By sanj.k | April 1, 2013 at 7:50 pm | Comments
Uncover the remarkable hidden stories of ayah Rani and servant Abdul Karim as Tanika Gupta’s new play, The Empress, brings Victorian London to life in a way never seen before.
On in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 11 April – 4 May, the play features a cast that...
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By sanj.k | April 1, 2013 at 2:06 pm | Comments
Its that time of the year again and being in the month of April can only mean one thing at Southbank Centre, and thats the annual festival, ALCHEMY. Dedicated to the music, dance, literature, design and debate from India, the UK and South Asia, there will be a dazzling array of...
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By sanj.k | April 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm | Comments
Our friends, Polaroid 85 never cease to amaze us. This stunning live studio version of their track 'Freefall' is perfect for one of those long drives in the summer, reminds me of Nitin Sawhney's 'Bring It Home' featuring Imogen Heap.
Grab their debut EP, 'Fuzzy...
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By sanj.k | March 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm | Comments
Super excited about this next band, consisting of two of our friends, Janaka Selekta and ShriiK who make up GODS ROBOTS. They have just signed with SONY's FOLKTRONIC label out in India and I'm psyched about their next album. Going by what they have produced together and...
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By sanj.k | March 20, 2013 at 10:18 pm | Comments
DOPPELGANGER is the debut LP by India’s Sahej Bakshi who goes by the moniker Dualist Inquiry. Probably one of most affable sounding album I’ve heard so far this year. With a delicate balance of guitar based rock, EDM and with a handful sprinkling of glitch hop for good...
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By sanj.k | March 18, 2013 at 8:44 pm | Comments
Would you believe it, we last posted about this next gentleman back in 2010 when this site was as fresh as a daisy! And I had just come across India's answer to Paul Van Dyke and Massive Attack, this still remains true. Akshai Sarin, the prolific Mumbai based...
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By sanj.k | March 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm | Comments
Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from England, formed in 1989 by Toby Marks. The music of Banco de Gaia is best categorized as ambient dub, but Marks works to cross genres, often using Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bassheavy reggae, rock,...
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By sanj.k | March 7, 2013 at 10:41 pm | Comments
Dub Kirtan All Stars was formed by David Starfire and FreQ Nasty to fuse bass-heavy underground dance music with Yoga Kirtan, the call and response chants of Indian devotional traditions. They are a live band/DJ collective that tears down the boundaries between bleeding edge...
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By sanj.k | March 6, 2013 at 7:31 pm | Comments
Brand new album compiled by Nickodemus in the legendary Turntables on the Hudson series. Turntables on Las Ramblas features unreleased songs from friends & family affiliated with the monthly Turntables on las RAMBLAS party started by Nickodemus in Barcelona last year! Like...
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By sanj.k | March 4, 2013 at 7:15 pm | Comments
WRITTEN BY SEETAL KAUR GAHIR
The East India Club Night series at Rich Mix kicked-off with a bursting show of sound and colour to launch ‘Englobed’, Giuliano Modarelli’s eclectic new album.
Beat-boxing wizard, Jason Singh opened the stage with a fantastical set that...
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By sanj.k | March 4, 2013 at 1:36 pm | Comments
Having already received the “Award of Merit 2012” at the Best Shorts Festival and two “Silver Telly Awards 2012” for Best Short Film and Best Production, ‘Color of Anger’ is a brilliant short by New York based Indian American director, Vishesh Sharma.
This ten...
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By sanj.k | March 3, 2013 at 5:49 pm | Comments
DJ Sun, widely known and respected recording artist, DJ, and founder of the Soular Grooves Radio Show, music is a universal language, a communication of common experience that bridges both genre and geography.
Sun’s sound has a remarkably timeless quality, at once both...
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By sanj.k | February 27, 2013 at 10:32 pm | Comments
DOUBLE DROP, a seven musicians using London as their creative space and playground the group have who have quickly made a name for themselves as on the live electronic/bass music circuit.
With their ability of playing in real time and without the need of back tracks and...
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By sanj.k | February 24, 2013 at 3:21 pm | Comments
I'm not a huge fan of super groups, the last one SUPER HEAVY was a bit of a disappointment for me. Made up of Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, A. R. Rahman, and Damian Marley, though the line up seems pretty awesome, the end result was nothing to write home about.
I...
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By sanj.k | February 18, 2013 at 9:20 pm | Comments
This year marks a decade for NASHA RECORDS, what better way to kick 2013 off then by releasing their first EP of the year. A notable follow up to the December 2012 release, 'BLACK ORCHID' EP. Out today, The Nasha Experience have another five tracks in the form of 'TECHNOLOGY'...
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