By Neelika Jayawardane on April 23, 2013
By Neelika Jayawardane on 23 April 2013 in
STORIES
Hindu festival Holi has recently become popular outside of India, so in South Africa. But these huge open-airs haven’t anything to do with adopted traditions, but with selling escapism to privileged white youths.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Africa is a country, Cape Town, carnival, Christianity, critical theory, Durban, Hindu, Holi, India, Jersey Shorites, Johannesburg, Jozi, Krishna, Lata Mangeshkar, Mikhail Bakhtin, post-racial, Raj Kapoor, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Shiva, South Africa |
By Thomas Burkhalter on September 17, 2012
By Thomas Burkhalter on 17 September 2012 in
BLOG
Producer and DJ Faisal M Khan started the Facebook-organized platform «Dhaka Electronica Scene». In the interview he and his musical combatants are talking about the fast-growing network and the search for an identity of a young scene.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Asia, Asian electronica, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bhangra, Buy More Incense, DES, Dhaka, Dhaka Electronica Scene, Explorations, Fahad Zaman, Faisal M Khan, Farzan Hassan, India, Indian Beat music, Live Square, Omer Nashaad, SAE College, Sathil Rahman, Sunburn Festival, The ‘B’ Regiment, Vru Patel, Zayed Hassan |
By Norient on August 17, 2012
By Norient on 17 August 2012 in
AUDIO
Bandish Projekt from Mumbai launches a Remix Competition. Download their files and send your remix! Or enjoy the uploaded tracks.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Asian, Asian Underground, Bandish Project, dubstep, Folktronic, India, London, Mumbai, Remix |
By Michael Spahr on September 30, 2010
By Michael Spahr and Thomas Burkhalter on 30 September 2010 in
VIDEO
Buy More Incense – a norient documentary film about British Asian musicians – is online and can be watched for free…!
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Aki Nawaz, Asia, Asian Underground, Bangladesh, Bangra, Birmingham, Bobby Friction, Buy More Incense, DCS, DJ Ritu, Documentary Film, Europe, Fun'da'mental, India, Johnny Kalsi, Kuljit Bhamra, London, Nation Records, Nitin Sawhney, Outcaste Records, Pakistan, UK |
