Born in '76 and raised in Southampton, southern England, Niraj studied music for many years before landing a job at 'Mark Hills' studio (The Artful Dodger/Craig David). He progressed from tea-maker to studio assistant and ended up working with Mark on various RnB and garage projects.

In 1996 he moved to London to start a Music Technology Degree. It was here that he began to experiment with a mix of eastern and western sounds, such as the track 'The Firefly' demonstrates (Untouchable Outcaste Beats Vol 1). The track highlights Niraj's wonderful ability to build very deep, melodic tracks at almost any pace. It was subsequently picked up by Nitin Sawhney and Niraj became an Outcaste artist.

Niraj delivered 4 tracks for the 'Outcaste New Breed' album which highlight his dexterity and talent. 'Sanatan' and 'Walk Alone' both reflect the depth and spirituality implicit within his music. 'Redemption' uplifts while 'Ye Zameen' is in a similar vein to his debut outing.

The success of 'New Breed' led to Niraj being approached by independent film producer (Tara Arts) and the Royal Stratford East theatre company. After a considerable number of meetings he signed a contract with Stratford East to write and compose a new musical called 'Baiju Bawru'. It was the first ever Asian musical and opened successfully in March 2002 at Stratford.

He has since worked on a varitey of projects including the Ranga Rang project (part of the Queens Golden Jubilee celebrations), compositions for Diesel fashion launches, music for the opening ceremony to the Common Wealth Games and a classical indian dance piece entitled 'Rush' for the BBC2 Mega Mela show.

He is currently producing his own album.