Anyone who came down to the second Acoustic & Beats evening at The Regal Room recently will have already experienced the laid back charm of Padma . We are very pleased to announce that Padma will be releasing his debut album, Here, on Just Music in April 2008.

Padma hails from a small suburban town near Sheffield in the North of England. He has been a practising Buddhist for over 10 years and at one time intended to spend his life as part of a Buddhist Order. In the end it was his inability to cope with that exact thing ? order ? that led to him going his own way, choosing instead the path of the artist.

Padma's music speaks both of the mud and the sky - both the gutter and the stars. His lyrics are very personal, but through drawing on personal experiences and observations, Padma often makes a wider philosophical or political point. His gentle, lulling guitar technique is often embellished with the subtle use of percussion, vintage effects and analog synthesizers, creating a timeless and other-worldly acoustic-based sound.


Look out for more live dates and preceding EPs in early 2008.

?Here? is out in April 2008 on Just Music.


Official Padma Website

Padma's MySpace