Darbuka Siva is a musician/ music producer based in Chennai, India. Beginning drums at the age of 17, Siva was quickly drawn to latin and world percussion like the darbuka, djembe, cajon and then the bass guitar. He has led many collaborative projects working to combine different art forms with contemporary Indian classical music, including Yodhakaa - a project on ancient Sanskrit shlokams, a project called La Pongal, which fuses traditional Tamil folk and contemporary pop, and experimental works with Bengali Baul musicians.