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Dhamaal & 1015 Folsom
Present
Worldly
Friday
May 20th 2005
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State Of Bengal is one
of the Key DJ / Producers to have emerged from the Cutting
Edge British Asian Music scene that emerged in the late
90’s that gave birth to the ‘Asian Underground’ movement.
His songs feature prominently on Talvin Singh's Anokha.
SOB's reputation as one of the most innovative and
pioneering artists is still held today as he continues to
pushes the boundaries with his varied projects and albums.
Full Bio.
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Visionary Underground are founders DJ FeelFree & VJ
Coco alongside vocalist Damion Mulrain & lyrical
warrior/rapper Eslam. They are a technology based, diverse
and conscious collective who aim to innovate, educate and
entertain as they play their own unique blend of nu skool
breaks, drum’n’bass, hip hop, soul and dub roots
accompanied by cutting edge visuals.
Over the past four years Visionary Underground have
re-mixed and collaborated with a pool of different artists
including Dr.Das of Asian Dub Foundation, MC Navigator of
Freestyler fame, Chandru of Bollywood Strings (fresh from
chart success with Britney Spears - Toxic) and the much
lauded Nitin Sawhney. The VU will be represented by
Producer/DJ Feelfree on the Dex.
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Cheb I Sabbah
(Six Degrees) -
Cheb i
Sabbah is one of the earliest practitioners of the art of
deejaying and began spinning in Paris in 1964. He plays
all over the world and holds down his 15-year
Outernational Mix residency at Nickie’s every Tuesday here
in SF. Throughout his illustrious career he has
collaborated and performed with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and
jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Paul Horn.
He has produced an album for the Sub Rosa label, as well
as tracks for Asphodel and Meta, and remixes for Triloka
and Cleopatra Records. He has released 4 albums with Six
Degrees Records, which continue to spread his popularity.
On his forthcoming album, La Kahena, Les Voix Du
Maghreb, Cheb i Sabbah returns to his North
African roots, collaborating with some of the most
distinctive female singers from the Mahgreb, recording in
studios in Marrakech, San Francisco, New York and New
Delhi.
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Mitch Hyare. With the former title of World
Champion Dhol player, Mitch Hyare uses his artistry and
creativity in his talent, adding a new twist of flavor to
the Indian and Hip-Hop music scene.
Founder of the U.S. Lethal Dholi’s playing alongside the
likes of dj Cheb i Sabbah, Punjabi MC, Sukhbir, B21, Safri
Boyz, Stereo Nation, RDB, Indy Sagu, MC Metz, Tigerstyle,
Surinder Shinda, Amar Arshi, Kuldip Manak. Mitch is known
as the ìMasterî in his art.
Mitch will be performing on the main room with Cheb i
Sabbah.
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Karsh Kale
(Six Degrees) - With three critically acclaimed albums
behind on Six Degrees Records behind him, New York based
tabla player/drummer/DJ/producer Karsh Kale is one of
electronic music's brightest stars. His innovative blend
of panoramic influences, from East to West, past to
future, organic to digital, rock to techno leads us to a
sound that is unique as it is unparalleled. As a tablaplayer,
drummer and remixer, Kale has worked with such greats as
Baaba Maal, Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. Karsh wil be
performing a live electronic tabla set in the main room as
well as his a DJ set in the Six Degree room.
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Janaka Selekta
is cofounder of Dhamaal, a 20 person strong artist
collective, which after 6 years of persistent growth has
become the foundation for this massive showcase of South
Asian and World music event Worldly @ super club
1015 Folsom. As a DJ Janaka's skills have been
recognized by the San Francisco community when he received
the reader’s poll award for best DJ of 2004 from the SF
Guardian. Currently, Janaka’s main focus is producing
original music and he is honored to be collaborating with
his musical hero Dr. Das of Asian Dub Foundation as well
as Ustad Sukhawat Ali Khan (son of Salamat Ali Khan),
Senegalese vocal sensation Samba Guisse and tabla
virtuosos Shabi Farooq (disciple of Ustad Zakir Hussien)
and Ferhan Qureshi (disciple of Ustad Tari Khan). His tuff
breakbeat tune 'Bol Breaker' featuring all of the above
musicians is riding high on BBC Radio 1 show Bobby and Nihal's; it is number 9 on their Top Ten Picks.
Janaka
Selekta and MC Colonel light up the main
room with their blazing concoction of Breakbeat & Drum n'
Bass with MCing
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Maneesh
the Twister (Dhamaal SF) drops all styles from his worldwide bag of
trick - expect dancehall, breakbeats, d’n’b and world
electronica
Maneesh the Twister has been involved in music and
djing for over 14 years and is a co-founder of Dhamaal. He
first started as an on-air radio dj in Austin and at KUSF
in SF. He co-founded an indie space- rock/electronic night
called Spacecake; and in addition to his indie side,
Maneesh has quite varied tastes and spins Dub, breakbeat,
drum’n’bass, dancehall, hip hop, & bhangra. Being heavily
influenced by dub reggae, he is also a resident of the
longest running weekly dub & roots night in the US, Dub
Mission. He's dj'd all over SF, as well as in NY, LA,
Philly, NC, TX, FL, and internationally in Hong Kong,
Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Goa and Bangkok!
In addition to Maneesh's eclectic taste in music, he is
also a connoisseur of palak paneer, well-brewed chai, and
all flavors spacey.
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Sukhawat
Ali Khan and Riffat Sultana
are the children of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who was
universally recognized and acclaimed as the finest
Pakistani Classical singer of his time. Their family
represents a 500-year lineage of musicians hailing from
the Sham Chaurasi Gharana (school of music). The two have
recorded for numerous labels including Ark 21/Universal,
Triloka/Mercury, Hearts of Space, City of Tribes, 6
Degrees and XDot25. Riffat has worked with producers
Narada Michael Walden and Miles Copeland. Sukhawat is
featured on several upcoming tracks by Janaka Selekta.
Riffat has a beautiful, powerful and infectious voice that
always gets people dancing and can be heard regularly at
Dhamaal!
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Zakhm hails from the legendary Mutiny NYC crew that
broke the Asian Electronic sound stateside over 7 years
ago. He has collected a long list of credits as a DJ and a
Producer and his music appears on Six Degrees records. In
addition to performing at numerous venues around the globe
he has toured as a member of the 'Asian Massive'
collective of artists. Expect a set of eclectic South
Asian electronic music with electro + IDM influences.
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Soulsalaam
is a Dj, percussionist, producer and founder of Future
Juju Productions. His selection of world electronica and
import of live percussion creates an experience of dense
tribal divination.
Exploring beyond the limitations of genres and categories,
his set flows through many styles of music, past and
present, connecting the ancient masters with their
contemporary electronic counterparts: Future Samba, Arabic
Breakbeat & Persian Version, Asian Breaks, Afro-Tech,
Rastattack, Drum'n'Bossa, Broken Beat, Ragga Jungle,
Dancehall, Dub & Funky Hip-hop.
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DJ Dragonfly is the creator of numerous monthly and
annual West coast gatherings. His events consistently
reflect a personal mission statement of offering dance and
gatherings as a celebration of self, spirit and community.
DJ Dragonfly runs The Groove Garden, Mantra Lounge,
Gathering of Light, Globetrot and co-produces the annuasl
weekend festival Earthdance. He is a regularly featured DJ
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El Diablo during the past 4 years El Diablo,
alongside Skip intro, has been pioneering the Video dj
medium within Dhamaal, and these two are now redefining
the genre itself. Using sampled film footage charged with
political content along with music video-style graphix
shots and edits, el Diablo weaves a slick cultural
background > to perfectly compliment skip intro's more
abstract, other-worldly, mind bending graphics, fx and
live camera work. The improvisation and live mixing of
these two Video djs is a constantly evolving art form.
Each armed with the latest vj technology, el diablo and
Skip rhythmically break apart the songs into their basic
components, and re-interpret their movement in the video
medium, so they become visual re-mixes of the music and
provide the perfect live accompaniment to the driving
beats. This is the Dhamaal Sightsystem.
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NYoMI is Dhamaal’s Fine Artist in Residence. Her
current collection is inspired by the temple sculpture of
South and East Asian which she renders onto raw canvas
with acrylic to create large silk framed tapestries.
NYoMI’s work is on display at Dhamaal’s monthly residence
where it lends a sense of the organic and traditional to
the night. NYoMI’s work is also embedded into Dhamaal’s
digital visual performances as it is interpreted by her
fellow Dhamaalists, Skip Intro and El Diablo.
Additionally, NYoMI’s work graces the covers of the
Dhamaal Self titled CD and the EP, Transitions. She has
shown her work at various venues including the Asian Art
Museum as part of a Dhamaal Collective Showcase.
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Glory STGO is an import from the Caribbean. She
studied Industrial design at Pratt Institute in NY and has
designed everything from jewelry to furniture, to music
videos to interiors in a career that spaned 15 years. She
sees Dhamaal as the perfect opportunity to really play,
and the collection of artists involved as the perfect
stimulant for her eclectic mind.
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Bay Guardian Best
of the Bay Awards
Dhamaal Collective Editors
Pick Best of the Bay 2003
Dhamaal Soundsystem Winner Best
Electronic Act 2004
Janaka [Selekta] Winner Best DJ
2004
Club Six Winner Best
Dance Club
2004
Dub mission Winner Best
Dub Club
(Maneesh the Twister – resident selector)
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