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Posted : Aug 11, 2006 10:50
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Culture Remix: Talvin Singh DJ set with Bombay Beatbox and video mixing by StopTime 341
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11:00pm $12 in Advance $15 at the door Non-smoking show (21 & Over)
Saturday August 12
Culture Remix: Talvin Singh DJ set with Bombay Beatbox and video mixing by StopTime 341
Etc.
11:00pm $12 in Advance $15 at the door Non-smoking show (21 & Over)
Talvin Singh
One of England’s most innovative sound artists, DJ/producer/tablatronic master Talvin Singh’s consistently challenging albums and live performances have been central to the continued rise of Indian-influenced dance music. A pivotal figure in Britain’s "Asian Underground" movement during the ’90s, he has pursued his own audio explorations while also enthusiastically promoting the work of other like-minded musicians and DJs.
The son of Indian parents who came to Britain in the ’60s - after fleeing the regime of Ugandan strongman Idi Amin - Talvin was born in ’70s London, and was inspired as a young boy to learn the precision beats of the tabla, which he began playing when he was 5. At 15 he went to India for further classical training as a student of Ustad Lakshman Singh. But on his return to England in the late ’80s, instead of embarking on a classical career, he found himself in demand working with such diverse musicians as Björk, Courtney Pine, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sun Ra and the Indigo Girls.
In the mid-90s Singh founded Anokha, a club night based at London’s Blue Note, where he mixed up his own electronically-enhanced percussive experiments with Asian punk bands and DJs. His seminal ’97 compilation album Anokha – Soundz of the Asian Underground featured artists such as State of Bengal and A.R. Rahman, along with his own compositions, and introduced the rest of the world to what was going on in London.
His groundbreaking ’98 debut release OK, was recorded in Mumbai, Madras, Okinawa, New York and London, and featured contributions from Bill Laswell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ustad Sultan Khan and the Madras Philharmonic Orchestra. An astonishing marriage of traditional Indian sounds and cutting edge dance rhythms, it deservedly received strong reviews - and Talvin surprised just about everyone the following year by winning England’s coveted Mercury Music Prize for popular music.
In 2000 Singh joined fellow techno-tabla travellers Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu and Karsh Kale in Laswell’s adventurous beats‘n’bass project Tabla Beat Science. He then released the acclaimed Ha in ’01, followed later that same year with the remix compilation Back To Mine. Along the way he’s also produced or remixed Madonna, Morocco’s Master Musicians of Jajouka, Dub Syndicate, Blondie and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
A dedicated fusionist with both an uncanny ear for melody and an innate talent for complex rhythms, Talvin Singh always seems to be one step ahead of his electronic contemporaries.
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Bombay Beatbox is DJs Warp and Radiohiro spinning the best contemporary electronic and world music from the four corners of the globe. Their shows contain guest live musical guests, visuals, and beats that`ll make you tear up the dance floor.
The "Afterspot" featuring residents DJs Warp & Radiohiro
Featued special guests: DJ Traxx, Josh Werner, and Nestor.
Live drumming by the People of Rhythm, Giveaways by Six Degrees Records and more.
Stoptime 341
Christopher Andrew has been VJing as Stoptime341 for over a decade. Performing with world renowned DJs, fashion designers, bands, and theater troupes, Stoptime341 has created a global client base with branches in every arena of live performance. Currently Stoptime341 is building the world tour visuals 2007 for DJ Tiesto, directing the video production for an upcoming Redmoon Theater play, holding down a VJ residency at Hothouse, as well editing a feature length documentary.
The Production company Stoptime341 Productions offers custom visual services in all aspects of multi-media production. Focusing on custom video installations and live video mixing, Stoptime341 has designed and performed live events in almost every major city in North and South America, Europe and East Asia. From stage shows with giant LED walls, to permanent installations in nightclubs, Stoptime341 never does the same install twice. Focusing currently on interactive multimedia spaces, and creating installations for technology and art events, Stoptime341 is working on the cutting edge of live video presentation.
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