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ElJay-Ji continuously is searching for some cool new tunes. His personal Top10 including:
Bombay Dub Orchestra, Suns of Arqa, Karunesh, Niyaz, Loop Guru, MIDIval PunditZ, Adham Shaikh, Barbara Morgenstern, Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale, BreakBeatBuddha, Massive Attack, Asian Dub Foundation, Talvin Singh, Azam Ali, Karsh Kale, Taufiq Qureshi, Delhi 2 Dublin, Transglobal Underground, Tabla Beat Science, Secret Archives of the Vatican, Joi, Sheila Chandra, Thievery Corporation, Digital Bled, Nitin Sawhney, Kuba, Anuj Rastogi, Atman, Dhol Foundation, Niraj Chag, Black Bombay, Notecrusher, Sir Shree, Vas, DJ Krush, MC Yogi, Ric Veda, State of Bengal, London Elektricity, Shaa’ir + Func, Black Star Liner, Up, Bustle and Out, Nawtiks, Tek 9, DJ Swami, Banco de Gaia, Tipper, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Sattyananda, Sharaab.
Playlist of radio show No. “0″ (5th January 2010): Premiere theme – 1st 10 years of Indian Electronics…
1. Talvin Singh – CD Anokha | Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997) – Track 01: Jaan (06:02)
2. Talvin Singh – CD Anokha | Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997) – Track 07: Distant God (06:02)
3. The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal – CD Walking on (1999/2000) – Track 11: Streets of Calcutta (Live) – (04:44)
4. Asian Dub Foundation – CD Community Music (2000) – Track 13: Committed to Life (04:44)
5. Badmarsh & Shri – CD SIGNS (2001) – Track 08: Tribal (04:07)
6. Joi – CD We are Three (2002) – Track 01: Journey (07:15)
7. Joi – CD We are Three (2002) – Track 02: Prem (07:15)
8. TJ Rehmi – CD The Warm Chill (2004) – Track 02 (Titel song/LP version): The Warm Chill (04:01)
9. Nitin Sawhney – CD Fabriclive.15 (2004) – Track 01: Homelands (Free Form Five Remix) (05:30)
10. Shri – CD East Rain (2005) – Track 02: Heavy World (03:41)
Playlist of radio show No. “1″ (2nd February 2010) – Theme: Relevance of Bhangra for Indian Electronics…
1. Channi Singh – CD Makhana (2004) – Makhana (3:58)
2. Heera Group – CD Bally Sagoo: Dance Connection 2 – Track 1: Oh Yaro Kaun Nachdi (Sweet mix – 5:41)
3. Bally Sagoo – CD Rising From the East (1999) - Track 5: Dil Cheez (4:02)
4. Apache Indian – CD Time for Change (2005) – Track 17: Om Numah Shivaya (4:25)
5. Dhol Foundation – CD Big Drum Small World (2001) – Track 12: Drummer’s Reel (5:46)
6. Dhol Foundation – CD Big Drum Small World (2001) – Track 4: Healing With Turmeric (6:08)
7. Transglobal Underground – CD Moonshout (2007) – Track 8: Mera Jhumka (5:01)
8. Transglobal Underground – CD Impossible Broadcasting (2008) – Track 4: Drinking in Gomorrah (5:36)
9. Malkit Singh – CD Nach Nach (2007) – Track 3: Jija Ji (6:24)
10. Rishi Rich – CD Assorted (2007) – Track 3: Chali Aayi (3:11)
11. Juggy D – CD Juggy D (2004) – Track 9: Akheer (3:49)
12. Jay Sean – CD My Own Way (2008) – Track 2: Tonight (3:42)
13. Panjabi MC – CD Desi (2003) – Sassi (4:21)
14. Jazzy B – CD Kaun Nachdi (2007) – Track 5: Kaun Nachdi (Dhad Saarangi Bounce Fix – 3:54)
15. Kuldip Manak – CD Gorakh Da Tilla (2004) – Track 1: Gorakh Da Tilla (3:02)
Playlist of radio show No. “2″ (2nd March 2010): Ladies spinning…
1. Natacha Atlas – CD Gedida (1998) – Track 7: The Righteous Path (6:48)
2. Transglobal Underground (with Natasha Atlas) – CD Dream of 100 nations (1994) – Track 8: Sirius B (4:15)
3. Transglobal Underground (with Sheema Mukherjee – Sitar) – CD Feast of Silence (2004) – Track 1: Amrita – Churning the Sea of Milk (6:08)
5. Niyaz – CD Niyaz (2005) – Track 9: Dilruba (6:47)
6. Niyaz – CD Nine Heavens – Volu 1 & 2 (2008) – Track 2 (Vol 1): Tamana (5:13)
7. Sheila Chandra – CD ABoneCroneDrone (2006) – Track 1: ABoneCroneDrone 1 (7:26)
8. Sheila Chandra – CD Nada Brahma (1985) – Track 1: Nada Brahma – Sound is Divine (26:52)
9. Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale – CD Breathing Under Water (2007) – Track 2: Slither (6:25)
10. Thievery Corporation (featering Anoushka Shankar) – CD Radio Retaliation – 2008 – Track 2: Mandala (4:00)
11. Veronica Mehta – CD Theen (2005) – Track 10: Sitarey (4:06)
12. Veronica Mehta – CD RUSH (2010) – Miss V – Preview (Official Video): “Rush” (3:15)
13. Shaa’ir + Func (Monica Dogra & Randolph Correia) – CD New Day: The Love Album (2007) – Track 2: Broken (4:50)
14. Shaa’ir + Func (Monica Dogra & Randolph Correia) – CD Light Tribe (2008) – Track 1: All My Colours (3:33)
The Playlist of radio show No. “3″ (6th April 2010) : Indian Electronics on European Continent (part 1)…
1. Aesh – CD Aesh (2007) – Track 2: Le Frere (5:08)
2. Aesh – CD Aesh (2007) – Track 6: TablaTronic (4:15)
3. Digital Bled – CD Caravana (2000) – Track 6: Trip Indiano (6:19)
4. Digital Bled – CD Caravana (2000) – Track 9: Paciencia (5:39)
5. Black Bombay – CD Black Bombay (2002) – Track 7: Karnatak Journey (8:51)
6. Black Bombay – CD Black Bombay (2002) – Track 6: Night At The Temple (5:45)
7. Nataraj XT – CD Ocean Birds (2003) – Track 7: Funny Tune (4:16)
8. Nataraj XT – CD Opposition (2005) – Track 7: Ka Dub (5:46)
9. Atman – CD Eternal Dance II (1998) – Track 7: Spirit (5:50)
The Playlist of radio show No. “4″ (4th May 2010) : ETHNO or WHAT ?
1. Osmani SoundZ – Track 10: Spiritual Master Key (5:09) – CD: Anokha-Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997)
2. GES-E & Osmani Soundz - Track 1: The Calling (2:12) – 12’’ Vinyl: Nasha V3 (2009)
3. The Nasha Experience - Track 1: Greasy Spoon (4:03) – 12’’ Vinyl: NRV005 – A: Greasy Spoon AA: Matix (2010)
4. DJ dimmSummer - Track 1: Rubstep (Slow Burn Mix) (4:33) – CD: Dimmsummer Presents: Nu Asian SoundZ (2010)
5. Anuj Rastogi featuring Falitaa Chhabra – Track 8: Rogue Justice (5:10) – CD: Dimmsummer Presents: Nu Asian SoundZ (2010)
6. Engine-EarZ Experiment – Faction 2 (Revolution) – Master (4:44) – Live recording BBC (UK) (2009)
7. Engine-EarZ Experiment – Kaliyuga (fully live dubsteb) (5:20) – Live recording BBC (UK) (2009)
8. Engine-EarZ Experiment – Introspector featering Natan Flutebox Lee (4:52) – Live recording BBC (UK) (2009)
9. Natan Flutebox Lee & Bandish Projekt – Live recording (3:55) – Alchemy Festival (UK) (2010)
10. Arun Ghosh & Bandish Projekt – Live recording (5:08) – Alchemy Festival (UK) (2010)
11. Secret Archives of the Vatican - Track 3: Glidepath (5:35) - EP: The Glidepath (2010) <= FREE DOWNLOAD !! (just click)
12. Secret Archives of the Vatican – Track 4: Secret Archive (5:08) – EP: The Glidepath (2010) <= FREE DOWNLOAD !! (just click)
The Playlist of radio show No. “5″ (1st June 2010): Indian Electronics on European Continent (part 2)…
1. Karunesh-Track 3: Punjab – (7:05) – CD Global Spirit (2003, Oreade Music)
2. Karunesh – Track 2: Ancient Secrets (4:58) – CD Global Spirit (2003, Oreade Music)
3. Jahcoozi – Track 4: Close To Me (3:39) – CD Barefoot Wanderer (2010, BPitch Control)
4. Jahcoozi – Track 4: Double Barrel Name (4:50) – CD Blitz’N'Ass (2007, Asound / Bubbles)
5. Sir Shree – Track 1: Elephant’s Trunk (Original Mix) (4:13) – CD Mojo Club 11 Right Now (2003, Mojo Club)
6. Sir Shree – Track 3: Rishikesh Radio (4:09) – CD Tandoori & Chips (2004, Sir Shree)
7. Mykel Angel – Track 2: Hathi Mere Sathi (4:10) – CD Bombay Beats (2006)
8. DJ Mykel Angel & Mr G F:D – Track 3: Enjoy (Buddha 4) (3:53) – CD Buddha The Very Best Of - Mixe (2003)
9. Swayd (Richard Meyer) – Track 8: Jeevathalamay (5:52) – CD Top 40 Ultimate Asian Classic Bar Grooves (2009, Du Monde Music)
10. Swayd (Richard Meyer) – Track 12: Shakti Symphony (5:00) – CD Top 40 Asian Classic Bar Grooves Plus Continuous Party Mix (2009, Du Monde Music)
11. Mahisha (Mirko – Kosmos) – Track 2: Mahabharata (6:41) – EP Mahisha – Empire (2009, EP) <= !! FREE DOWNLOAD !! (click here)
12. Mahisha (Mirko – Kosmos) – Track 5: India Roads (4:47) – EP Mahisha – Empire (2009, EP) <= !! FREE DOWNLOAD !! (click here)
The Playlist of radio show No. “6″ (3rd August 2010): Summer Time…
1. Secret Archives of the Vatican – Track 4: Sari Saltuq (4:38) – EP Wisdom Truth (2010, BrokenDrumRecords – free download*)
2. Secret Archives of the Vatican – Track 2: A Bruised Reed (4:36) – EP Wisdom Truth (2010, BrokenDrumRecords – free download*)
3. Fusing Naked Beats (DJ Asif) – Track : Treason (4:55) – Crystal City (2010, Just Play Records)
4. Mirko-Kosmos – Track 4: SHOGUN TACTICS (5:21) – EP MK (2010, free download)
5. Janaka Selekta – Track 12: Awake (Karsh Kale’s Morning Remix) (5:07) – EP Pushing Air (2010, Chaiwalla’s Boombox)
6. Janaka Selekta – Track 7: My World (3:58) – EP Pushing Air (2010, Chaiwalla’s Boombox)
7. the1shanti – Track 1: Beautiful (Summer Sunshine Remix) (4:39) – EP Beautiful (2010, the1shanti – free download)
8. Brooklyn Shanti – Track 4: Gotta Love Me (3:04) – EP The1shanti vs Ratatat (2009, the1shanti)
9. Nucleya (Udyan Sagar) – Kormica (6:00) – (2010, free download)
10. Nucleya (Udyan Sagar) – “Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nucleya Remix) (5:49) – (2010, free download)
11. Bombay Dub Orchestra – Track 8: Greenish Blue remix (0:41) – originally from CD 3 Cities (2008/2010, Six Degrees Records – free download (mix Website opening page))
12. Bombay Dub Orchestra – Track 2: Monsoon Malabar Dub remix (8:03) – originally from CD Monsoon Malabar Remixes Digital 12 (2008, Six Degrees Records)
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The Playlist of radio show No. “7″ (7th Sept 2010) soon here…
Aesh (Trio)
Aesh
Aesh is a newcomer into the World of Music Sphere. A Wonder Full carpet-flight with Drum & Bassy Qawalli Beats blended with the captivating magical sounds of India.
Dreamy Animal songs of Fantasy-worlds and Down to earth Beats with Inspired acoustic playing, let's you dive into the depth's of Celine's voice...
Live laptop-mixing and energising improvisations makes a live concert a mesmerising experience. Indian chansons..... French Raaga..... Funky world music....... This Trinity met at the Rotterdam Conservatory in Passion of Classical Indian Music. With Heiko's travels into the electronic scene in Amsterdam/Europe (lot's of Sutra-Funk, Club Karma, Sfinks), they smoothly found a warm rich sound together(though to bring it out took quite a while).
Celine Wadier - Fairy Tailed Vocals & lyrics, keyboard/ MartijnBaaijens - Funky Sarod, keyboard/ Heiko Dijker - Tabla, Laptop-programming, keyboard (Source: www.myspace.com/aeshmusic
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Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale
Breathing under water
Anoushka Shankar (Hindi: अनुष्का शंकर), born June 9, 1981) is a sitar player and composer in the United States. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, and Sukanya Rajan, a bank employee. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Grammy Award winner Norah Jones. Shankar began training on the sitar with her father as a child, gave a public performance at the age of thirteen, and signed her first record contract at 16. She released her first album, Anoushka, in 1998. Later, in February 2000, Shankar became the first woman to perform at The Ramakrishna Centre in Kolkata. Both Shankar and her half-sister, Norah Jones, were nominated for Grammy awards in 2003. Shankar, in collaboration with Karsh Kale, released Breathing Under Water on 28 August 2007. It is a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. Notable guest vocals include her half-sister, Norah Jones, Sting, and Ravi Shankar who performs a sitar duet with his daughter. In 2009, Anoushka started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network Desimartini.
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Karsh Kale (Marathi: कर्श काळे Kursh Kah-lay) is an Indian American producer, composer and musician, known for melding Indian music with the modern electronic club music of his American upbringing. Kale spent his early years in New York City. He often played tabla with Vishal Bakshi (Vishal Vaid) and Brent Arnesen. He also formed a band named "Bhoom Shankar" with long time allies Ajay Naidu, Shahid Siddiqui and Vishal Vaid. Though they did not release anything officially but the Bhoom Shankar and Future Proof (monthly party started by Kale at Joe's in NYC) happened to be the early sounds of "Asian Massive" referred as a Sub-Genre of Electronica. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Apache Indian
Time for Change
Apache Indian is the stage name of the reggae dee jay/toaster, Steven Kapur (born 11 May 1967, Handsworth, Birmingham). Born into a family of Indian origins, Kapur grew up in Handsworth, a racially mixed area with large Black and Asian communities, home of reggae bands such as Steel Pulse, and by the early 1980s he was working with local sound systems and wearing dreadlocks.[1] By the mid-1980s he had trimmed his hair and began to make a name for himself as a dancehall deejay, and he recorded his first single in 1990, "Movie Over India", initially a white-label pressing, until it was picked up by the reggae distributor Jet Star.[1] The single mixed ragga and bhangra and was hugely popular among audiences of both genres.[1] Two further singles followed in a similar vein, "Chok There" and "Don Raja", bringing him to the attention of the major labels, and in 1992 he signed a recording contract with Island Records... (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Asian Dub Foundation
Community Music
Community Music is an album by British band Asian Dub Foundation, released on 20 March 2000. The album reached #20 in the UK album charts. (Wikipedia.org)
Personnel
- Deeder Saidullah Zaman (also known as Master D) - Programming, vocals
- Steve Chandra Savale (also known as Chandrasonic) - Guitars, programming, vocals, tsura
- John Ashok Pandit (also known as Pandit G) - Turntables, samples, vocals
- Sanjay Gulabhai Tailor (also known as Sun J) - Effects, mixology, synthesiser
- Aniruddha Das (also known as Dr. Das) - Bass, programming, vocals
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Atman (Sao Paulo/Brazil)
Ethernal Dance II
The seeds for the Atman project were sown in 1996, when the artist was deeply involved with Yoga practice and philosophy. The idea of adding music to the vocal mantras used during his practice was born out of a desire to share his love for this Indian tradition. Produced independently with few resources, the first album was ready on early 1997. In July 1997 Eternal Dance is released under MCD World Music.
On early 1998, launches Eternal Dance II, co-produced by Marcelo Gallo. By the end of the year the same album is released on Europe under Amiata Records. The good acceptance of the first two albums in Brazil as well as overseas allows, and demands, a reengineering of both professional and personal life for the artist.
During this transition period, he researches deeply into the works of Joseph Campbell and starts developing what would become the next two Atman albums. 2002 saw the debut of The Lonely Road, first installment of the project that translates to music each step on the hero-journey as described by Campbell in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. A year later, The Traveler hits retail as the second and last part of the project. Experiments with fractal and ambient music produced the double CD Darkness & Light under the Sonic Mandalas nom de guerre in early 2004. A few months later a collection of 25 remixes done by artists from all over the world through a remix contest based on the internet is released as India Club & Lounge. A collection of loungy tracks featuring soul, jazz, brazilian and indian influences is released as Chocolate Deluxe using the Taylor M. moniker before the end of the same year.
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Badmarsh & Shri
SIGNS
Signs is the Second Collaboration Between Bombay-born, London Raised DJ / Producer Badmarsh and Bombay-born, London Resident / Classically Trained Musician Shri. The First was 1998s Dancing Drums. And While it was a Potent Amalgamation of Percussive Asian Breakbeats and Club-carved Basslines, the New Endeavour Takes an Altogether Broader and Deeper Approach. Starting with the Spiritual Title Track (The Lyrics--performed by Original Nuttah UK Apache--are a Metaphor for Life Itself), the Album Proceeds to Unwind in Many Unexpected Directions. Although Cuts Such as Swarm, Tribal and Get Up See the Duo Revert Back to the Dancefloor Vibes of Dancin Drums, the Rest of the Album Delves Into Moments of Beatless Bliss and Windswept Beauty. These Tracks--mountain Path, Day by Day, Soaring Beyond, Sajanaa and the Last Mile Are Infused with Eastern Instrumentation and Feature Vocal Contributions from Sanchita Farruque, Sanjogita Kumari and Mercury Prize Nominee Kathryn Williams. (Amazon.com)
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Bally Sagoo
Rising from the East
Bally Sagoo (born Baljit Singh Sagoo) is a British Asian musician and DJ who was born in Ranjit Nagar, Delhi, India, but grew up in Birmingham, England, in a predominantly Black neighbourhood, influenced by disco, rap and Motown music. He gained success as a DJ in the club scene and broke into music by revamping old Bollywood hits and fusing them with hip hop. He is widely credited as one of the original pioneers of what is now modern Indian music, and for triggering the explosion of modern Bhangra pop music (although his music was and is more a fusion of Western dance and hip hop with existing Indian music). This is specifically seen in his 1994 album Bollywood Flashback, followed up with Rising From The East in 1996. Bally runs a production company named Ishq Records that manages several artistes like Bohemia and Gunjan. He has worked twice with the Pakistani pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani. On an international scale, his most famous work features prominently in Gurinder Chadha's film Bend It Like Beckham. He worked together with Amitabh Bachchan for a musical rendition of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poetry and produced Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's album Magic Touch. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Black Bombay (Toulouse/France)
Black Bombay
Part of the early-2000s worldtronica movement, Black Bombay mixes the concepts of trip-hop with Hindi vocals and a bit of Indian percussion here and there. The vocalists used are quite powerful ones, with voices soaring over the instrumental tracks easily. While the worldtronica trend wasn't exactly new at the time of this album's release (taking its first major steps with "Return to Innocence" years ago), the force behind it was growing rapidly. The sounds here are laid-back journeys through the chord changes and song structures of a basic piece of trip-hop, complete with the usual wordless (or foreign) ambient vocals, but there's a more distinct sense of the Indian influence here. It's an interesting sound, going a little beyond the usual dance infusions with a more tranquil setting for the samples to stretch out in. As would be expected, the tabla becomes an important instrument in the mix, lending its stretches and bounces in tone to the diversity of sound needed to keep an album of this sort interesting. The tempo alone excludes the album from fanship from most of those who follow groups such as Tabla Beat Science, but that doesn't invalidate it from being a decent piece of work. Give it a listen as a representative of the future of trip-hop in a more cross-cultural environment. ~ Adam Greenberg (Source: www.cduniverse.com)
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Channi Singh
Makhana
Channi Singh is the godfather of bhangra music in the Western World.[1] Channi is the founder, lead singer, producer, director of Alaap. He came from Malerkotla, Punjab to the UK in 1975 and gradually started the popularity of Punjabi music among the Punjabi youth in the UK, forming the Alaap group in 1977 with other talented musicians. By using both Western and Punjabi folk instruments, the group produced a new and more modern style in Punjabi music, later known as UK Bhangra... (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Digital Bled (DJ Joao Pedro Veloso)
Caravana
Digital Bled is the brainchild of João Pedro Veloso Rodrigues, a Portuguese producer/musician/DJ who has lived in Paris since the '70s. The Paris resident, who often goes by DJ Pedro, favors an intriguing, highly percussive blend of electronica (especially trip-hop) and world music. Digital Bled has some subtle South American influences -- namely Afro-Brazilian -- as well as occasional hints of Portuguese music, but its experiments owe a lot more to the Middle East, North Africa, and India. Pedro's interest in music goes back to childhood; he was born in Estoril, Portugal, and he was only a kid when a trumpet-playing neighbor encouraged him to listen to Portuguese music. At 11, Pedro left Portugal with his parents and moved to Paris, where he got into a wide variety of non-Portuguese sounds. After buying a copy of the Shaft soundtrack in a Paris department store, he became seriously interested in '60s and '70s soul music; and he also developed a strong interest in rock (David Bowie and Pink Floyd were among his favorites). As a teenager, Pedro learned to play different instruments, including drums, bass, and guitar. Then, as a young adult, he got into a variety of music-related activities. Pedro became a nighttime salesman for a Paris record store, and he also became a club jock in France's largest city; that was when he started going by DJ Pedro.
It was in the '80s that Pedro got into producing and mixing and learned a lot about electronic music. For several years, Pedro was involved with Paris' hip-hop scene, but he didn't want to be a full-time hip-hopper and ended up mixing soundtracks; not only soundtracks for films, but also the soundtracks of various fashion shows (including the Xuly Bet and Isabel Marant shows). Pedro's Digital Bled project got underway in the '90s, when he started collaborating with raï singer Youcef Boukela. In addition to singing raï -- a funky, Western-influenced style of North African pop that came out of Algeria and is quite popular in Paris' Arabic community -- Boukela is a flexible musician who plays the electric bass and the berimbau (a string instrument that has been heard on a lot of Afro-Brazilian recordings). Boukela was perfect for Digital Bled because, like Pedro, he had a variety of Eastern and Western influences. He shared Pedro's enthusiasm for electronica and trip-hop; Boukela, a member of the Orchestre National de Barbès (ONB), also shared his interest in Middle Eastern, North African, and Indian music. Digital Bled's other participants have included electric bassist Dany'O and Brazilian saxophonist Glaucus Linx, who is known for his work with world music icon Salif Keita. Caravana was released in the United States by Tinder in 2002. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide (Amazon.com)
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dimmSummer
dimmSummer presents: Nu asian soundZ
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Dhol Foundation
Big Drum Small World
The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001 . Dhol drums are a traditional percussion instrument from the Punjab province in the north of India, from which Kalsi originates. In London he experimented with dance beats and electronic music, which he mixes with the traditional bhangra style in his albums. They have had their music in Hollywood films such as Gangs of New York and Incredible Hulk also have done work on soundtracks with Peter Gabriel on films such as Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Last Temptation of Christ. They opened the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006. TDF have a connection to Womad, as they own the copyright to all of their songs, and they have also performed at Womad many times of the past few years. In fact, in the past two years, they have played at Womad Reading twice, despite not being scheduled to appear either time. Although officially released in 2005, 200 pre-release 'festival edition' copies the album Drum-Believable were available for those who attended Womad Reading in 2004 as a festival edition. These are now a rarity. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Ges-e & Osmani SoundZ
Nasha V 3
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Jahcoozi
Barefoot Wanderer
Jahcoozi is a project too impossible to categorize. Barefoot Wanderer is all over the board with genres. The dubbed out "Close To Me" cover is amazing. The whole album sounds like what I would have expected Tricky to have been able to pull off. It has heavy elements of dub and IDM, yet there is no element of the Womp, Womp dubstep. It is refreshing and relaxing. If you're looking for that music for the summer of 2010, this is your sound. Jahcoozi is far closer to Kraftwerk than Skream. Just get Lost in Bass. (Source: Amazon.com)
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Blitz N Ass
Hailing from the Berlin club scene, Jahcoozi is a bass heavy electonica trio consisting of London-born Sri Lankan front woman Sasha Perera, and producers/multi-instrumentalists Robot Koch and Oren Gerlitz. Having built up a solid fan-base with their freaky underground shows, they released their debut single entitled "Fish" in 2003 (WMF Records) which earned them a spotlight on the cult BBC show of the late John Peel. After being snapped up by Kitty-Yo, the Berlin based mother label of Peaches, 2005 finally saw the unleashing of their long-awaited full length record entitled Pure Breed Mongrel to critical acclaim. (Source: Amazon.com)
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Jay Sean
My Own Way
Kamaljit Singh Jhooti[1][2] (Punjabi: ਕਮਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੁੱਟੀ (Gurmukhi); born 26 March 1981),[3][4] better known by his stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer-songwriter, rapper, beatboxer and record producer.[4] He debuted in the Asian underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with "Dance with You", which reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003. This led to him being signed to Virgin Records and having two UK top 10 hits as a solo artist in 2004: "Eyes On You" at #6 and "Stolen" at #4. They were included in his critically-acclaimed debut album Me Against Myself which,[5] though only moderately successful in the UK, sold more than two million copies across Asia and remains his most successful album to date.[6][7][8] Alongside the Rishi Rich Project, Sean was a pioneer of Bhangra-R&B fusion, which his debut album helped popularize among the worldwide South Asian diaspora. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Jazzy B
Kaun Nachdi
Jaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, is an Indian Punjabi bhangra singer-songwriter. He was born on April 1, 1975 in Nawanshahr, Punjab, India. His family moved to Vancouver, Canada when he was 4 years old. He is a huge fan of legendary Punjabi singer Kuldip Manak. He has released 17 studio albums, including 2 religious ones, he has collaborated on many tracks, and had been featured on a soundtrack. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Joi
We are Three
This British-based Asian dance group fuses Indian sounds with Western dance aesthetics, aspiring to create a form of transcendental techno. Joi's sonic agenda involves taking live and sampled instrumentation--tablas, sitars, flutes, vocals--and assimilating them into electronic dance grooves. It's a sonic investment that yields mixed dividends. While Joi insinuate spontaneous playing and some subtle changes into their beat-driven tunes, they generally fall into the repetitive trap of like-minded efforts. "Deep Asian Vibes" stacks up various instruments over house grooves with little regard for melodic or rhythmic progression. And the rambunctious "Tacadin" sounds like the Chemical Brothers with a slight Eastern tinge. Some of the tunes do strive to spiritually uplift, most notably the laid-back grooves of "Triatma" and the subtly hypnotic "Holy Side," which contrasts a bass-heavy rhythm section with nasaly vocals. Unfortunately the frequent lapse into cyclic structures keeps the music from achieving the consciousness-expanding effect the group may desire. Ultimately those seeking exotic refreshment for their feet on the dance floor may be enticed by We Are Three, but those seeking spiritual nourishment amid the grooves may wish to look elsewhere. --Bryan Reesman (Amazon.com)
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Juggy D
Juggy D
Juggy D (born Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal on November 19) is a British bhangra singer from Southall in London, England. uggy D got his name from his first name Jagwinder which became Juggy, and the D from his last name Dhaliwal.Juggy D has been performing since the age of 14. He made his breakthrough alongside Jay Sean. Juggy D has also appeared on numerous crossover singles with some of the biggest stars such as Madonna, Ricky Martin, Mary J Blige and Craig David. Juggy D has also made a track collaborating with rising star Veronica and Rishi Rich in the Bollywood movie Hum Tum. He, Veronica, and Jay Sean also have guest appearances in the Bollywood film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum. They sing the track off Jay Sean's album Me Against Myself, "One Night," featuring added vocals from Veronica. He also is one of the first people to experiment with Bhangraton. Juggy's own debut album, Juggy D, was released in 2004 and became the first Punjabi language album to enter the UK national charts. A version of the song "Sohniye" from the album is also featured in the 2004 Bollywood film Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart. Juggy D's single "Come Closer" features the guest vocals of Jin Au-Yeung, a Chinese American rapper from the Ruff Riders stable. Juggy D has recently collaborated with Bhangra group, DCS to release a single called "Oh Jaan Meri Yah" which can be found on DCS's new album, Desi Culture Shock. He has also teamed up with many great US artists including Timbaland and made an unreleased track called "Cop That Shit." He has also recently performed at South Florida's India Fest 07. Juggy D has revealed on the April 7 show of Kickin' Off With Nihal on the BBC Asian Network that his forthcoming album titled Juggy D 2 will be released in May/June. He also revealed this on the May 22 show on the Bobby Friction & Nihal show on the BBC Radio 1. Juggy also revealed that he is a huge supporter of Everton F.C. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Karunesh
Global Spirit
"Utilizing world vocals mixed with numerous world instruments, Global Spirit is a true feast for both the mind and the ears." - Vision
"Weaving exotic voices and cross-cultural elements through his sparkling tapestry, Karunesh finds that perfect balance point where classical, world, and healing music join, carefully coaxing love's caress from every note." - Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music
With Global Spirit, Karunesh strives to create a universal connection between people and cultures. He blends vocals from India, Australia, Africa, Native America, and the Middle East over an instrumental bed that features didgeridoo, violin, sitar, percussion instruments, Chinese temple flutes, bamboo flutes, and many more! And, all of this is accompanied by the heartwarming melodic structures for which Karunesh is known. (Source: Amazon.com)
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Kuldip Manak
Gorakh Da Tilla
Kuldeep Manak(Punjabi:ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਮਾਨਕ) is the name of Latif Mohammed (born 15 November 1949). He is a Punjabi singer who is especially renowned for singing a genre of traditional Punjabi songs called kaliyan. Kuldeep Manak was born in the village of Jalal in the Bathinda district. His father, Nikka Khan, was a singer himself. Manak has two brothers: Siddqui, a famous devotional singer, and Rafiq, a tantric, who also hit the headlines fo a while. Kuldeep Manak's ancestors were the hazoori raagis of Kirtan for Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha (Nabha). Manak being close to Sikhism keeps a Guru Granth Sahib saroop in his home. Manak was the youngest in his class. He completed his matriculation from the village school, where he was a keen hockey player. He had an inclination towards singing from a very young age and was persuaded by his teachers to sing and perform on stage. In 1968, at only 17 years of age, he was given the chance to sing with ‘Seema’, a very popular singer of that period. He is married to Sarabjeet and has two children, a son Yuhdhvir Manak (married) and a daughter Shakti (married). Yudhvir is following in his father's footsteps as an up-and-coming singer from Punjab. Manak is a heavy drinker since young age, he says his habbit of drinking came from the people he was in company of. Manak left Bhathinda and went to Ludhiana to pursue his career as a singer. He started singing with the famous duo Harcharan Grewal and Seema. When they came to Delhi, a music company official spotted Manak and asked him to record the song Jija Akhian Na Maar Vemain Kal Di Kuri (written by Babu Singh Maan Mararawale) with Seema. His first record features this song along with Laung Karaa Mitran, Machli Paunge Maape (written by Gurdev Singh Mann). This record was a runaway success. He started an office at Bhatinda along with writer Dilip Singh Sidhu, but did not stay there for long and returned to Ludhiana. The famous writer Hardev Dilgir (also known as Dev Thrikewala) spotted Manak at one of his live performances and penned Lok Gathava (English: Old Stories) for him. His first album, Teri Khatir Heere, was released by HMV. In 1976 his first LP was released called 'Ek tara'. It included the songs Tere Tilley Ton, Chheti Kar Sarwan Bachaa and Ghar Mughlan Deeyan Naara. Further albums included Saahibaan Da Tarla (1978), Ichharan Dhaahaan Mardee and Saahibaan Bani Bhraawaan Dee (1978). Many singers in Punjab take care in what they eat, be it hot, cold or pickle, Manak keeps an attitude of eat what you get and eats any type of pickle. Manak also tried to run as a member of parliament in Punjab and did not win. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Malkit Singh
Nach Nach
Malkit Singh (born Boparai) MBE born in 1962 in village Hussainpur, Jalandhar, and raised in Nakodar, Jalandhar, Punjab. He is a famous foreign based Punjabi bhangra singer. Most famous for the songs "Gur Nalo Ishq Mita", "Tootak Tootak Tootiyan", "Kurri Garam Jayee", "Dekh li vilyait", as well as recently, "Chal Hun," and "Jind Mahi" from the blockbuster Bend It Like Beckham film soundtrack. He has recently released "21st chapter" featuring the hugely popular and classic "Jago Aaya". Singh and his backup band Golden Star have toured in 27 countries. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Mykel Angel
Bombay Beats - Dancegrooves from India
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Natacha Atlas
Gedida
Natacha Atlas (Arabic: نتاشا أطلس; born March 20, 1964) is a Belgian singer of Moroccan origine, known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (modern popular music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabesque music, drum 'n' bass and reggae. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Nataraj XT
Ocean Bords (Limited Edition)
Goa trance trio Nataraj XT has its roots in the traditional Indian sound of Nataraj, a duo composed of sarod player Richard "Rishi" Bernet and sitar player Pierre Moitram. When the pair of traditional musicians met techno artist Kapi in 1999, they took him into the band's ranks, changed the group's name, and fused traditional and modern sounds.
Bernet took up the sarod during his student days in California during the early '70s. His time spent at the Ali Akbar Khan Music College inspired him to take a trip to India. Later settling in France, he joined the band Origine. He went on to join the group Lal Ganesh in 1996. The following year he recorded and toured with Massilia Sounds System. Two years later he played with Night in Soho.
Moitram became a student of the sitar under a devotee of Ravi Shankar, Pramod Kumar. He remained in Paris with Kumar from 1972 through 1975. He continued his studies under Debu Chaudhuri at New Deli University from 1975 through 1980.
Kapi is a self-taught drummer, bassist, and guitarist, although in 1979 he did take formal piano instruction. In 1990 he co-founded the group Aproche with Coup D'Etat's guitar player. Five years later he moved on to Venus Anadyomene. For several years he toured as the group's drummer. ~ Linda Seida, All Music Guide (Amazon.com)
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Opposition
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Nitin Sawhney
FabriceLive.15
One of the most talented and recognized producers and songwriters within the British electronic and fusion music scene, Nitin Sawhney brings you the latest from Fabric – Fabric Live 15. Nitin’s music has been mostly influenced by his listening to and assimilating British and Indian tunes. His draws his inspiration from Asian traditional and contemporary sounds, Latin rhythms, drum ‘n’ bass, and flamenco guitar juxtaposed with techno bass. The end result is a musical style that’s diverse with electronica beats backed by Asian inspirations driving within the trip-hop and jazzy styles – simply exclusive and overwhelmingly creative. The Fabric Live series, since its inception, has showcased established artists as well as emerging names – portraying what is played at Fabric in London, one of the best clubs in the world. (Amazon.com)
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Niyaz
Nine Heavens
Niyaz (نياز) is an Iranian musical trio. The group was created in 2005 by DJ, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Loga Ramin Torkian of the Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice. Niyaz in both Persian and Urdu language means "yearning". Niyaz's music, described as "mystical music with a modern edge", is primarily a blend of Sufi mysticism and trance electronica. Niyaz adapts Persian,Indian and Mediterranean folk sounds, poetry and songs including the poetry of Sufi mystic Rumi, with Western electronic instrumentation and programming. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Niyaz
Niyaz (نياز) is an Iranian musical trio. The group was created in 2005 by DJ, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Loga Ramin Torkian of the Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice. Niyaz in both Persian and Urdu language means "yearning". Niyaz's music, described as "mystical music with a modern edge", is primarily a blend of Sufi mysticism and trance electronica. Niyaz adapts Persian,Indian and Mediterranean folk sounds, poetry and songs including the poetry of Sufi mystic Rumi, with Western electronic instrumentation and programming. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Panjabi MC
Desi
Rajinder Singh (Punjabi: ਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC is a British Indian musician. He was born on 14 February 1979 in Coventry, England. Rajinder Singh adopted his stage name from the Punjabi language he used in the music he plays and raps.[1] "One of [his] main goals is to fuse the two worlds [of bhangra and hip-hop]." Nachural Records signed Panjabi MC following a remix of Kuldeep Manak's "Ghariah Milan De". Although the single was taken off the market, Panjabi MC continued making records. Another successful release was "Mundian To Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys") (1998; it first appeared on the album Legalised) which mixed the theme of the TV series Knight Rider with bhangra. An underground hit on the internet, it was picked up by the German record label Superstar Recordings, and became a hit in Germany and across Europe, including the UK. A version of this recording in 2003 featured American rapper Jay-Z named "Beware of the Boys". His work, particularly the early singles and the "Mundian To Bach Ke" remix with Jay-Z, brought bhangra to a global audience via the BBC. He continues to produce music and is ever popular as a collaborator and remixer. In 2004 he made a music called Mirza and mixed this song with Turkish singer Mustafa Sandal's Isyankar, but they did not release the mixed version.[3] His album Indian Timing was released in 2008, the title referring to a young boy in uxbridge who highly influenced him with his brightly coloured turbans and the fact that it has taken a long time for a new album to be released. His music video "Snake Charmer" was also screened at Deejay Ra's music video night in Toronto at the FILMI festival, North America's longest running South Asian film festival. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Rishi Rich (Project)
Assorted
Rishi Rich is a music producer born in Croydon, England and based in London. He began his career in the Asian Underground scene and later became internationally known for his Bhangra tracks, his Hindi remixes, and as a pioneer of Indian-R&B fusion music. Through the Rishi Rich Project, he was responsible for discovering British Asian talents who would later gain mainstream success, such as Jay Sean (considered the most successful British urban artist of all time), Juggy D and Veronica Mehta (both successful in India), and Mumzy Stranger (first mainstream British Bangladeshi artist). He has also remixed various established mainstream artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Mis-Teeq, Craig David and Aqua's Lene Nystrøm. In the past, he has produced many remix albums, for example "Love 2 Love". Recently, he has produced two solo albums, including his most recent album The Project.
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Shaa'IR + Func
New Day: The Love Album
SHAA’IR + FUNC are DIY artists from Mumbai and NYC. Together they produce and compose music. They have released an album entitled ‘NEW DAY – The Love Album’ out on Counterculture Records (MUMBAI, India), in MAY 2007 They were placed at no. 9 as VH1’s top ten big rookies in 2007 in India. Currently they are in India putting final touches on their second album and touring. They have spent most of 2007 performing and recording all over India, NYC and London. SHAAIR means poet, in Urdu. FUNC comes from the word function, and also rhymes with funk. SHAA’IR is from NYC and comes from a performance art background, having danced and performed on and off Broadway. She is also a graduate of NYU’s prestigious music performance program. FUNC is an art school graduate from Mumbai, India and has been part rock band Pentagram for 14 yrs. He is also a producer who has worked and collaborated with several bands, and also composes for tv and films. They met in India in 2005. Decided to write music together. And are on a mission to bridge and unite the world of music and art with their sound. SHAA’IR grew up in the U.S.A in Maryland, listening to Indian classical, ghazals and bollywood music. FUNC grew up in Mumbai listening to funk, rock, disco and reggae from the west. It is this wonderful evolution that makes their sound what it is and drives them to share an idea that it is ‘the world is not always what it seems like on TV’ STOP THE PROPOGANDA. START THE PARTY IN THE NAME OF LOVE. (Source: Bluefrog.co.in)
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Light Tribe
SHAA’IR + FUNC are DIY artists from Mumbai and NYC. Together they produce and compose music. They have released an album entitled ‘NEW DAY – The Love Album’ out on Counterculture Records (MUMBAI, India), in MAY 2007 They were placed at no. 9 as VH1’s top ten big rookies in 2007 in India. Currently they are in India putting final touches on their second album and touring. They have spent most of 2007 performing and recording all over India, NYC and London. SHAAIR means poet, in Urdu. FUNC comes from the word function, and also rhymes with funk. SHAA’IR is from NYC and comes from a performance art background, having danced and performed on and off Broadway. She is also a graduate of NYU’s prestigious music performance program. FUNC is an art school graduate from Mumbai, India and has been part rock band Pentagram for 14 yrs. He is also a producer who has worked and collaborated with several bands, and also composes for tv and films. They met in India in 2005. Decided to write music together. And are on a mission to bridge and unite the world of music and art with their sound. SHAA’IR grew up in the U.S.A in Maryland, listening to Indian classical, ghazals and bollywood music. FUNC grew up in Mumbai listening to funk, rock, disco and reggae from the west. It is this wonderful evolution that makes their sound what it is and drives them to share an idea that it is ‘the world is not always what it seems like on TV’ STOP THE PROPOGANDA. START THE PARTY IN THE NAME OF LOVE. (Source: Bluefrog.co.in)
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Sheila Chandra
ABoneCroneDrone
Sheila Chandra first came to public attention as an actress, playing Sudhamani Patel in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981. As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon, and created a fusion of Western (synthpop) and Indian pop styles. The band consisted of Chandra, Steve Coe (who became the band's producer), and Martin Smith. They made a lone album Third Eye in 1982 from which they had a surprise hit single Ever So Lonely, which peaked at #12 in the UK. They followed-up with the single, "Shakti", which peaked at #41, but this was to be the band's final charting single. The album also includes a cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", featuring the distinctive EBow guitar sound of Bill Nelson. However, resenting pressure from their record company over musical direction, Monsoon dissolved and Coe and Smith set about promoting Chandra as a solo artist on an independent label. Chandra went on to release a number of albums in the 1980s, at times experimenting with her voice as an instrument through a range of techniques. In the 1990s she released three albums on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, although Martin Smith was no longer actively involved by this time. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Nada Brahma
Sheila Chandra first came to public attention as an actress, playing Sudhamani Patel in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981. As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon, and created a fusion of Western (synthpop) and Indian pop styles. The band consisted of Chandra, Steve Coe (who became the band's producer), and Martin Smith. They made a lone album Third Eye in 1982 from which they had a surprise hit single Ever So Lonely, which peaked at #12 in the UK. They followed-up with the single, "Shakti", which peaked at #41, but this was to be the band's final charting single. The album also includes a cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", featuring the distinctive EBow guitar sound of Bill Nelson. However, resenting pressure from their record company over musical direction, Monsoon dissolved and Coe and Smith set about promoting Chandra as a solo artist on an independent label. Chandra went on to release a number of albums in the 1980s, at times experimenting with her voice as an instrument through a range of techniques. In the 1990s she released three albums on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, although Martin Smith was no longer actively involved by this time. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Shri
East Rain
Formerly of Badmarsh and Shri, Shri is arguably one of the most interesting and important producers in the UK. Straddling genres, East Rain is an underground album with the potential to crossover. It features guest vocals from various artists... (Amazon.com)
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Sir Shree
Tandoori and Chips
Since Sir Shree was Founded in Hamburg by Steve Pepper (Sitar and Guitar) in 2002, the band have steadily built a reputation among fans of Fusion, Electronic and Asian music. History of Sir Shree After seeing one of Steve's Sitar performancess at the Mojo Club, producer Nesto (founder of the The Reel Banditos) hooked up with Steve and they started writing material together. In spring 2003 drummer and percussionist Stephan Krause (a member of the quintet ElbtonalPercussion) joined and together they recorded the song Elephant's Trunk featured on the Mojo Club compilation CD Mojo 11 (Right Now). In 2004 they wrote and produced the EP Tandoori and Chips. (Source: MySpace)
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Vol. 11-Mojo Club-Right Now
Since Sir Shree was Founded in Hamburg by Steve Pepper (Sitar and Guitar) in 2002, the band have steadily built a reputation among fans of Fusion, Electronic and Asian music. History of Sir Shree After seeing one of Steve's Sitar performancess at the Mojo Club, producer Nesto (founder of the The Reel Banditos) hooked up with Steve and they started writing material together. In spring 2003 drummer and percussionist Stephan Krause (a member of the quintet ElbtonalPercussion) joined and together they recorded the song Elephant's Trunk featured on the Mojo Club compilation CD Mojo 11 (Right Now). In 2004 they wrote and produced the EP Tandoori and Chips. (Source. MySpace.com)
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Swayd (Richard Meyer)
Top 40 Ultimate Asian Classic Bar Grooves Plus Continuous Party Mix
Richard Meyer (aka Swayd, born in November, 1970 in Lausanne, Switzerland), is a record producer and songwriter of pop music and electronic music. He has worked with Mutt Lange in productions such as Britney Spears ("Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"), The Corrs, ("Breathless", "Irresistible" and "All The Love In The World"), Celine Dion ("If Walls Could Talk") and Shania Twain, and as a remixer for The Young Gods. (Wikipedia) / "SHAKTI SHANTI" is the result from a long travel through India, featuring artists such as Manish Vyas and Shekhar Borkar (Prem Joshua), Seetha Rajan, Jayachandran, Janardhan Mitta, and the Langas. Seventeen tracks appear on compilations incl. Cafe Buddha 2, Beyond Bollywood, IndianElectronica, Top 40 Ultimate Asian Classic Bar Groove... (MySpace)
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Talvin Singh
Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground
This CD is an outlet for the loose coalition of remixers, DJs, and studioheads known as the Asian Underground (because of their Asian or Anglo-Asian backgrounds). They all put a distinctly Indian spin on this music, with the dhol drum at the heart of the beat, and all the technology on top. Singh's two tracks are things of joy, but nothing here disappoints, whether the modern film music of A.R. Rahman or the drum'n'bass of State of Bengal. --Chris Nickson (Amazon.com)
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The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal
Walking on
Loathe as anyone should be to reinforce vapid cultural clichés, nothing other than shagadelic truly describes this collaboration between pop sitar player Ananda Shankar (nephew of Ravi) and Sam Zaman, the musician and producer known as State of Bengal. Walking On is a sonic journey back to a time when the sitar's sound automatically signified "psychedelic," a time when composer John Barry's sassy film themes were the ne plus ultra of bachelor-pad sophistication. Shankar (who died shortly after completing the album) plays surf sitar, rock sitar, EZ-listening sitar, and German soundtrack sitar (fans of high-speed jazz-rock sitar, however, are directed to Ashwin Batish). Although Shankar's playing sometimes sounds at odds with Zaman's techno beats, the two make a convincing case for "the '90s is the '60s upside down" argument. --Richard Gehr (Amazon.com)
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Thievery Corporation (featuring Anoushka Shankar)
Radio Retaliation
Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C.-based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and Brazilian (such as bossa nova) with a lounge aesthetic. Thievery Corporation was formed in the summer of 1995 at Washington D.C.'s Eighteenth Street Lounge. Rob Garza and Lounge co-owner Eric Hilton were drawn together over their mutual love of club life, as well as dub, bossa nova and jazz records. They decided to see what would come of mixing all these in a recording studio, and from this, the duo started their Eighteenth Street Lounge Music record label. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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tj Rehmi
The Warm Chill
Rehmi's fifth album is an innovative blend of electronic breakbeats and Eastern melodies fused with chill guitar. It incorporates drum and bass against an exotic chill out landscape. "Rehmi has managed to create a piece of work that redefines the very essence of what a chill album and a Brit Asian album should be...TJ has always made electronica emotional, but this time he's made his studio weep"--BBC Radio (seen at Amazon.com)
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Transglobal Underground
Moonshout
Transglobal Underground (sometimes written as Trans-Global Underground or simply as TGU) is a London-based music collective who specialise in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles (sometimes labelled as "world fusion" or "ethno-techno"). Their first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer and their single "Temple Head" was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. [1] In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Impossible Broadcasting
Transglobal Underground (sometimes written as Trans-Global Underground or simply as TGU) is a London-based music collective who specialise in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles (sometimes labelled as "world fusion" or "ethno-techno"). Their first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer and their single "Temple Head" was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. [1] In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Yes Boss Food Corner
Transglobal Underground (sometimes written as Trans-Global Underground or simply as TGU) is a London-based music collective who specialise in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles (sometimes labelled as "world fusion" or "ethno-techno"). Their first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer and their single "Temple Head" was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. [1] In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Dream of 100 Nations
Transglobal Underground (sometimes written as Trans-Global Underground or simply as TGU) is a London-based music collective who specialise in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles (sometimes labelled as "world fusion" or "ethno-techno"). Their first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer and their single "Temple Head" was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. [1] In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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VAS
Feast of Silence
Vas was an "alternative world" musical group consisting of Persian vocalist Azam Ali and American percussionist Greg Ellis. Vas is frequently compared to the Australian band Dead Can Dance. At present the band has released four full length albums, and both artists have released a few solo albums and participated in side projects. After their last album Feast of Silence, Ali and Ellis continued on their own separate ways. Azam Ali was raised in India and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1985, where she began studying the dulcimer-like santur under the guidance of Manoochehr Sadeghi. Greg Ellis was born and raised in Los Gatos, California, where he first learned to play the drums at age twelve. Ellis moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and started work as a percussionist. The two musicians met at UCLA in 1995 after hearing each other perform; they formed Vas shortly thereafter. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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Veronica Mehta (Miss V)
Theen
Veronica (born Veronica Mehta) is an Indian R&B singer based in London, UK, who sings in Hindi, English and Punjabi. Aged 16, Mehta successfully auditioned for the part of female vocalist for the 2Kool album 2Kool Flavor. She was featured on the track "Sambhala Hai Meine" and has since gone from strength to strength. Mehta gave up her art studies course to pursue her dream of a singing career and teamed up with Rishi Rich to forum VR1, a band and production unit applauded for experimenting with traditional Asian music, remixing, and giving vocals an R'n'B twist. VR1 sold more than 50,000 records in the UK and Europe and earned two Asian Pop Media Awards. After VR1, Mehta joined ePark / Urbanstar and released the single "Girls Gotta Have Fun", with both CDs having various mixes of the title track, as well as the song "Show me Love". Mehta has recorded a few tracks with her new management record company 2Point9, "Indian Girl" featuring Hard Kaur, and the popular "U 'n' I (Mere Dil Vich Hai)", from the Yash Chopra film Hum Tum, a track that Veronica composed herself. Mehta's first album, Theen, was released in 2005. 'Hey Ya' (featuring Juggy D.) was the only single released from the album. After almost a 3 year gap, she released her third single 'Soniya', the video of which is uploaded in high-quality to YouTube. 'Rush' also has a video, though, it is not certain that the song will be released in any formats. Veronica is about to release her sophomore album sometime in 2009. (Source: Wikipedia (ENG))
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