Nawtiks

The Indian Electronica Festival is hitting Toronto once again next Friday! Its been 2 years since we last held a session in our hometown and we're thrilled to be working with some great artists to make this an un-forgettable show!

This is a must-attend event for anyone in or around Toronto who enjoys electronic music as well as experiencing innovative uses of South Asian traditional artforms.

This time around, we'll be throwing the gig at Rolly's Garage - its a great space that is actually an auto-mechanics garage, though transformed for the Festival into an audio-visual experience with hung art, projected visuals and DJs.

Here's the deal:

• Friday September 4, 2009 (9PM - 2AM)
• @ Rolly's Garage
  (124 Ossington Ave, just north of Queen st on the west side - MAP)
• Entrance: just $5 before 10pm, $10 after... (pay @ the door)
• Cash bar - Snacks will be served
• The event will be broadcast LIVE on Indian Electronica Radio

Festival Performers

• Abdul Smooth [DJ/VJ]; presenting new visual works mashed up live with a DJ set incorporating breakbeats with indo goodness - http://www.abdulsmooth.com
• Deb Sinha [AV artist]; presenting an electro/minimal audio-visual performance called Harmonium - http://www.debsinha.com
• Nathan Lee [DJ]; Spinning the darker side of IE - http://www.ineedsugar.com
• Anuj Rastogi [Producer/DJ]; Spinning unreleased material and select cuts from his new EP, 'Dark Material' - http://www.myspace.com/omnesiarecords
• Nawtiks [Producers/DJs]; Dropping wax from 10 years of production experiments! - http://www.nawtiks.com

Smallworld Music & NuFunk.ca present
http://www.smallworldmusic.com
http://www.nufunk.ca

Nu World: DELHI 2 DUBLIN with NAWTIKS
"A Global Fusion of LIVE Bhangra Celtic Dub & Indo Electronica"

Sunday, May 3rd @ 9:00pm
El Mocambo Downstairs
464 Spadina Ave.
$12 advance, $15 door
Tickets online @ http://www.smallworldmusic.com
Soundscapes, Shanti Baba, Rotate This


DELHI 2 DUBLIN
http://www.delhi2dublin.ca
http://www.myspace.com/delhi2dublin

Vancouver-based DELHI 2 DUBLIN is a group of five multi-cultural musicians who mash up electronica and world music, heavy on the bhangra, Celtic and dub flavours. Fusing tabla, fiddle, dhol, Punjabi vocals, and electric sitar with scorching electronic beats, the crew takes listeners on a wild ride through global sounds and danceable rhythms.

Recently, they finished putting together their second album Delhi 2 Dublin Remixed, choosing some of their favorite producers from around the globe to remix their first album with an emphasis on more bass, energy and funk. They have rapidly established themselves as forerunners of a new wave of cross-cultural club music.


NAWTIKS
http://www.nawtiks.com
http://www.myspace.com/thenawtiksbegin

NAWTIKS are Nik Mutta and Randy Kahlon. Though they've been creating their own hybrid sounds for many years, their popularity has recently skyrocketed through international support from acclaimed DJs, such as the BBC's Bobby Friction. Through live instrumentation, samples and electronics, they take Indian musical elements and mash them up with a variety of contemporary styles and genres. Their "vintage Bollywood meets modern beats" youtube videos are quickly achieving cult-like status with urban hipsters. ANITA KATAKKAR will be joining Nawtiks on tabla.