Yesterday, I finally got around to watching Kiran Rao’s Dhobi Ghat – a beautiful film that steps away from the average stuff churned out by Indian cinema and sets a trend of its own. Set around Mumbai’s Dhobi Ghat, the story pursues four very different people whose...
Dr, Jayanthi Kumaresh found herself communicating to different people in different ways, she explains “When you talk to your son, husband, teacher, colleague, or your student, with each role, your intonation changes so much. So I thought, ‘Why not make the veena do...
Hey people, I've written a review on Kaya Project's Desert Phase Remixes featured on Ethnotechno.com. For me, personally, this is a big thing. When I first got into asian/indian/eastern/ethno electronica at uni back in the early 2000's, this site was (and still is) my go to...
Guitarist Simon Thacker's new Indian/Western group, Svara-Kanti builds on the achievements of the acclaimed Nava Rasa Ensemble. It combines music from diverse ancient Indian traditions, Indian classical music and Bollywood (from the Golden Age to AR Rahman) with contemporary...
Persian strings and prog rock. Tibetan songs and ecstatic house. Welcome to the strange, wonderful world of DJ / remixer /dance music maestro Banco de Gaia (aka Toby Marks) whose work sprang from the hopeful exuberance of British house, the joys of sampling, and the advent of...
For more than 10 years Latrama & Chandra Sound System collective have been spreading their particular way of music understanding in some many ways and places around the world, performing in many forms. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0js1Bk9Iw] Now, Madrid based...
From a producer with an ear for honed beats comes Xenith Anon. An EP fashioning solid vibes with attitude giving M.I.A a run for her money! Released on Patriarch Recordings, this is FILMI’s debut release. Xenith Anon is a fabulous mix of electro/hip hop coming together with...
Happy New Year people!!! This is my first post of 2011 and it will definitely change your listening for the year. On 1st February 2011, set to be released on Six Degrees Records - "TRANSNATIONAL DUBSTEP" is the first compilation album from fellow blogger and friend DJ UMB...
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WOWSERS! I've found out that my site, nadabrahman.wordpress.com has been featured in the India’s first book on electronica music – HUB presented by Goethe‐Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Music Gets Me High & Samrat B. HUB is India’s first and only anthology of...
Merry Christmas people! I've got a round up of what I consider to be the top tracks of 2010 (in no particular order). So enough of the chit chat from me and on with the show. Aeroplane Dope & D-Skillz featuring Raggo Blunt - Pinky Finger (Piyush Bhatnagar Remix)...
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After recently releasing the track ‘Karma Than Calm’ on the Re-Wired EP, Nuphlo has teamed with boss of Studio Rockers, Tony Thorpe to bring you “40 Thieves”. This three track EP draws on Arabic and Middle Eastern influences that paint a vivid picture of Sultans, Souks...
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One evening with a few spare hours, a crazy idea, some video footage later... The result .... A cracking remix by Anuj Rastogi (OMNESIA) of Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard's original composition "Why So Serious" for the film The Dark Knight. A brilliant dubstep...
From Brooklyn, New York comes a marvellous duo, My Pet Dragon. Actress/singer/dancer Reena Shah performs with her husband singer/songwriter/composer - Todd Michaelsen who encompasses gorgeous sounds of elements of rock, pop, electronica, folk and experimental music with a...
One of my favourite record labels EarthSync has had a brilliant year filled with some spectacular releases. Not forgetting Business Class Refugees by Kartick and Gotam, Shoshan by Shye Ben-Tzur and the very awesome New Day: Laya Project Remixed featuring some world class DJs...
Thanks to my mate Mirko-Kosmos, I came across Enslaved: Odyssey To The West. A new platforming action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Namco Bandai Games. The game is based around on the Chinese Mythology of Monkey and the Journey to the West to...
