Studio Mogul

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Studio Mogul (Sebastian Ahmad) is a graphic designer based in London, known for his artwork in the Asian Underground music scene.

Born in 1968 in what later became Bangladesh, he was raised for 7 years by his mother's relatives. His uncle was General Khaled Musharraf, who performed a military coup in 1975 before being assassinated four days later. After the family came out of hiding, Ahmad was taken to his parents in Saudi Arabia, and then moved to London in 1981.

Ahmad became involved in the Asian Underground scene through meeting Talvin Singh and helping to run the famous Anokha club night. He designed Singh's first album cover, and then went on to create a series of images that became part of State of Bengal's first album. Ahmad then developed the Stoned Asia club nights with DJ Pathaan, and the Swaraj club nights with DJ Khushboo, defining their visual style through his flyers. He also did several album covers for Nation Records.

His most iconic images are the Swaraj album cover with the Indian female in the DJ headphones, which has been bootlegged onto t-shirts all over South and Southeast Asia.

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[edit] Album Covers

Talvin Singh - Calcutta Cyber Cafe - 1995
Elizabeth Bunny - Crawl - 1996
State of Bengal - Visual Audio - 2001
State of Bengal - Rama Communication (single) - 2001
State of Bengal - Elephant Ride (single) - 2001
Swaraj - Future Asian Beat - 2001
Swami - BhangraDotCom - 2002
Lelonek - Reflections - 2002
Fun-Da-Mental - Voices of Mass Destruction - 2003
Nation Records - State of the Nation - 2003
Dum Dum Project & Various Artists - Yoga Chill - 2003
Swami - Desi Rock - 2005
The Mighty Zulu Nation - Abantu - 2004
Sonik Gurus - Sound & Culture Clash - 2006
Liquid Sound Compilation - Illuminations - 2007
Subsonar - Debut Album - 2007