi Mix (From "Michael")
Sam C.S., Sid Sriram, Kalyan Chakravarthy
Miscellaneous - Released by Aditya Music on 8 May 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Oh Vidhi (From "The Road")
Sam C.S., Sid Sriram, Karthik Netha
Film Soundtracks - Released by Tips Industries Ltd on 1 Mar 2024
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Long Long Time
Alternative & Indie - Released by Sid Sriram Music - Do What You Love Records LLC - Def Jam Recordings on 4 Nov 2022
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Madam Sir Madam Anthe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (From Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Lidhaa Music on 17 Apr 2024
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Butta My Bread (Remix)
Dance - Released by North West Sound Recordings on 2 Jun 2023
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Rasavaachiye (Vocals Only)
Sid Sriram, C. Sathya, Mohan Rajan
World - Released by Saregama India Ltd on 9 May 2024
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Aradhya (Lofi House)
Sid Sriram, Hesham Abdul Wahab, Shiva Nirvana
World - Released by Saregama India Ltd on 2 May 2024
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Kalaavathi (Tapori Mix)
Sid Sriram, Thaman S, Anantha Sriram
World - Released by Saregama India Ltd on 28 Apr 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo