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'MAYBE',
THE NEW SINGLE FROM JAY SEAN |
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 Jay
Sean follows his smash hit comeback single ‘Ride It’ with
a new track, ‘Maybe’, out on 2Point9/Jayded on April 14th
2008. A smooth, mid-tempo slab of olde skool, 80’s pure groove
R’n’B, it’s produced by teenage West London production
crew Sampson Productions. 
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DARBAR
SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008, 4 - 6 APRIL |
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 The
Darbar South Asian Music Festival 2008 (April 4th to 6th) includes
established artists like the multi-talented Pandit Nayan Ghosh on
Tabla and Sitar, Surbahar maestro Irshad Khan and Uday Bhawalkar representing
the ancient tradition of Dhrupad. The festival promises three days
- 25 hours of music AND morning, afternoon and evening concerts.
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'DRUMS
& ROSES' BY THE DHOL FOUNDATION, OUT 17 MAR 2008 |
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 The
Dhol Foundation is back with a third album titled 'Drums & Roses'
featuring an array of vocalists, instruments and sounds. Johnny Kalsi,
the founder of The Dhol Foundation who has written and produced the
album, said "this album has been a release of lots of manifested
emotions and feelings I have cooped up."
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UK
ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2008 |
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 March
6th saw the announcement of winners of the UK Asian Music Awards 2008.
With West End star Preeya Kalidas and B4U Music VJ Salil presenting,
the stage played host to an array of celebrity guest presenters such
as Grammy nominated Daniel Bedingfield, Panjabi singer Juggy D, UK
RnB group Fundamental 03 and director Gurinder Chadha.
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'TOR
NAGINI' BY DES-C', OUT 28 JAN 2008 |
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 Hard
Kaur's new label Kaur Music presents its premiere artist co-release
with the inimitable Des-C. With his distinctive vocals, lyrical dexterity
and left field style, Des-C delivers a slab of new age Punjabi music
with his solo track 'Tor Nagini', the first single from his debut
album 'First Flight'.
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KULJIT
BHAMRA APPOINTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR SPNM |
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 Kuljit
Bhamra, the virtuoso tabla player, has been appointed the Artistic
Director of spnm, an organisation that brings together composers,
performers and audiences to create new music. Bhamra, an influential
British Asian musician, is widely credited with spearheading the Bhangra
movement in this country.
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'HEY
SONIYE' BY SILINDER PARDESI, OUT 4 DECEMBER 2007 |
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 After
two years in the making, Silinder Pardesi is back with a new album
entitled ‘Hey Soniye’ featuring 11 tracks covering Bollywood
and Bhangra. Recorded at Spectral Harmony studios (Mumbai) and Rishi
Rich studios (UK), 'Hey Soniye' has combined the best from the UK
and India - out 4 December.
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THE
BOLLYWOOD PROJECT BY JAGS KLIMAX, OUT 19 NOV |
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 Jags
Klimax, one of the top UK Bhangra DJs, is back with 'The Bollywood
Project' which contains 5 new tracks featuring Taz of Stereo Nation,
Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kaka Bhaniawala. The video for the
track 'Habibi' has been produced by director Sumit Dutt. Redhotcurry
Rating:   !
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'GREATER
DISTANT BEAT' BY AAMAR, OUT 19 NOVEMBER 2007 |
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 Newcomer
Aamar has released his debut album ' Greater Distant Beat' an Eastern-Western
style co-production with Tim Woolf. Dubbed as the "Asian answer
to Prince!", Aamar hopes to follow-up the success of his singles
'Just Being Friendly' & 'Alive' with this debut album.
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'SUPAWOMAN'
BY HARD KAUR, OUT 5 NOVEMBER 2007 |
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 British
rapper Hard Kaur's whirlwind tour in India has brought her unique
hip- hop-meets-pop flavour to the masses. The 'Supawoman' album is
launched in the UK on 5 November 2007. The new video for her female
anthem 'My Girls' on the Supawoman CD features a cameo by actress
Meera Syal.
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'THE
RHYME BOOK' BY BLITZKRIEG, OUT OCTOBER 2007 |
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 Blitzkrieg’s
debut album 'The Rhyme Book' was released through Vip Records/Soldier
Sound Recordings in October 2007. On this album, that is based on
personal experiences, Blitzkrieg has plenty to say and says so with
confidence and intelligence. Themes range from political consciousness
to the struggles faced by young Desi youth.
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AJAY
ROCKS INDIA WITH LATA, ADNAN & HIMESH! |
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 British
singer Ajay debuted in the Indian charts in the Top 10, after being
signed by India's largest record label - TSeries/YBR Records. T-Series
controls nearly 80% of the Indian music market and is responsible
for recent hits such as 'Om Shanti Om', 'Bhool Bhulaiya' and 'Partner'.
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RAVISH
MOMIN'S TRIO TARANA: 'MIREN (A LONGING)' |
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 Ravish
Momin's Trio Tarana has released 'Miren' (A Longing) on 21 Sept featuring
violinist Sam Bardfeld, oud player Brandon Terzic and violist Tanya
Kalmanovitch. Momin, expresses his flavor of “world jazz”
with Oriental, & Middle Eastern motives.
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'DISCO
WARRIOR' BY THE KALYAN |
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Shaanti will release infectious dance floor smasher 'Disco Warrior'
from The Kaylan on 10 September 2007. The single is packed full the
best of Asian beats in four separate journeys. The solid bass lines
the drive of the beat and nods to the traditional with mesmerising
vocal chants.
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SHAANTI
SHOWCASE PARTY FOR 'MIGHTY ASIAN BEATS' |
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 More
than 1,900 people attended Shaanti’s Showcase Parties for new
album 'Mighty Asian Beats'. Hosted by Manga highlights included a
wealth of home-grown talent featured on the album, from the North
London bite of UK Apache’s 'Arabian Nuttah Story' through the
swagger of 'Rowdy (Desi Refix)' by AC and Terra featuring Des-C.
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ANTI-TERRORISM
SONG 'YEH HUM NAHEEN' OUT 16 JUL 2007 |
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 Pakistan's
top pop artists have gathered together for the very first time to
record 'Yeh Hum Naheen' (This is not us), an anti-terrorism song which
has already become a No 1 hit across Pakistan. The track features
Haroon, Ali Haider, Ali Zafar, Strings, Shufqat Amanat Ali and Hadiqa
Kiani amonng others.
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'NEW
SOUND THEORY VOL.4 - TIGER LOUNGE', OUT NOW |
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 Groove
Guru's music is mainly inspired by his experiences as a DJ in Goa,
India. In Vol. 4, entitled Tiger Lounge, the definitive sound contains
a modern luxurious blend of smooth house, bossa nova, downtempo, lush
electronica and chill.
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'MY
LIFE IN RHYMES' BY A G DOLLA, OUT JUNE 2007 |
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 'A
G Dolla' is an East African Asian bi-lingual rapper, who started to
rap four years ago. His street-wise mentality and confidence, gives
him a cutting edge sound not easily replicated. Following the huge
radio and club success of his previous singles comes the launch of
mix CD 'My life In Rhymes'.
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'DA
SHOWCASE' BY NISH EZAY (a.k.a BUDDHA 1), OUT NOW |
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 Nish
Ezay (a.k.a Buddha1) has released his first album 'Da Showcase', a
compilation featuring a number of new artists signed to the '3StyleMusic'
label. The first single from the album, 'Realise', featuring vocals
by new female artist Nawti, has already reached No 1 in Sunrise Asian
music chart.
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‘THE
PROJECT’ BY RISHI RICH, OUT 7 AUG 2006
*BUY
IT HERE * |
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 Rishi
Rich, the UK Asian producer who shot to fame through his fusion of
Asian and urban sounds, releases his debut album ‘The Project’
on 7 August 2006. ‘The Project’ has Rishi’s trademark
fusion of bhangra, traditional Indian music and urban beats dancehall
and reggaeton alongside lyrics in Punjabi.
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URBAN
ASIAN, OUT 31 JULY 2006 *BUY
IT HERE * |
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 'Urban
Asian' presents the contemporary sound of South Asian music as it
thumps out of the nightclubs of London. They have blended a raw mix
of traditional bhangra and Bollywood sounds with the beats of Western
hip hop, UK garage, house, even dancehall and reggaeton.
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'RISE'
BY ANOUSHKA SHANKAR, OUT 3 JUL 2006 |
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 'Rise'
is Anoushka Shankar's fourth album for Angel Records. Composed, produced
and arranged by Anoushka, she collaborated with a select crew of Eastern
and Western musicians wielding acoustic and electronic instruments,
often engaging in unexpected ways to create new sounds.
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ALONG
THE DUSTY ROAD BY NIRAJ CHAG *BUY
IT HERE * |
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 Three
years ago, Niraj started work on what he thought would be a pet project.
Now completed, 'Along the Dusty Road' is bigger than he ever imagined;
thirteen tracks in six languages, backed by specially commissioned
photography and video, it's his most personal work yet. 'Along the
Dusty Road' is released on 15 May 2006.
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'CULTURE
SHOCK' BY JINX, OUT 17 APRIL 2006 **
BEST BUY ** |
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 Jinx,
duo Dubz and Jogi, hail from Manchester and have been on the DJ circuit
for over 5 years. Their aim - to bring a fresh sound to the Asian
music scene. The sound - they describe as British Asian music, fused
with urban and the end product - their debut album Culture Shock,
out 17 April.
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