Jim Ankan Deka

Jim Ankan Deka was born in Guwahati, Assam on 1 June 1980, to Assamese writer-couple Prof Bhabananda Deka and Nalini Prava Deka.[4][5] He is the third of three children.

Deka started playing the guitar from the age of three.[6] His initial training was in Borgeet and Khol.[7]

Deka started his career in music at the age of 18 with his first album Prahar: Tumi Kowa Kothabor with an Assamese band Prahar.[8] With his performance as a guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist in numerous concerts, events and TV shows, Deka made a name for himself in the music industry of Assam.[9][10] In 2001 Deka founded a studio in Guwahati named La-Jiazz which was closed in 2006. Deka is a member of the band Voodoo Child in Assam.[11]

Since 1998, Deka has been composing and arranging music for albums, TV series, documentaries, short films and ad jingles. Till 2012 he has composed music for six albums in various languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Mizo and Goalporia. At present he is a member of Veenar, a jazz fusion band[12] and Eastern Fare, an acoustic rock band in Bangalore.[13]

Jim Ankan Deka and Antara Nandy at a concert in Bangalore (17 November 2012)

Deka has been involved in concert and event photography since 2006.[14]

Deka left for Bangalore in 2006 and founded the ace music institute Eastern Fare Music Foundation.[15][16][17] Eastern Fare opened a club Eastern Fare Music Club in 2009 and a recording studio Eastern Fare Music Studio.[18]

In 2010, Eastern Fare Music Foundation opened a production house in Bangalore called Eastern Fare Productions. Deka directed two short documentaries, Nagaland: Journey through the choir of clouds and Shillong under the same production house.[19] The production house also produced a short film and two music videos.

In 2012 Deka opened a branch of Eastern Fare in Guwahati.[20]

In 2017, Deka co-founded a travel information and activity center for North-east India called OK North East in Guwahati with branches in Umiam and Bangalore. The company took up projects to bring foreign tourists to not very well known to unexplored places in the North-east. The company has been taking up tasks to help villages in the North-east through the means of sustainable development along with providing training on soft skills to the villagers.[21]

• "Little Love Little Peace" (Featuring Rittique Phukan (Voodoo Child)) (English) (2017)
• "How Else Can We Sing This" (for the band – Eastern Fare) (English) (2010)

• "Assam Skies" (Featuring Char Seawell, Catherine Khiangte, Karen Weed) (English) (2019)
• "Niyoror Xur" (Featuring Mayukh Hazarika) (Assamese) (2019)
• "Anuron" (Featuring Rupam Bhuyan, Queen Hazarika) (Assamese) (2016)
• "Aakaxok Subo Khojo" (Featuring Antara Nandy) (Assamese) (2015)
• "Xaare Aasu" (Featuring Queen Hazarika) (Assamese) (2015)[28]

• "Nixobdo Nilim" (Assamese) (2014)
• "Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya, Queen Hazarika, Antara Nandy) (Bilingual) (2013)
• "Tere Bin Nahi Lagda" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) (tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)[29]
• "Bidaai Dilo Bidaai" (Featuring Ankur Deka) (Assamese) (2012)
• "Ganga" (Featuring Ritwika Bhattacharya) (Hindi) (2012) (tribute to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika)[30][31]
• "Samajavaragamana" (Featuring Suchethan Rangaswamy) (Sanskrit) (for the band – Veenar) (2010)
• "Saviganasu" (Kannada) (composed only the guitar part for the theme song of a Kannada serial) (2010)

• "Eastwards feat. Suchethan Rangaswamy" (instrumental) (Featured in the albums Timeless; Heritage Hues – Music That Celebrates India by Songdew; 'Strings Attached' by Music Aloud.)