Re: Re: NYC: Add a little masala and...

From: icehouse@redshift.com
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 18:17:25 CET

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    Hey Nat,

    well I am looking forward to this gig since it would seem that a LOT of
    people are going judging from the phone calls I received last night and I
    have been asked to rock out to get things moving, not really necessary to
    ask of me but I see that as a green light to really kick it and get things
    moving! I liked your choices as well except I will be playing the Joe
    Claussell mix of Homelands but the Nickodemus track will definitely be
    heard as well! I agree that we could probably come up with a tour circuit
    via our contacts with each other on this list, it is more of a resource
    than is acknowledged I think.

    I will let you know how it goes for me tonight and I want to know how your
    gig was as well!

    peace

    Leslie

    sample thoughts for a playlist:
    Nitn Sawhney - Homelands(Joe Claussell mix)
    Nickodemus - desert dancer
    Karsh Kale - a couple of possibilities (have you heard this album? you
    might like it a lot!)
    Shpongle - Star Shpongled Banner
    Joi - India
    Rachid Taha - India (these two to lean into the techno edge of musical
    matters!

    I agree with you, by the way, about how most of these folks really live on
    the Druym n Bass line, I intend to stay on the thumpier edge since I have
    an idea of the crowd that will attend

    Peace!

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    nat@rhythmlove.com wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > > This email was sent using Red Shift's webmail server.  > > > > 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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