Ashutosh Phatak (Ashu) is a singer-songwriter-pianist based out of Mumbai, India. His unique musical style can be loosely classified as ambient electronica.

Ashu started his musical journey with a college band called Orphean Revival. He later pursued an education in music at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He completed a dual degree of Economics and Western Classical Music Theory for which he composed a range of piano and violin pieces, and finally created an original full orchestral symphony as a final project. He has written, scripted, composed and produced a 20-song Rock Opera called “I” and is also now embarking on a live performance career with his new album “The Sigh of an Angel”. Somewhere down the way he also sold nebulizers.

Ashutosh is best known for his work with Smoke, a collaborative musical effort between him and Dhruv Ghanekar. Smoke's debut album Smoke Signals is scheduled for release by Blue Frog Records in 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.