Event: KARSH KALE + MIDIVAL PUNDITZ @ BLUE FROG, 6TH & 7TH FEB '09
"6th Feb (DJ Sets) - 7th Feb (Live Set). Presented by Bacardi."
What: Concert
Host: Blue Frog
Start Time: Friday, February 6 at 10:15pm
End Time: Sunday, February 8 at 2:30am
Where: Blue Frog
KARSH KALE
-producer, composer, tabla player, dj, musician, songwriter, remix artist
Founder and President of Mighty Junn Productions
Described by Billboard Magazine as a “visionary composer and producer”, Karsh Kale (pronounced “Kursh Kah-lay”) is one of global electronic music’s brightest stars. While his peers view Kale as a force of nature on both tabla and drums, Kale is an equally innovative song writer, producer, composer and DJ. Whether playing live or as a DJ . Kale has brought his infectious global sound to almost every major city on four continents. Kale is equally renown by both fans and critics as the pioneer of a sound that captures a panorama of influences - past and future, analog and digital - bringing classical Indian music into the Western mainstream rock and electronic vernacular. In a span of less than seven years, Kale released four critically acclaimed solo albums on Six Degrees Records, became a founding member of the super groups Tabla Beat Science and Realize Live, recorded and remixed countless artists, and has collaborated with the likes of Zakir Hussain, Paul Oakenfold, Sting, Anoushka Shankar, Salim-Sulaiman, Bill Laswell, MIDIval Punditz, Norah Jones, Sultan Khan, Paula Cole, Susheela Raman and Herbie Hancock. Karsh has also created Kollektiv, a national crew of DJs' producers, musicians and artists showcasing cutting edge underground music through Kollektiv events across the country. For further information on Karsh Kale please go to the URL: www.karshkale.com or www.myspace.com/karshkale
MIDIVAL PUNDITZ
Since their Six Degrees Records debut in 2002, the MIDIval PunditZ-the first Indian electronica band to hit the international scene-has ushered in a new era of possibilities for the sound of 21st-century India. Their unique and expansive artistic vision marries the soulful elegance of South Asia’s extraordinarily rich traditional and classical music heritage with the exuberance and limitless potential of modern Western electronic music. Listeners around the world have embraced their culture-crossing expressions with huge enthusiasm, and their audience is growing rapidly: one of the tracks from their first, eponymous album, Fabric, was used on the soundtrack to Mira Nair’s hit film Monsoon Wedding.
Now, with their newest Six Degrees release MIDIval Times, the duo of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj -who work as producers, remixers, and club impresarios as well as live artists-document the musical, emotional, and intellectual journey of the past three years. "Our albums are a collection of experiences that aren’t restrained to any one genre," Gaurav observes. "This album is certainly more lyrically deep and more Indian, in terms of lyrics and ragas, than our first recording project. What we’re trying to do is to stretch Western audiences towards Indian sounds, and to stretch Indian audiences towards modern, electronic, Western music. But this album is really a diary of our journey from the time we recorded our first album until now."
• 2006 OST - Closer
• 2005 Shalom - The Missing Peace [Compilation] - [Times Music]
• 2004 Enjoy - Original Movie Soundtrack
• 2004 "On AIR Remixes" - Son Kite [Mpdqx Label Group]
• 2004 Nokia 'Made For India' Advertisement Campaign – Bhangra Fever
• 2003 Urban Temple - Dance Piece - For Angika Dance Crew
• 2003 MTV Style Awards
• 2003 Indian Sunset [Compilation by Pathaan] - [Altura Music]
• 2002 Tabla Beat Science [Live at Stern Grove] - [Palm Pictures]
• 2002 Asian Travels [Compilation] - [Six Degrees]
• 2002 Asian Massive [Mix Compilation] - [Six Degrees]
• 2002 MIDIval PunditZ : MIDIval PunditZ - [Six Degrees]
• 2001 Fabric : OST "Monsoon Wedding" - [Film by Mira Nair]
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=47165773806
"6th Feb (DJ Sets) - 7th Feb (Live Set). Presented by Bacardi."
What: Concert
Host: Blue Frog
Start Time: Friday, February 6 at 10:15pm
End Time: Sunday, February 8 at 2:30am
Where: Blue Frog
KARSH KALE
-producer, composer, tabla player, dj, musician, songwriter, remix artist
Founder and President of Mighty Junn Productions
Described by Billboard Magazine as a “visionary composer and producer”, Karsh Kale (pronounced “Kursh Kah-lay”) is one of global electronic music’s brightest stars. While his peers view Kale as a force of nature on both tabla and drums, Kale is an equally innovative song writer, producer, composer and DJ. Whether playing live or as a DJ . Kale has brought his infectious global sound to almost every major city on four continents. Kale is equally renown by both fans and critics as the pioneer of a sound that captures a panorama of influences - past and future, analog and digital - bringing classical Indian music into the Western mainstream rock and electronic vernacular. In a span of less than seven years, Kale released four critically acclaimed solo albums on Six Degrees Records, became a founding member of the super groups Tabla Beat Science and Realize Live, recorded and remixed countless artists, and has collaborated with the likes of Zakir Hussain, Paul Oakenfold, Sting, Anoushka Shankar, Salim-Sulaiman, Bill Laswell, MIDIval Punditz, Norah Jones, Sultan Khan, Paula Cole, Susheela Raman and Herbie Hancock. Karsh has also created Kollektiv, a national crew of DJs' producers, musicians and artists showcasing cutting edge underground music through Kollektiv events across the country. For further information on Karsh Kale please go to the URL: www.karshkale.com or www.myspace.com/karshkale
MIDIVAL PUNDITZ
Since their Six Degrees Records debut in 2002, the MIDIval PunditZ-the first Indian electronica band to hit the international scene-has ushered in a new era of possibilities for the sound of 21st-century India. Their unique and expansive artistic vision marries the soulful elegance of South Asia’s extraordinarily rich traditional and classical music heritage with the exuberance and limitless potential of modern Western electronic music. Listeners around the world have embraced their culture-crossing expressions with huge enthusiasm, and their audience is growing rapidly: one of the tracks from their first, eponymous album, Fabric, was used on the soundtrack to Mira Nair’s hit film Monsoon Wedding.
Now, with their newest Six Degrees release MIDIval Times, the duo of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj -who work as producers, remixers, and club impresarios as well as live artists-document the musical, emotional, and intellectual journey of the past three years. "Our albums are a collection of experiences that aren’t restrained to any one genre," Gaurav observes. "This album is certainly more lyrically deep and more Indian, in terms of lyrics and ragas, than our first recording project. What we’re trying to do is to stretch Western audiences towards Indian sounds, and to stretch Indian audiences towards modern, electronic, Western music. But this album is really a diary of our journey from the time we recorded our first album until now."
• 2006 OST - Closer
• 2005 Shalom - The Missing Peace [Compilation] - [Times Music]
• 2004 Enjoy - Original Movie Soundtrack
• 2004 "On AIR Remixes" - Son Kite [Mpdqx Label Group]
• 2004 Nokia 'Made For India' Advertisement Campaign – Bhangra Fever
• 2003 Urban Temple - Dance Piece - For Angika Dance Crew
• 2003 MTV Style Awards
• 2003 Indian Sunset [Compilation by Pathaan] - [Altura Music]
• 2002 Tabla Beat Science [Live at Stern Grove] - [Palm Pictures]
• 2002 Asian Travels [Compilation] - [Six Degrees]
• 2002 Asian Massive [Mix Compilation] - [Six Degrees]
• 2002 MIDIval PunditZ : MIDIval PunditZ - [Six Degrees]
• 2001 Fabric : OST "Monsoon Wedding" - [Film by Mira Nair]
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