Dear Leslie,
How nice, to keep it in the AJ Family !
I bet we could set up a nice little "Tour Circuit" with the cooperation of
many of this List's members !
Regarding what I'm going to play... Basically my approach will be to
represent the funk/dub/hip hop side of "eastern,global grooves" ... I find
that a lot of these asian underground crews lean strongly towards the
drum'n'bass side of the music spectrum, but it's hard to come across some
good hip hoppy / housey / funk style grooves... So that's the angle I want
to cover...
some sample tracks :
Nitin Sawhney - Homelands (Dzihan & Kamien Remix)
Somatik - Diamondstone ( from the Planet E release of the Good Good)
the Ex-Centric Sound System - a few different ones
the Vogado Project - mas fuerte que el sol
Nickodemus - Desert Dancer (Zeb's slow camel ride remix)
rock it tonight, leslie! Let me know how it goes!
peace,
Nat
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 icehouse@RedShift.com wrote:
> Hey Nat,
>
> Since I am opening for Swaraj and Dum Dum Project on Friday night in Santa
> Cruz, it would seem that we are keeping it in the aj family! I am looking
> forward to this thing and, being Santa Cruz, the joint will definitely
> rock! What are you going to play as opener for them? Do you have an idea
> yet? I am going for a kind of a pan-global set with emphasis on the funk
> rather than on the Asian sound which I am sure that Swaraj and Dum Dum
> will cover completely. I would love to hear your ideas for your opening
> set if you would care to share them.
>
> I am really interested in how other DJ's prepare their sets and I would
> love to hear from other DJ's on tha leest about that aspect of being a
> Deej, I actually don't prepare very much but since I do a radio show 3
> nights a week, I do get to try out a bunch of different things in a live
> setting. Since I spin seedies (i know, its blasphemous!) i get to take a
> lot more music to my gigs than the vinyl pros who carry probably 200 tops
> and having the extra music does allow me some space to move and not to
> have a fairly fixed sort of set list. Anyone out there have any comments
> on this sort of stuff? I would really be interested in hearing from y'all
> on these aspects of deejayin'!
>
> leslie the LS.dj/The Power of Sound
>
> --
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>
> nat@rhythmlove.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Nat, Chiara & Shiva's Legal Kollektive present.....
> >
> > live'n'direct from London
> > >>>>>>SWARAJ<<<<<<<<<
> > with Khushboo and Nerm
> > live @ midnite: Dum Dum Project
> > plus Nat Rahav (warming it up till 12)
> > and Harry (taking you deep in the zone on the late night tip)
> > visuals: SquareSquare & Chiara
> > (works include pieces by Michael Godder, Sean Eno, Phactory, and Avikal)
>
> >
> > SWARAJ, widely regarded as one of London's most innovative club nights
> in
> > recent years, responsible for taking Future Asian Beats to new heights,
>
> > brings their sound to NYC on a whirlwind tour, celebrating their new CD
>
> > which captures their unique musical message of breakbeat fuelled
> > tablatronica and dubbed out eastern electro. Swaraj means "Self Rule" in
>
> > Sanskrit.
> > NYC based Dum Dum Project fuses live instrumentation with Indian flavors
>
> > and electronic grooves. Equal parts filmi, traditional, electronic, and
>
> > funky, the will perform a live set with a Sitarist and MC Shanti at
> > Midnight.
> >
> > at PAISLEY - 49 E 21st st (Park/Broadway)
> > 9pm - 4 am , $10
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Then... on Saturday Night ...
> > AWAAZ @ Halcyon
> > Start out your night on the good foot with Nat Rahav & special guests
> > delivering rhythm, roots, and soul from around the world. The vibes flow
>
> > till 2, after which we'll migrate down the street to the
> > Turntables on the Hudson Brooklyn Loft party!
> > at Halcyon 237 Smith Street between Butler and Douglass
> > 9 pm to 2 am, $Free,
> > take the F/G to Bergen Street
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Time present and time past
> > Are both perhaps present in time future,
> > And time future contained in time past.
> >
> > -T.S. Eliot
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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