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FUSING NAKED BEATS - ZENITH | JUTTLA - AT WAR WITH SATAN | SHRI - SEVEN STEPS OUT NOW | NITIN ANNOUNCES LONDON TOUR DATE | BBC PROMS - NITIN SAWHNEY: TICKETS ON SALE NOW. | NITIN SAWHNEY PLAYS BBC PROMS | NASHA V3 - Nearly there... | ADF Announce London Gig | Win free music | Groovrider Jailed!!! | LISTEN TO BAZNA EXPERIENCE RADIO SHOW HERE | BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARD RESULTS ARE IN... | BT Digital Music Awards | BAZNA EXPERIENCE RADIO | WITNESS OF THE WORLD - FUSING NAKED BEATS | WESTERN DRUMS vs. EASTERN BASS | NEW D-CODE STUDIO MIX 'CODE BREAKER 2' | NITIN SAWHNEY - NEW ALBUM DETAILS | MO MAGIC DIGITAL ALBUM ALUNCH | GES-E & OSMANI SOUNDZ PLAY ASIAN NETWORK | Bazna TOP 10 Music Blog says DMA: No-one argues | Kiran Desai: Youngest Woman to Win Man Booker Priz | Easttatic - NOW EVERY SATURDAY | MO MAGIC - 'SIRENS' Order Now | MUMBAI CELLS - AVAILABLE NOW | FUN DA MENTAL NEW ALBUM IN TROUBLE | Saturday Nights with Nerm, Foreign Beggars & Patha | Mo Magic - 'Sirens' The album, The Return... | SWAMI - New Track available | Shiva Launch Podcast | Shri new singles and mixes date announced | JUTTLA - 'Bass, Kicks, Snares, Spit's DROPS MAY 20 | NItin completes new Mira Nair film score.. | Visionary Underground now available for D'Load | Earthtribe take over the radio waves.... | Yamboy And The Goonda Back Again |
| FUSING NAKED BEATS - ZENITH |
06/10/2008 12:37 |
Internationally respected and much-loved West London producers DJ Asif & MRT aka Fusing Naked Beats return with their new album for 2008 ‘Zenith’.
Zenith is the fifth album from Fusing Naked Beats in 5 years and this album is a reflection of their efforts to reach for their Zenith, a true culmination of their best work to date.
The album features deep and driving house beats fused with their usual recipe of asian and arabic symphonies all with the distinct classic FNB production served up in generous helpings. It’s all here: The dance floor movers in the tracks “Sundust”, the synth-tech heavy grooves of ‘Elation’ and the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 10th anniversary tribute track ‘Renaissance’. FNB have really raised the bar for innovative global dance music in this unique album.
The new album ‘Zenith’ will be available via I-Tunes from the 20th October and all good record stores soon!
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| JUTTLA - AT WAR WITH SATAN |
06/10/2008 12:05 |
Juttla announces his new album release date. Titled 'At War with Satan' this is the next installment in the Wolverhampton born producers collection of material. Dubstep based, the album shows Juttla's versatility in the studio following his Hip Hop based album 'Bass, Kicks, Snares Spits'.
The album features the singles ‘Dub Dragon’ and ‘Ramp With Me’ as well as twelve other brand new tracks. Already causing a stir with support from DJ’s on BBC Radio, BBC Asian Network, Galaxy FM and many other worldwide radio stations, this 14 track album is set to do big things.
Released on the 20th October on itunes and most download sites and available to buy instore this is another album for Dubstep lovers and more.
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| SHRI - SEVEN STEPS OUT NOW |
02/10/2008 10:55 |
Shri's new album 'SEVEN STEPS' is now available to but through music downloads platforms such as iTunes.
The CD will be released on the 20th October 08.
“When I speak, you can’t take out the Indian from my voice. I’m speaking English but there is an accent. That’s how I define my music.” - Shri, April 2008, London.
The album launch concert is confirmed for the 4th of November at the Hoxton Bar&Kitchen (London)
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| NITIN ANNOUNCES LONDON TOUR DATE |
22/09/2008 15:16 |
Nitin will be playing Shepherds Bush Empire as part of his upcoming London Undersound tour. The gig takes place on February 26, 2009, and tickets go on sale through LiveNation this Monday, September 22.
To book tickets click below.
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| BBC PROMS - NITIN SAWHNEY: TICKETS ON SALE NOW. |
17/09/2008 12:51 |
Tickest for the gig are now on sale and can be bought from The Roundhouse. Click the link for more details and to go striaght to the buy now page.
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| NITIN SAWHNEY PLAYS BBC PROMS |
11/09/2008 16:01 |
Amongst his mad UK Tour schedule, Nitin will once again be taking part in the festival, along with The Last Shadow Puppets, The Streets, and more. Nitin will be joined by the London Undersound Orchestra "in taking on classical, Asian, Latin and pop formats, blending them into a spellbinding BBC Electric Proms performance." Tickets for this year's event go on sale September 17. In the meantime, you can visit Nitin's Proms blog and read what it's like for him to prepare for the show.
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| ADF Announce London Gig |
11/09/2008 15:45 |
ADF will be plying the Electric Ballroom on the 28th October. Expect this to be a sell out and get tickets early!
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| Groovrider Jailed!!! |
20/02/2008 01:26 |
Drum and Bass pioneer DJ Grooverider has been jailed for four years for having a'spliff' in his trousers!
Check the link!
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| BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARD RESULTS ARE IN... |
03/10/2007 12:38 |
...and we didn't win, but I just wanted to thank Dulal.
He's done an incredible job promoting (and updating) the site over the last few years, and since his involvement the site has grown from a tiny site that i was sure no one was looking at to what it is today. The fact that it was short-listed at all is amazing!
Anyway check the awards out on TV on Saturday night 12:40am, Channel 4.
So thanks again to duls, keep up the good work.
sonix.
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| BT Digital Music Awards |
01/10/2007 14:34 |
Thank you all for your support and votes over the last month! Im really proud to say that we have made it to the shortlisted five!
I guess we just wait one more night and find out where we actually finished!
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!
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| BAZNA EXPERIENCE RADIO |
26/04/2007 11:01 |
We will be back on the airwaves and the web waves (is that what you call em?) as of Friday 27th April 2007!
The Bazna Experience will return on Life 103.6FM for those of you within the North West London Area and www.lifefm.org.uk for those of you every where else.
We will be doing a 2 hour slot, 8pm-10pm, on the last Friday of every month, with all the latest news, reviews, gossip, competitions and of course music, with guest DJ's lined up every month in the mix! Your musical hosts for the evening will be Myself (DJ Dulz & The Boatman) So tune in, log in or however you get in and enjoy!
THE BAZNA EXPERIENCE LIFE 103.6FM www.lifefm.org.uk EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 8PM - 10PM
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| WITNESS OF THE WORLD - FUSING NAKED BEATS |
12/03/2007 19:14 |
2007 is going to be even more exciting with the release of Fusing Naked Beats new album
'Witness of the World' featuring very special guests including General Levy,Shahin Bader,Mehi, Sandhya Sanjana,Houria,Unnati and many more. Due for release round may/june. Keep your eyes out for it's release.
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| WESTERN DRUMS vs. EASTERN BASS |
19/02/2007 10:21 |
Duls will be specail guest on SKFM Internet Radio this Tuesday 20th Feb at 9pm. Its the Mondo Visione show with Gabriella. Tune in for an extra special LIVE mix of Western Drums Vs. Eastern Breaks.
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| NEW D-CODE STUDIO MIX 'CODE BREAKER 2' |
14/02/2007 10:30 |
D-Codes second studio mix is now available to download courtesy of the Shiva Soundsystem Massive! Ive just downloaded it and my gosh.......
And if you have not heard 'Code Braker 1' Then its available in the same place....
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| NITIN SAWHNEY - NEW ALBUM DETAILS |
11/12/2006 22:27 |
Nitins next album will be called LONDON UNDERSOUND and is due for release in 2008.... You heard it first here!!!
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| MO MAGIC DIGITAL ALBUM ALUNCH |
06/12/2006 22:03 |
Mo Magic will be officially launching his album - Sirens - on the 16th of Dec at Easttatic (Details in listings) but on the 18th the album will be widely available via some of the largest digital downloads sites across the world including Emusic, Beatport, DJDownload, TuneTribe, PlayLouder, Juno, MusicNet - HMV, Virgin, MTV, Rhapsody and Sony Connect. So if you havent already got the album or even the mixed album then getting it will become as easy as a couple of clicks!
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| GES-E & OSMANI SOUNDZ PLAY ASIAN NETWORK |
14/11/2006 12:51 |
Ges-e & Osmani Soundz (Nasha Collective) will be covering the Electro East slot for four weeks whilst Nerm fly’s out to India!
Im sure the Nasha boys will be providing two weeks of heavy hard tabla fuelled breaks and beats, with hopefully more information on their new musical journey via the Nasha Experience!
So if you have not been lucky enough to experience it first hand at the previous club nights, then you will definitely want to tune in for some exclusive new dubplates!
There will be playing on the 18th & 25th November and 2nd & 9th December, 8pm – 10pm.
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| Bazna TOP 10 Music Blog says DMA: No-one argues |
25/10/2006 15:57 |
Thanks to everyone who voted, and Dulal's insistent nagging, little ol' us have come in at number 9 in the BT Digital Music Awards "Top Music Blogs" category!
We're all pretty chuffed here, there's some pretty big names we beat!
Next year we're running for president...
Check the link below for the complete top 50. 
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| Kiran Desai: Youngest Woman to Win Man Booker Priz |
12/10/2006 11:31 |
Youngest ever woman wins Man Booker Prize at age of 35
Kiran Desai was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Inheritance of Loss on Tuesday 10th October.
The Indian-born writer has a strong family tie with the prize as her mother Anita Desai has been shortlisted three times since 1980 but has never won. This year, however, her daughter, Kiran, has won the acclaimed literary prize.
Author of the 1998 universally praised Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, Desai is the first woman to win the Man Booker since 2000 when Margaret Atwood scooped the prize with The Blind Assassin. Her winning book, The Inheritance of Loss, is a radiant, funny and moving family saga and has been described by reviewers as ‘the best, sweetest, most delightful novel’.
Chair of the judges, Hermione Lee, made the announcement at the awards dinner at the Guildhall, London, which was broadcast live on the BBC 10 O’ Clock News. Harvey McGrath, Chairman of Man Group plc, presented Kiran Desai with a cheque for £50,000.
Hermione Lee comments,
“We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2006 is Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness. The winner was chosen, after a long, passionate and generous debate, from a shortlist of five other strong and original voices.”
Over and above her prize of £50,000, Kiran Desai is guaranteed a huge increase in sales and recognition worldwide. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer-bound edition of their book.
The judging panel for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is: Hermione Lee (Chair), biographer, academic and reviewer; Simon Armitage, poet and novelist; Candia McWilliam, award-winning novelist; critic Anthony Quinn; and actor Fiona Shaw.
In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house, there lives an embittered old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and the son of his chatty cook trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy.
When a Nepalese insurgency threatens the blossoming romance between Sai and her handsome tutor, they, too, are forced to consider their colliding interests. The judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires - every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal.
Kiran Desai was born in India in 1971, and was educated in India, in England, and the United States. Kiran studied creative writing at Columbia University. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss.
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| Easttatic - NOW EVERY SATURDAY |
10/10/2006 15:07 |
Coco Varma (Earthtribe) in association with The Jackal launches his new weekly Saturday nighter aboard the El Barco Latino. With special guests every week this looks to be the madness we have all been waiting for.....
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| MO MAGIC - 'SIRENS' Order Now |
10/10/2006 11:31 |
The long awaited debut album 'SIRENS' is ready to buy. Mo Magic has been involved in setting up some of the very first pre Asian Underground gigs across London, legendary club nights responsible for shaping and changing the face of dance music. A regular DJ in the scene, he made a reputation for his experimentation with a unique blend of beats and hard edged drum & bass fused with tough tabla breaks and the sweet sonic vibes of the Indian flute. Mo Magic, a name that has been around from the whole conception of the East meets West pigeonhole. Influenced by the early days of Nation Records and the street sounds of Afrika Bambaata, djing to the rebellious sound of 'Hardcore', the underground sound of London's pirate radio stations of the late 80's. A musical upbringing that reveals itself in many forms in his latest project 'the Sirens'. Fourteen DJ friendly 12 inch mixes of dirty raw Breakbeat and Drum and Bass under the influence of an Asian. An album designed for use on a big sound system and predestined for the dance floor....
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| FUN DA MENTAL NEW ALBUM IN TROUBLE |
21/06/2006 12:30 |
FUN DA MENTALS new album ALL IS WAR (the benefits of g-had) has caused the directors of Nation Records to offer their resignations in the event the album is released through Nation Records.
Martin Mills and Andrew Heath (Beggars Banquet Group) both have expressed their concern and fear in the event they are linked to the many provocative and controversial elements of the album.
Aki Nawaz who also is a director but also the main man of Fun Da Mental is troubled by the stance and is considering the options.
The album is challenging the notion of freedom of speech and creative dissent especially in current times and my background gives me the perfect platform to express the issues from a personnel point of view and not from a mainstream imposed, misguided, patriotic perspective. I have the right equally and without condition as others to expose the hypocrisy and contradictions of democracy, been a Muslim does not mean I have to subservient, loyal or silent to the State or any of its illegal activities against any peoples, anywhere around the world. Fear is not a choice, I welcome it, but to say nothing, whatever the consequences, would be a cowardly act on my behalf
Aki Nawaz [ fun-da-mental ]
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| Saturday Nights with Nerm, Foreign Beggars & Patha |
16/06/2006 18:09 |
BBC Asian network have a saturday night line up to match those of any that fly across your airwaves. Tune in from 8pm to catch Nerm, 10pm to catch the Foreign Beggars and from Midnight to catch Patahaan.
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| Mo Magic - 'Sirens' The album, The Return... |
16/06/2006 16:21 |
The long awaited debut album 'SIRENS' is at the mix down stage and will be released this summer. Mo Magic has been involved in setting up some of the very first pre Asian Underground gigs across London, legendary club nights responsible for shaping and changing the face of dance music. A regular DJ in the scene, he made a reputation for his experimentation with a unique blend of beats and hard edged drum & bass fused with tough tabla breaks and the sweet sonic vibes of the Indian flute.
Mo Magic, a name that has been around from the whole conception of the East meets West pigeonhole. Influenced by the early days of Nation Records and the street sounds of Afrika Bambaata, djing to the rebellious sound of 'Hardcore', the underground sound of London's pirate radio stations of the late 80's. A musical upbringing that reveals itself in many forms in his latest project 'the Sirens'. Fourteen DJ friendly 12 inch mixes of dirty raw Breakbeat and Drum and Bass under the influence of an Asian. An album designed for use on a big sound system and predestined for the dance floor....
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| SWAMI - New Track available |
22/05/2006 13:45 |
Don't forget, people....'AFRAID' will be premiered on Bobby Friction & Nihal's show on BBC Radio1 9PM-11PM this Wednesday (24th May)
It's also gonna be put on the MySpace page and as a free download from our forums...
the revolution continues....
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| Shiva Launch Podcast |
08/04/2006 13:05 |
Shiva Soundsystem start their 6 issue podcast session with "National Anthems". Commentary provided by Nerm this takes a look at some classic tracks from the British Asian music scene. The podcast has now been accepted by apple iTunes so uyou can now subscribe and not worry about missing the other five to follow!
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| Shri new singles and mixes date announced |
22/03/2006 10:56 |
New Single and mixes.
'Heavy World' - the single from East Rain is to be released on the 10th May 06.
'Heavy World - The Single' featuring writer/singer Kathryn Williams out on 10th May 2006.
The mixes on it are:
1- 'Radio Edit' of the original, from the album 'East Rain'
2- 'Bombay Street Wedding Band Mix' a very exciting mix featuring the 'Zirad village wedding band drummers'
3- 'Shri-mix' a dark and broody alternative mix.
These download-only mixes will be available on Itunes, Karmadownload etc. Details and download links will be made available asap.
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| JUTTLA - 'Bass, Kicks, Snares, Spit's DROPS MAY 20 |
10/03/2006 10:49 |
Thats right folks, the long awaited next installment from Juttla will be available to buy from May 06. There's some serious collaboration working going on in this album featuring the likes of Hip Hop legends 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G, The Game, Rass Kass, Slim Thug, Saigon, Freeway, Inspectah Deck (Wu Tang), JT Tha Bigga Figg and a host of others!
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| NItin completes new Mira Nair film score.. |
24/02/2006 17:00 |
Nitin has been very busy over the last few months working on a number of different projects one of them being the score for Mira Nairs new film 'The Namesake'
Th music was recorded in Mumbai, New York and London and will be released in Autumn 06 through Fox Searchlight Studios.
Also dont forget to catch Nitin's LIVE score with London Symphony Orchestra for the World Premier of 'Throw of dice' at the Barbican. More details in the listings...
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| Visionary Underground now available for D'Load |
14/02/2006 10:12 |
You can now download the album from http://www.apple.com/itunes/
The long awaited album from the V.U crew has been unleashed. After major success with the release of their single Eye of the Storm the VU crew look to keep the vibe flowing with this 15 track debut album featuring the likes of Aref Durvesh, Dr Das (ADF), MC Navigator and Pandit Dinesh! Dont know bout you but im defo looking forward to this one!
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| Earthtribe take over the radio waves.... |
07/02/2006 15:33 |
Coco Varma (Earthtribe) has got himself a slot on the ever popular Club Asia airwaves which is no surprise as Coco's experience in the music world stretches over 20 years! Check out the Show every saturday night 11-1am 963 & 972 AM, Channel 895 on Sky or via the inernet.
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| Yamboy And The Goonda Back Again |
12/12/2005 11:19 |
January 9th 2006 sees the release of the next EP from Yam Boy and Goonda-Raj. Called "The Hunger", this EP continues to explore their brand of outlandish leftfield classical Indian music over pounding
hip-hop beats and spoken word poetry/eccentric rap. This time, the cast has grown to include carnatic South Indian violinist Dr Jyotsna Srikanth, jazz singer U'Mau, spoken word artiste Last Mango in Paris
(in a group with Yam Boy, called the D'Archetypes), Vee Kay, and the legendary UK rapper HKB Finn. This release is out through Movemusics and is a lot more accessible and uptempo than acclaimed album "Maad
Ethics." Who's hungry?
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