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Sahand
12+ albums
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Sahand Jalali (born December 10, 1990) is a British singer, songwriter, and musician based in London, England. He has been releasing music as Sahand since meeting songwriter Andrew M Pisanu in 2009, at which point the duo began working on songs in a serious attempt to pursue a career in the music industry. Sahand was born on December 10, 1990 in Milton Keynes. It wasn’t long before he began singing along to videos of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey in his parents’ living room. Some years later, the family moved to London, where his love for Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder became apparent. Lifts to school introduced him to major influence Freddie Mercury, where his dad’s Queen Live at Wembley tapes would be played on loop. His first band Harley was formed at age 12 whilst at school; their first foray into live performance saw them on stage at local venue The Pioneer in St Albans, now notable as being the birthplace of rock group Enter Shikari. In May 2012, Sahand won The Big Feastival Live & Unsigned competition, resulting in him opening for Paloma Faith at The Big Feastival music festival in September of that year. Sahand made the shortlist as voted for by music fans on SoundCloud; which was then presented to the judging panel which included Alex James (formerly of Blur), president of music at Mercury Mike Smith (who signed Blur to MCA Publishing), JACK fm presenters Caroline Verdon and Trevor Marshall, and BBC Oxford's David Gilyeat. Several collaborative sessions wit
