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Bathiya and Santhush (BNS) are Sri Lanka's
most accomplished musical duo in the field
of ethnic fusion music. In the last 5 years
the duo have secured over 350 live performances,
a music publishing contract with Universal
Music, a recording contract with SONY BMG
Music Entertainment / M entertainment and
released 3 platinum albums.
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Since their inception in 1998, the duo
have achieved fourteen entries in the
Sri Lankan music charts along with 7 number-one
singles. Their single Siri Sangabodhi
Maligawedi off the album Life
was the the first ever multilingual
[English and Singhalese] hit to be played
on English Radio after 3 decades. The
latest album Neththara released
in 2005 sold up to 75,000 copies in just
5 months. The album has been ranked as
one of the highest selling Sony Music
releases in Sri Lanka.
BNS have also enjoyed enormous success
overseas. In 2001 they were runners up
at both the Voice of Asia Music
Festival in Kazakhstan and the Shanghai
Music Festival in China. To this day,the
duo have toured over 20 countries, their
most memorable overseas show being to
a crowd of over 27,000 in Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates. They have also opened concerts
for legendary acts such as UB40 and famous
contemporary artists The Vengaboys and
DJ Bobo. The video for the duo's hit song
Neththara off the Neththara
album is now regularly broacast on India's
MTv and Channel V.
As a musical duo, BNS are a meeting of
two entirely different creative journeys.
The magic behind the trademark BNS sound
lies in the blending of the two musicians’
contrasting personalities and creative
visions.
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2005 Tours
ITB - Berlin, Germany
Delhi, India
Opera House - Sydney, Australia
Cannes Film Festival- Cannes, France
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Beijing, China
Bangkok, Thailand
Dubai, U.A.E
Singapore, Singapore
2004 Tours
London, UK
Paris, France
Bangkok, Thailand
Stockholm, Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark
Milan & Rome, Italy
Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Kualalumpur Malaysia
Dubai, U.A.E
2003 Tours
Toronto, Canada
London, UK
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
Manama, Bahrain
Chennai, India
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cricket Stadium Sharjah, UAE
2002 Tours
Melbourne, Australia
Singapore, Singapore
Ncosia, Cyprus
Delhi, India
Al Nazar Ice Rig Dubai, UAE
Millenium Dome, UK
2001 Tours
Melbourne, Australia
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Shanghai, China
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- Over 300 Live performances including staggering audiences of 27,000. in Sarjah, 19,000 in Colombo and out door performances sustaining average crowds of over 5,000.
- Composers & Performers of the Official Sri Lankan Cricket Anthem BCCSL.
- Music Publishing Contract under UNIVERSAL MUSIC Publishing Hong Kong.
- Recording Contract under SONY BMG Music Entertainment / "M" entertainment.
- Winners of the TYOP Award for the contribution to Culture & Arts 2002.
- Runner-up the 4th Pop Music Festival in Zernjanin Serbia 2003.
- Silver Award Winners at the "Azia Dauzey" Music Festival in Kazakhstan 2001 / Shanghai Music Festival 2001.
- Bronze award winners at the 4th Shanghai Asia Music Festival in China 2001.
- Winner of the Golden Clef Award for the best fusion band - 2002.
- Opening act for "UB 40" at the, Sri Lanka Peace concert December 2002.
- Opening act for the "Vengaboys" in there tour of Sri Lanka in March 2001.
- Opening act for "DJ BoBo" in his tour of Sri Lanka in November 2000.
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:: BNS in South Korea
See BNS in South Korea on 31 December 2006.
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:: Neththara Live
See BNS at Neththara Live on 16.12.06 at Ananda College.
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:: Neththara Live
See BNS at Neththara Live on 01.12.06 at St. Joseph's Auditorium.
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:: Introducing Saregama Productions
Saregama Productions is Sri Lanka's premier audio recording and production facility. During the last year, Saregama Productions has secured a stable of clients across a range of industries, both in Sri Lanka and overseas.
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