Shur-I-Kan

Shurikan aka Tom Szirtes' trademark blend of musicality with cutting edge electronic production has been turning heads and making fans for over six years now. Whilst learning his chops playing keyboards with various jazz, funk and rock bands around London, Tom was working on his own material on the side. At his first solo gig he was discovered by renowned producer Tom Middleton (Jedi Knights, Global Communication) who released Shurikan's debut track "Niomi's Dream" on the now seminal Jedi's Night Out compilation for Mixmag. Shurikan is a favourite and long time contributor to Freerange Records label a relationship that started with the distinctly dreamy jazz influenced "Advance" album in 2001 that caught the ears of luminaries such as LTJ Bukem, Mixmaster Morris and Pete Lawerence of Big Chill. The more dancey followup album "Waypoints" (2004) cemented Shurikan's reputation as a producer